The iPhone is 99.9% touch screen driven. That fact is both good and bad. Good because Apple has done an incredible job making the user interface so friendly and easy to use. Bad for me, because I wear gloves during the winter and the touch screen no worky with gloved phalanges. That means no texting [...]
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Stylus
A couple days ago I received an email from someone asking for advice on multi-point pens. I posted that question here on The Gadgeteer so that other people could weigh in with their suggestions. Harold M. Goldner saw that post and did one better. He wrote a comparison review and asked me to post it [...]
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Multi-pens,
Stylus
Hey folks, I thought I would start up a new feature called Gadgeteer Mail. As you probably would guess, people are always emailing me asking for gadget advice. A lot of times, I can respond with info to help them, but sometimes, people ask me questions for which I don’t have a good answer. That’s [...]
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Gadgeteer Mail,
Stylus
Remember the review I wrote recently of the Pogo Stylus for the iPhone? Ten One Design’s latest creation is the Pogo Sketch. It appears to be longer than their stylus and is being marketed for use for both the iPhone and multi-touch Macbooks. You can use the Sketch to…ummm… sketch things on the Macbook trackpad. [...]
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iPhone,
Macbook,
Spotlight Gadgets,
Stylus
The iPhone is the first touch screen device that I’ve felt comfortable using my finger to navigate with. After all, on the iPhone, that’s all you can use to control the device – right? Wrong, you can use a stylus. But not an ordinary stylus, it has to be one designed specially for the iPhone, like the Pogo Stylus from Ten One Design.
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iPhone,
Stylus
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… I don’t carry a purse. I do carry a gear bag to work every day, but when I go out for lunch or go shopping, I don’t take it along with me. In the winter time, this isn’t a problem because I tend to load my [...]
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Stylus,
Writing Instruments
Product Requirements: Device: palmOne Treo 650 Smartphone The palmOne Treo 650 smartphone comes equipped with a better than average stylus. It isn’t fancy by any stretch of the imagination, but it does have a nice heft to it and has worked fine for me so far. That said, Brando was kind enough to send me [...]
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Palm,
Palm OS related,
Stylus
Product Requirements: HP iPAQ rz17xx/rx37xx/rx34xx/hx47xx Series Series PDA If you have been waiting for a replacement stylus for your iPAQ hx 4700 that includes a ball-point pen, then the wait is over. PDair has released their 3-in-1 Stylus which fits in the iPAQ’s silo, just as the original stock stylus. Hidden under the top end [...]
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Pocket PC,
Stylus
Product Requirements: Device: PalmOne Zire 71 If anyone out there owns a Zire 71, they know why a replacement stylus is pretty much a must. The stock stylus is nothing but a plastic stick, and it’s very flexible. Not only that, but it doesn’t even reset the PDA. In short, there is no upside to [...]
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Palm,
Palm OS related,
Stylus
Product Requirements: Tapwave Zodiac Updated on March 8, 2004 – all new comments are in red. Not long after I received my Tapwave Zodiac2, I started looking for custom accessories to use with it. While I still haven’t found a single case in which I would want to keep the Zod’s curvy shape hidden, I [...]
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Palm,
Palm OS related,
Stylus
Product Requirements: Tapwave Zodiac1 or Zodiac2 Ever since the Tapwave Zodiac appeared on the PDA scene, users have had issues with the placement of its stylus and the fact that here is no silo to keep the stylus secure. Instead, there are two pairs of rubber grips set into a deep groove on the Zodiac’s [...]
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Palm,
Palm OS related,
Stylus
Product Requirements: Device: Just about every current model PDA If you are the type that is constantly losing your stock stylus, then you probably don’t worry yourself too much with the idea of getting a better replacement that will fit in the stock silo. If you are the type that carries a multi-pen in your [...]
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Palm,
Palm OS related,
Pocket PC,
Stylus
Product Requirements: Device: Palm Tungsten|T PDA The Palm Tungsten|T is actually one of the few PDAs that comes with a fairly decent stylus right out of the box. In fact, about the only way an after-market styli manufacturer could improve upon the stock design would be by including a built-in ball-point pen – which is [...]
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Palm,
Palm OS related,
Stylus
Product Requirements: Device: A PDA with a touch-screen Surplus PDA has come out with a 4 in1Stylus that has most of the features I look for when I consider a desktop replacement stylus. Comprised of clear plastic with a rubberized grip, the 4 in 1 resembles the old-timey BICs that we all used to covet [...]
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Generic PDA related,
Stylus
Product Requirements: Device: Compaq/HP iPAQ 3800/3900/5400, Sony CLIÉ PEG T/NR/NX/SL/SJ series PDAs There are people that are not happy with a PDA replacement stylus unless it contains a ballpoint pen, and I can understand the attraction. Even though such a pen will never replace my Delta Dolcevita, there are times when I am traveling extra-light [...]
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Pocket PC,
Stylus
Product Requirements: Device: Many PDAs. The Chameleon line of styli from Pilot Pentopia have been popular with PDA owners for quite awhile now. In the past, we’ve taken a look at several of versions, including ones for the Sony CLIÉ n700 series, Palm m100 series, and Palm III series. Pilot Pentopia now have a brand [...]
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Generic PDA related,
Stylus
Product Requirements: Device: Any touch screen device The Troika Design ROY 4 Point Pen Stylus is yet another multi-pen stylus for those of you still searching for your perfect PDA / paper writing instrument combo. Available from StylusCentral and other online retailers, this particular pen is all metal and is available in 4 colors: Green, [...]
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Product Requirements: Device: Palm m500 series PDAs Sony CLIÉ NR series PDAs PDA owners typically buy two accessories not long after buying a new PDA: a case and a stylus. Sure, PDAs usually come with some type of case and stylus, but they tend to be low on quality. This review will take a look [...]
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Palm,
Palm OS related,
Stylus
Product Requirements: Device: Any touch screen device I haven’t written a stylus review in quite awhile. Why? Mainly because I haven’t found one to spark my interest in a long time. It seems like most of the new styli that I’ve seen advertised are huge 584 function pens that require you to devote an entire [...]
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Generic PDA related,
Stylus
Product Requirements: Device: Sony CLIÉ NR70 Series PDA <climbing onto soapbox> I don’t know about you, but I have yet to see a stock stylus that I haven’t wanted to replace with something more substantial. It honestly galls me that companies will put out innovative PDAs that they are asking over half a grand for, [...]
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Palm,
Palm OS related,
Stylus
