IPhone provided screen protector has lint forming bubbles

I'm using the screen protector that was provided with the iPhone 3g, the ATNT rep who put it on got some lint or dust between the screen and the film protector.
Can this screen protector be cleaned with water or something else? It has rather alot of lint that's forming bubbles and I don't want to scratch the screen by using it with lint between the film and screen.
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I haven't seen another's recommendation of the "boxwave" or whatever, or I would have chk'd that out... but I did roll the dice on ZAGGS invisible Shield and just applied it. I only did the Front of my 3G and it went out without a problem in 3-4 minutes. No muss, no fuss! Looks great so far... most will indicate if their honest that there is some minor granularity shortly after applying it (similar to when you first have your car windows tinted professionally for 24hr's or so, but it gradually disappears completely. If I look very closely, after 15 min of applying it, I faintly see the granularity but I really have to turn it at a specific angle. If it still remains next wk, I return it no questions asked with a refund. Regardless what you decide to use, you definitely need something protecting the Front of you iPhone. A colleague of mine had his for only a few days and while on a business call with myself and another colleague, he placed his phone in his center console facing up... I got in the backseat and prior to our other colleague getting into the front seat, he inadvertently threw his set of keys out of his pocket into the center console, landing on top of the 3G and scratched it up pretty good, totally defacing about 1-1/2 inches in the center of the screen. I almost lost my lunch and it wasn't my iPhone. The keys I refer to were not just a random couple of keys, but about 5-6 keys with a token on it making them weigh about the same as 7-8 twenty-five cent pieces at a fairly rapid velocity. SO whatever protective cover you get, make sure it is durable enough to endure and repel whatever impact you expose it to in your daily tasks. Oh, he has since had to order a new 3G and I can assure you he didn't get it at the "subsidized" rate and APPLE CARE did not cover it even being less than a week after he bought it.

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