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A stylus can change how you use tablets

Let me take you back to 2007, when Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs first introduced the world to the iPhone. At one point, he reached the subject of touch input. “Who wants a stylus? You have to get ‘em and put ‘em away, and you lose ‘em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus. So let’s not use a stylus.” And with those few lines, he split the touchscreen world into two camps: finger input and stylus input. For a long time, there were debates about which is better. It’s safe to say that the finger has come out on top,...

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Qualcomm to Demo New Ultrasound-Based Pen Technology

Qualcomm wasn’t about to just let Samsung and Nvidia own that portion of the tablet market that is stylus-enabled. Samsung has been the dominant player in the stylus market for years, because they were the only ones to make pens that actually worked accurately enough to be useful for handwriting and drawing on a tablet. Pretty much all of the “capacitive styluses” are no better than our fingers, so having something that works like a real pen on a tablet was a huge improvement over the other solutions out there.   However, we haven’t really seen anyone else challenge Samsung...

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The Stylus Artist packs now available

Perfect for the professional digital artist, students or budding amateurs and enthusiasts... 3 Piece Stylus Artist Pack Dagi Disc Stylus Pen + Hex4.5 Fine Tip Stylus + Leonardo Brush Stylus Dagi Disc Stylus Pen: is a unique one. Durable, accurate and a completely different approach to any other stylus we sell. The clear tip at the end is a innovative plastic disc, mounted to the pen by a tiny spring that allows the disk to lie flat on the screen whatever the pen angle. - See more at: Dagi Disc Stylus Pen Hex4.5 Fine Tip Stylus: is for maximum accuracy, responsiveness and compatibility,...

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A serious iPad brush stylus for digital artists

We now introduce an iPad Brush Stylus  getting some seriously good reviews. Leave finger painting to the kids and grab a Leonardo. It dances across the screen and feels just like a real paint brush. The cloth high touch stylus end works for everything else you'd like to do on your tablet, too. Compatibility: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy, HTC Desire S, Google Nexus S, Motorola Atrix and many more. Apps to use with Leonardo: Artrage, Procreate, Sketchtime, Paper by 53, Sketchbook, Brushes These will work as iPad stylus pens, iPhone stylus pens and Android/Samsung/HTC stylus pens.

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