At least the two i got from ebay are! makes using some apps and stuff almost unusable, scrolling is almost impossible. I have a screen protector fitted but everything is smooth with my finger.
Anyone else have any experience with using pens?
yeah it works kind of okay when pressing (however you have to press hard sometimes.. also scrolling is indeed impossible. i bought those pens so i could play cryonphysics better but thats a no go
so i wouldnt buy stylus's for scrolling.. or maybe the expensive one's work better? i bought cheap ones from ebay.
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I haven't heard of any that work very good at all! Would be interested if someone finds 1 that really works decent,, Thanks,,,Quig
http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=193951
£17 for a piece of plastic is just a joke!
Has anyone got one of these and does it work as well as a finger? needs to be accurate too.
madmackem said:
htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=193951
£17 for a piece of plastic is just a joke!
Has anyone got one of these and does it work as well as a finger? needs to be accurate too.
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Those ones are a joke as well, barely even works.
i think our device is designed for our fingers
sense is fingerfriendly, even windows explorer can be used with fingers...thanks to our huge screen
so why buying such a crap?
if there's no "cartridge" to put it in, i won't buy it
DN41
madmackem said:
http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=193951
£17 for a piece of plastic is just a joke!
Has anyone got one of these and does it work as well as a finger? needs to be accurate too.
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I have it, it has a plus and a downside. The downside is that scrollng is almost impossible therefore you still need to use your finger. The plus side is that the precission is astonishing. The little red dot does the job you want. You can click on listed links while browsing without zooming in and without selecting the link next to it.
Still it is not worth the 17 pounds.
Also these styli ARE Dagi styli http://www.dagi.com.tw/, since I bought one of these aswell to compare.
They are exactly the same. Same weight, material, length/width/depth etc.
So if you want to buy one. Dagi sells them for around 12 USD a piece.
I'm not able to post any pictures atm, since I'm not at home. If I am I will.
Stylus pens
No pen works very well on the HD2, so do not waste any money on buying one.
The only time you may need a pen, is if you work with gloves on, or wear gloves due to extreme cold weather and do not want to take your gloves off.
I have tried most of them as I spend a lot of time in a walk in freezer. The HTC is no better than the dagi or the cheaper versions from China sold on ebay.
I saw a video somewhere on youtube if im not wrong, it shows how you can make cheap pen for capacitive screens. You have to use and old normal pen, some wire and some conductive foam and it worked fine on the video.
Edit: I found youtube link , here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smBOaEP3ut8
Maby it will help someone who need a stylus for hd2.
Best regards. Gjizaqin
It may have to do with hardware evidenced by tests like this one. The HD2's digitizer just isn't designed to be written on in terms of polling rate and sensitivity, so it may not completely be the fault of the pens.
try a sausage... they work well, i am not joking!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BObqu5CigcU&feature=related
at least its cheap...
There is a cheap stylus that works!!!
I'm not gonna recommend any particular ebay trader over any other, but I've tried almost all the supposed capacitive styluses (stylii?) out there and found only two that actually work.
There's the HTC one with the funny flat clear plastic 'blade' thingie with the dot in the middle of the flat 'blade' to line up the bit you want to interact with. They work, but they are awful (sorry HTC, it's true, patent or no they are still awful!). And way over the top pricing! WAY over the top! C'mon HTC!
And then there's this one: ://cgi.ebay.com.au/3-x-Capacitive-Stylus-HTC-DESIRE-01-Silver-/110537325379?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Mobiles_Accessories_RL&hash=item19bc89bb43
(and here's where the bit about "any particular trader" comes into it - though the trade with me was just fine). Damn cheap, three to a pack and they actually work. No, seriously, I mean it - they work!
They have a kind of soft blobby rubber bit on the end (much like smooth squash ball material, I guess) that is soft to touch the screen and very accurate and it actually registers every press! Unlike all the other styluses (stylii?) out there, screen touches from this one are actually registered!
And if I need to slide the stylus across the screen, I rub a touch of nose oil (from the OUTSIDE of my nose!) onto the tip. This may just be needed because the screen protector I use is fairly 'grippy', though - it might not have the slide problems used directly onto the glass screen. I usually just use my finger for the sliding bit and the stylus for everything else.
All those hard rubber tipped stylus out there? Junk. All those foam tipped stylus out there? More junk. Pretty looking, in fashion colours, but junk none-the-less!
This is not a paid advert for anybody whatsoever - just my experience from my extensive junk stylus collection... Must find some creative use for them all...
KennyD
I got some off ebay a while back.
Didn't work very well, at all.
Had it bookmarked but link is gone.
kennydadsl said:
tried almost all the supposed capacitive styluses (stylii?) out there and found only two that actually work.
And then there's this one: ://cgi.ebay.com.au/3-x-Capacitive-Stylus-HTC-DESIRE-01-Silver-/110537325379?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Mobiles_Accessories_RL&hash=item19bc89bb43
(and here's where the bit about "any particular trader" comes into it - though the trade with me was just fine). Damn cheap, three to a pack and they actually work. No, seriously, I mean it - they work!
