A Summary of Styluses For The iPad
A debate about tablet computers is whether or not they should support styluses for writing on the screen. Steve Jobs has made the statement that if you see a stylus, they blew it, and many people tend to agree. I agree that a stylus should not be the only way that you can interact with a touchscreen, but that shouldn’t mean that you can’t use a stylus at all. Operating a tablet with touch makes a lot of sense, but there are times when the greater precision that a stylus provides is desirable, and I contend that handwriting with pen and paper is more natural than any keyboard.
While the iPad does not come with a stylus, and uses a capacitive touchscreen that does not recognize the input of small, plastic tip styluses, there are in fact a number of different styluses on the market that will work on capacitive touchscreens....
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