The stylus has had a pretty traumatic life. It was a necessary tool back in the beginning of the smartphone and PDA era, as mobile operating systems weren’t designed with stubby fingertips in mind.

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I’ve checked out quite a few different styli to be used with an iPad. I know it is verboten to think of using a stylus on that Tablet, but hey, I do take a lot of notes in rehearsal and quite frankly ...

Capacitive screens are all the rage. iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Android: they all have them. They're smoother and easier to use than the old resistive touchscreens, and all you need is a finger, ...

Manufacturers of mobile devices want to differentiate themselves through advanced features that meet consumer demand for a natural user interface with the ease of pen and paper, combined with the ...

Tablet users still searching for their perfect stylus might be interested in a new capacitive pencil stylus which has been created by a development team based in Italy. iLapis As a little more unique ...

Learn how to make a capacitive stylus for your iPad, smartphone, or Android tablet, using just a few common office supplies. Donald Bell Senior Editor / How To Donald Bell has spent more than five ...

Zagg Pro Stylus helps you take notes, sketch, swipe, mark documents and more on your iPad. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The Zagg Pro Stylus has an active tip for writing and drawing, and also a ...

If you don't want to use your fingers with a capacitive touch-screen, there are now an increasing number of compatible styluses — devices that take advantage of the physics of capacitive screens to ...

In what seems to be a growing trend among smartphone manufacturers, TCL too has come up with a mid-range smartphone that comes with an integrated stylus. Appropriately named the TCL Stylus 5G, the ...

May 6, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you'd like some finer control when using a touch screen, especially on devices with a nice expansive one like the ...