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Default [Q] Stylus-Nexus S

Anyone have any experience with a stylus? Found these online, thinking about trying one out unless someone has advice..

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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
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.
HTC is attempting to resurrect the stylus with HTC Flyer tablet :P
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.
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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.
 
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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-GOOGLE...8659197&sr=8-4
 
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I have a couple of cheap iphone touch stylus and they simply work (they work hit or miss with nexus one and MT4).

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