Pogo and Dagi stylus tested

tex777 · Nov 24, 2009

I've tested two capacitive styli with the HD2, see vid here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtgHCqZuJuw

The Pogo Sketch has a thick tip, kinda like a another finger.. The Dagi has a dot in the middle which hits correct around 80% of the times. Not perfect but if needed better than fingers!

I will definitively use the dagi when doing remote desktop work with the HD2. Until either the HTC stylus is released or Logmein/VNC apps change the way the cursor works. More like the iphone counterparts, move the desktop instead of the mouse etc. Seem more finger friendly.

maati · Nov 24, 2009

"This video is not available in your country"

tex777 · Nov 24, 2009

maati said:
"This video is not available in your country"

Yeah, Germany isn't allowed to watch the vid because of the background music.. says Youtube. Gotta redo the music tomorrow, sorry!

bumskee · Nov 24, 2009

yeap! I ordered dagi ones for painting. can't wait..

wacky.banana · Nov 25, 2009

bumskee said:
yeap! I ordered dagi ones for painting. can't wait..

Where did you buy this from please?

Thanks

WB

tex777 · Nov 25, 2009

wacky.banana said:
Where did you buy this from please?

Thanks

WB

Ebay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280421601875&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

It's from dagi themselfs I think. I ordered two and got 1 free

Plus fast and cheap shipping.

jah · Nov 25, 2009

tex777 said:
Ebay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280421601875&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

It's from dagi themselfs I think. I ordered two and got 1 free Plus fast and cheap shipping.

Great find, many thanks

maati · Nov 27, 2009

tex777 said:
Yeah, Germany isn't allowed to watch the vid because of the background music.. says Youtube. Gotta redo the music tomorrow, sorry!

Thanks a lot!

fards · Nov 28, 2009

I just made my own capacitive stylus

two experiments.

I took a small valve adaptor that's used to inflate a football (soccer) ball. filled the hollow part of the fat end with foil to come out just past the end of the screw on part.
then cover the end entire end with foil, and press the entire lot in really hard. Smooth the foil down (rub it on a piece of wooden laminate floor, your jeans what ever).

alternatively using a pencil with a rubber(eraser) on the end of it.
Cover with silver kitchen foil, leave enough foil up the shaft to make contact with your fingers. Smooth the foil down on the end.

Both seem to work fine, I prefer the shorter valve option.

*** Tested using the great Dynaink.

billpool · Nov 29, 2009

Hello:

I've been using this one I got from amazon.com and it works just fine...

http://tenonedesign.com/stylus.php I bought this one from amazon.com

Take care

wacky.banana · Nov 29, 2009

Interesting thread this.

However I find an irony in the fact that for years we have all been hassling for finger friendly devices and apps. As soon as we get one what do we do?
Yes, we go find a stylus to work with it!

Funny.

WB

bumskee · Nov 29, 2009

it's only because the WM apps aren't finger friendly yet.. HD2 being the first.. but I am sure lots of apps will follow..

tex777 · Dec 1, 2009

Posted a follow up video with some drawing in outlook/notes with the Pogo & Dagi stylus. And some different angle shots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNlnguERZ4g

eskasi · Dec 1, 2009

tex777 said:
Posted a follow up video with some drawing in outlook/notes with the Pogo & Dagi stylus. And some different angle shots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNlnguERZ4g

Quite frankly, the finger test at the end (after both the stylus ones) won outright!

tex777 · Dec 1, 2009

eskasi said:
Quite frankly, the finger test at the end (after both the stylus ones) won outright!

Yep, but you can't get as detailed as with the Dagi. But the problem of the Dagi is that the HD2 sometimes registers something outside of the red dot. Which means broken lines...

Archer · Dec 2, 2009

I've had both the Pogo and the Dagi styluses, and found them both pretty useless to be honest.

The Pogo one stuttered quite a lot, and I found I couldn't slide the unlock on the phone with it, as it just kept letting go.

The Dagi one is better, but takes a suprising amount of pressure to work (I do have a screen protector on, but it's only made a tiny difference to sensitivity when using my fingers).

I'll probably try the HTC one when (if) it gets released. The only reason I want a stylus is for legacy apps that pretty much require one. I can handle using Aurora (for example), but it's much easier with a stylus.

Incidentally (off topic), if you've not seen Aurora, check it out below. It's soooo cool!

http://www.4pockets.com/product_info.php?p=125

Xzeven · Dec 3, 2009

Hmm, how bout this?

I was having a chat with HTC just a minute ago and they sent me a beautiful photo of their latest Stylus. Im quite impressed

jah · Dec 4, 2009

johncmolyneux said:
The Dagi one is better, but takes a suprising amount of pressure to work (I do have a screen protector on, but it's only made a tiny difference to sensitivity when using my fingers).
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Same experience here, really does not work. I was hoping to use it for line drawings in Notes app.

kjt57 · Dec 4, 2009

johncmolyneux said:
I've had both the Pogo and the Dagi styluses, and found them both pretty useless to be honest.

The Pogo one stuttered quite a lot, and I found I couldn't slide the unlock on the phone with it, as it just kept letting go.

The Dagi one is better, but takes a suprising amount of pressure to work (I do have a screen protector on, but it's only made a tiny difference to sensitivity when using my fingers).

I'll probably try the HTC one when (if) it gets released. The only reason I want a stylus is for legacy apps that pretty much require one. I can handle using Aurora (for example), but it's much easier with a stylus.

Incidentally (off topic), if you've not seen Aurora, check it out below. It's soooo cool!

http://www.4pockets.com/product_info.php?p=125

If you look at some sites that are advertising "the official HTC stylus coming soon" the picture is exactly the same as the Dagi........

jah · Dec 13, 2009

Anyone seen or used this stylus? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/P14-1-X-Stylu...UK_Mobiles_Accessories_RL?hash=item35a553096f

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