They have a kind of soft blobby rubber bit on the end (much like smooth squash ball material, I guess) that is soft to touch the screen and very accurate and it actually registers every press! Unlike all the other styluses (stylii?) out there, screen touches from this one are actually registered!
And if I need to slide the stylus across the screen, I rub a touch of nose oil (from the OUTSIDE of my nose!) onto the tip. This may just be needed because the screen protector I use is fairly 'grippy', though - it might not have the slide problems used directly onto the glass screen. I usually just use my finger for the sliding bit and the stylus for everything else.
KennyD
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Thanks Kenny,
Your feedback is really appreciated!
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I have the one made by Pogo that isn't too bad. It You can do a certain amount of scrolling with it but nothing beats the finger!
I am wonderimg if anyone has tried using one of those capacitive screen stylus pens.
It would be greay if we could draw on this thing.
or even take notes
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sudermatt said:
I am wonderimg if anyone has tried using one of those capacitive screen stylus pens.
It would be greay if we could draw on this thing.
or even take notes
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That would be nice and use it on one of the drawing/painting apps in the market.
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That would be nice and use it on one of the drawing/painting apps in the market.
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Just bought a Targus stylus today. It works well for misc. scribbles, but if you want to do serious note taking it doesn't work very well. Parts of letters are blanked out, almost like a pencil skipping across paper. I have tried several different notepad applications, all with roughly the same results. The pen and the NC screen might have a 50-50 split on blame. I've also found that the pen works better if held at close to a 90deg angle to the screen - which isn't very natural/comfortable for writing.
All of that being said, will I take the stylus back? Probably not, it works great for keyboard input and selecting buttons/aps/etc....
If you run across a great note taking app, let me know.
I am currently working on the same goal, I'd like to take notes in class with mine. I ordered a BoxWave Stylus and a Dagi stylus. The boxwave works ok, but it requires more pressure than what's comfortable, and you can't tell where it's going to write which ends in very crappy looking letters and numbers. The Dagi sounds promising, but I haven't received it yet. I'll post up results.
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I am wonderimg if anyone has tried using one of those capacitive screen stylus pens.
It would be greay if we could draw on this thing.
or even take notes
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Check this out in the accessories forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896838
http://www.appbrain.com/app/genial-writing/com.zenpie.genialwriting
Seems like a good enough app.. Don't have a stylus, I just use my finger. Although it's not great, needs some zoom adjustments.
Does anyone know of a good stylus for the Notion Ink Adam? Mine just shipped and I am thinking about getting a stylus to take notes, on the subject of notes does anyone know of a good note taking program for things like math and diagrams (for use with said stylus )
I Second that!
I have no experience with a stylus on capacitive screens at all.
You have the HTC styluses for desire Z. I'm just worried they might scratch the screen when used for writing.
Others that have like a little cushion on the tip don't seem really accurate for writing and annotating.
At NCW HTC launched its own tablet which has a pointy stylus Which should work with a capacitive screen.
It looks like the rep refers to 2 buttons on the stylus to either highlight or write/ draw. I wonder if that stylus would also work on other capacitive screens like the Adam.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
best buy sells a 20 dollar stylus by targus with a rubbery tip that doesnt scratch, its what I use.
Anyone have any experience with a stylus? Found these online, thinking about trying one out unless someone has advice..
http://goo.gl/eZn0h
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Anyone have any experience with a stylus? Found these online, thinking about trying one out unless someone has advice..
http://goo.gl/eZn0h
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I'm not really sure those would work so well...they were necessary for older touchscreens because they had difficulty determining where you were touching when the area being touched was so wide (the width of a finger versus the width of a ballpoint pen tip). Also the tips of those are very wide so it seems like the whole benefit of using a stylus would be lost. I wouldn't recommend it.
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I'm not really sure those would work so well...they were necessary for older touchscreens because they had difficulty determining where you were touching when the area being touched was so wide (the width of a finger versus the width of a ballpoint pen tip). Also the tips of those are very wide so it seems like the whole benefit of using a stylus would be lost. I wouldn't recommend it.
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HTC is attempting to resurrect the stylus with HTC Flyer tablet
But yeah, I wouldn't recommend using it either.. at least not for a smartphone.
For a tablet? Don't see the point in this either but it'll be interesting to see what creative ideas HTC brings.
I have a stylus. It has a sponge type tip which emulates a finger i guess lol. It works perfectly fine! I use it bc i wear gloves at work.
I bought a case on amazon, the "S" shaped one, and it comes with 6 screen protectors and a stylus very bad quality pen. It works on nexus screen...
http://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-GOOGL...VEBI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1298659197&sr=8-4
I have a couple of cheap iphone touch stylus and they simply work (they work hit or miss with nexus one and MT4).
For anyone who needs help dealing with tiny buttons, this stylus is a fine point for the screen. Got it for sketching on my old ipad.