In computing, a stylus (or stylus pen) is a small pen-shaped instrument that is used to input commands to a computer screen, mobile device or graphics tablet. With touchscreen devices, a user places a ...

For many years just about every portable device came with a stylus. Whether it was the revolutionary Eo Slate with its PenPoint OS, the doomed Apple Newton, the very successful PalmPilot, or ...

Apple has spent much of the last decade trying to get ahead of the game with its patent applications, so it’s no real surprise that the company is looking to patent the stylus of the future, too. In a ...

You may not realize it, but the modern stylus is a bit of a mess. The main problem is lack of standardization. Think about it. You can use a mouse, or keyboard, or monitor with most systems — whether ...

Watching the Surface Pro 3 event yesterday, I wryly smiled as Panos Panay finally revealed Microsoft's vision for the future of mobile computing: The damn stylus. Snap-in keyboards, friction hinges, ...

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