[Q] Will a stylus for resistive touch screen work for defy?

[sixaxis94]

I wanna get myself a stylus and the one that comes for the Nokia N97 looks sleek, and where I live, it comes at an equivalent $2 which is cheap

My question is, the touchscreen for the N97 is resistive, not capacitive (like in the Defy) so will this stylus work without problems on my phone?

 

[oSandmaNo]

Other than your finger or any other part of your body, nothing will work on capacitive screen.

 

[sixaxis94]

Other than your finger or any other part of your body, nothing will work on capacitive screen.

nope.. from what I've read, styli for capacitive touchscreens do exist

 

[hackergnome]

best an cheap stylus!!
a metal spoon!!! try it!!!

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[heartreaper]

been using my car key, just need to touch the metal part.

no fear, gorilla glas's here.

 

[oSandmaNo]

Yes but stylus for resistive screens dont work
and anything that can conduct electricity would work(as said before a metal spoon )

 

[sixaxis94]

Thanks a lot people.. You saved me 2 bucks

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[hackergnome]

Car keys don't work for me!? why?

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[oSandmaNo]

You are holding the rubber part of the car keys. Hold the metal part while touching and see..

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[hackergnome]

You are holding the rubber part of the car keys. Hold the metal part while touching and see..

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m not dumb... I was holding the metal part...

apparently shard object don't work... like a metal pen...

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[chachoi]

maybe the stylus of samsung galaxy note will?

 

[mohammede]

I brought the below, and the stylus works great with my Defy.
Not had any problems...... yet

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220919431867?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

 

[yasir777]

Well , You cant use that stylus for capacitive TCs ! But there are many styluses available which have some rubbery stuff at their end ! try Dinodirect.com , They have alot of those styluses !

 

[[email protected]]

100% no! You need a capacitive stylus which is usually a metallic body and a rubbery tip. Resistive stylus could be anything which you can apply pressure with.

 

[Sainyam]

100% no! You need a capacitive stylus which is usually a metallic body and a rubbery tip. Resistive stylus could be anything which you can apply pressure with.

You can always create a stylus using antistatic paper ..
all you have to do is to tie antistatic paper on the tip of anything. and it will work like any other stylus..

 

[vrl13]

happy accident

Just by accident i unlocked my MB526 Defy+ with a can of Pepsi )

Perfect proof that Metall (still) Rulz!

 

[tothezenith]

You can always create a stylus using antistatic paper ..
all you have to do is to tie antistatic paper on the tip of anything. and it will work like any other stylus..

^^ditto what I do too, bit of sticky tape on one of my old stylus from an imate jasjam

 

[kherzad]

Other than your finger or any other part of your body, nothing will work on capacitive screen.

as they have mentioned, yes you can use stylus.
But it MUST be a C class stylus. No other kind will work.
BTW as far as I know, the S-Pen (stylus from the Galaxy Note) is NOT a capacitive stylus so... i think it doesn´t works on any other smartphones, and neither it does on some tablets either.