[Q] Samsung Galaxy Tab Stylus, your thoughts?

[seamonkey420]

hello my fellow tab geeks.

a few weeks back, i purchased the official samsung galaxy capacitive stylus but really am not very impressed with it and just wanted to see if others feel the same way.

i've tried several stylus before for my prev iPad and none of them moved very smoothly across the surface due to the requirements of a capacitive screen, etc.

anywho, from using it for a few days; it seemed to stick more to the screen than move smoothly and in turn made any fast note taking impossible. i could never duplicate the accuracy of using a pen on paper.

are all capacitive stylus basically plagued with this problem?

now i remember the advantages of resistive screens. if only someone would finally make both on their tablets.. hmmm...

any feedback would be great! thanks!

 

[sparkyxda]

I think it's one of the downsides of capacitive screens. I bought a boxwave stylus and it's got issues even though it had the best reviews. You need a lot of surface area contact to make a capacitive screen work.

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[seamonkey420]

I think it's one of the downsides of capacitive screens. I bought a boxwave stylus and it's got issues even though it had the best reviews. You need a lot of surface area contact to make a capacitive screen work.

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thanks for your input kind of what i thought.

 

[ayman07]

seamonkey420 what stylus are you talking about? please give me a link.

 

[ramboky]

I bought the BoxWave stylus too and quite like it. It does require some pressure to get enough contact to work correctly but as the end is so soft it's not a strain. Once I got used to it I prefer the stylus over using my finger for most tasks and it has the added advantage that the screen remains clean. Obviously you need to revert for fingers for pinch-zoom and any other multitouch gesture though.

 

[seamonkey420]

seamonkey420 what stylus are you talking about? please give me a link.

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/galaxy-tab-accessories/ET-S100CBEGSTA



Galaxy Tab™ Conductive StylusET-S100CBEG

 

[Maris_]

...any feedback would be great! thanks!

I bought the same stylus with the intent of using it for a drawing app I have on the Tab. I, too, was disappointed. It takes quite a bit of pressure to get a solid line, otherwise it would skip here and there along the line. It worked ok for just moving through screens or typing, but for doing any kind of useful sketching or drawing it was pretty much useless.

 

[Basil 123]

Maplins do one that has a soft tip - but it's no substitute for a finger....

 

[adinis78]

bought these over at ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/3pcs-Stylus-Tou...196333?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4cf4a8796d

not bad and i do need to put some pressure on it but since they have a soft point im not concerned

 

[caplanjr]

Losing your capacity

I also noticed that if you hold the stylus anywhere but in contact with the metal band, it doesn't track at all. Sometimes you want to hold it further back.

T-Mo
Stock

 

[jimmyjack72]

Targus stylus

I got the targus stylus and it works on the iPad and galaxy s but struggles with the galaxy tab. I'm a bit disappointed. Must be a different kind of capacitive screen. Writing with it on the iPad is like writing on paper. Very smooth and quick to get used to.

Anyone had any better luck with styli on the g tab?

 

[DarkPal]

I got the targus stylus and it works on the iPad and galaxy s but struggles with the galaxy tab. I'm a bit disappointed. Must be a different kind of capacitive screen. Writing with it on the iPad is like writing on paper. Very smooth and quick to get used to.

Anyone had any better luck with styli on the g tab?

Only stylus that works is stock one only works well but digs a hole in your pocker

 

[50-3]

Got any old HDD bags laying around?

If you wrap a cut off of it around the end of a pen you have a cheap stylus and it works brilliantly on my legend

It's also a very smooth plastic so I haven't had it bog down on me at all.

 

[jimmyjack72]

Dagi stylus

I ordered a Dagi stylus after seeing a demo on a Galaxy Tab that made it look smooth. There's a few different models, so I'm hoping they have catered to the slightly different capacitive screen on the Galaxy to that of other devices.

If it was a faked video I have a stylus for my iPad.

 

[k0sh]

trust me .. your fingers are working better . stylus are crap just to sell and get some profit from it thats all ..
and if you wanna a fast smoothy screen flash new rom

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

Got any old HDD bags laying around?

If you wrap a cut off of it around the end of a pen you have a cheap stylus and it works brilliantly on my legend

It's also a very smooth plastic so I haven't had it bog down on me at all.

Yay for raising dead threads!

Could you elaborate more on "HDD Bags" I'm curious

 

[PBL1]

Could you elaborate more on "HDD Bags" I'm curious

He means antistatic plastic bags used to protect sensitive electronics,
usually silver or silvery like appearance

I just tried with the top of a microscrewdrive, it works surprisingly well

thanks 50-3 for the tip

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

He means antistatic plastic bags used to protect sensitive electronics,
usually silver or silvery like appearance

I just tried with the top of a microscrewdrive, it works surprisingly well

thanks 50-3 for the tip

OH! I might have a few of those kicking about, thanks!

 

[shazoom]

The foam tipped ones I tried in the shops were all rubbish. Not even worth a £.

 

[khadar]

GT \m/ I loves it