Stylus alternatives

[marky42]

They are captive.

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I think your line of "They are captive" was a question. If so, you're like me, rarely using question marks. ;-)

Yes that companies stylus are EXTREMELY captive. All those others that are rubber, require you to actually push hard to compress the rubber dome at the end. With the Stylus-R-Us ones, all you have to do is just barely touch the icon with several fibers, and it opens anything. I'm telling you, they are unbelievable! I carry mine in toothbrush holders I like them so much. You are not going to believe how great they work, but, you do have to read their instructions and you have to use them very light touch, no pressure at all.

 

[yapkuen]

I think your line of "They are captive" was a question. If so, you're like me, rarely using question marks. ;-)

Yes that companies stylus are EXTREMELY captive. All those others that are rubber, require you to actually push hard to compress the rubber dome at the end. With the Stylus-R-Us ones, all you have to do is just barely touch the icon with several fibers, and it opens anything. I'm telling you, they are unbelievable! I carry mine in toothbrush holders I like them so much. You are not going to believe how great they work, but, you do have to read their instructions and you have to use them very light touch, no pressure at all.

I think S Prime meant "They are capacitive," and meant it as a statement, not a question.

A capacitive stylus won't work the same way with the Flyer as the N-Trig stylus because a capacitive stylus just mimics a finger. That means anything you could do with your finger, you could do with the stylus, but anything that is specific to the N-Trig DuoSense tech -- bringing up the pen palette options, activating Scribble mode, or writing in the Notes application, for example -- cannot be triggered by the Stylus-R-Us pens or any others.

 

[S Prime]

I think S Prime meant "They are capacitive," and meant it as a statement, not a question.

A capacitive stylus won't work the same way with the Flyer as the N-Trig stylus because a capacitive stylus just mimics a finger. That means anything you could do with your finger, you could do with the stylus, but anything that is specific to the N-Trig DuoSense tech -- bringing up the pen palette options, activating Scribble mode, or writing in the Notes application, for example -- cannot be triggered by the Stylus-R-Us pens or any others.

Exactly, Yapquen. But on another note, I do have a Fujitsu T series tablet that I am integrating into a medical office, so I will have the opportunity to compare it to the Flyer.

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[marky42]

I think S Prime meant "They are capacitive," and meant it as a statement, not a question.

A capacitive stylus won't work the same way with the Flyer as the N-Trig stylus because a capacitive stylus just mimics a finger. That means anything you could do with your finger, you could do with the stylus, but anything that is specific to the N-Trig DuoSense tech -- bringing up the pen palette options, activating Scribble mode, or writing in the Notes application, for example -- cannot be triggered by the Stylus-R-Us pens or any others.

I've always found it interesting that certain things in life say or claim to be this way or that, often don't add up or mean a thing. You're line of..."or writing in the Notes application, for example, cannot be triggered by the Stylus-R-Us pens or any others," couldn't be more inaccurate. My son and I went to Best Buy today and had our stylus-r-us stylus with us, and they made the Flyer dance! I knew they worked NOTE TAKING APP on my Flyer, but just to make sure that wasn't a fluke, we tried one in the store. ESPECIALLY the Flyers NOTE-TAKING app. We did feel/hear or whatever, that micro-second vibration every time you click on a character, but it worked in lightning speed, activating any and everything we touched. So....back to the tech books for you: what you may have learned or felt here, isn't accurate. That and, as I've tried expressing, these stylus-r-us stylus, omggg they are unreal. I have a GPS in the car and my finger barely works on its links. I have to squeeze it to the point you can see the GPS squish and only then, will the links on it, activate. I use their stylus and touch it just barely, and instantly it opens. So, to all of you with Flyers and Xooms and iPads etc, time to put all that "thought-to-be" logic aside, and try out this company. Their stuff is awesome, unfortunately, so are their prices.

 

[marky42]

Exactly, Yapquen. But on another note, I do have a Fujitsu T series tablet that I am integrating into a medical office, so I will have the opportunity to compare it to the Flyer.

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S Prime....you too may want to check our today's findings above.

 

[yapkuen]

I've always found it interesting that certain things in life say or claim to be this way or that, often don't add up or mean a thing. You're line of..."or writing in the Notes application, for example, cannot be triggered by the Stylus-R-Us pens or any others," couldn't be more inaccurate. My son and I went to Best Buy today and had our stylus-r-us stylus with us, and they made the Flyer dance! I knew they worked NOTE TAKING APP on my Flyer, but just to make sure that wasn't a fluke, we tried one in the store. ESPECIALLY the Flyers NOTE-TAKING app. We did feel/hear or whatever, that micro-second vibration every time you click on a character, but it worked in lightning speed, activating any and everything we touched. So....back to the tech books for you: what you may have learned or felt here, isn't accurate. That and, as I've tried expressing, these stylus-r-us stylus, omggg they are unreal. I have a GPS in the car and my finger barely works on its links. I have to squeeze it to the point you can see the GPS squish and only then, will the links on it, activate. I use their stylus and touch it just barely, and instantly it opens. So, to all of you with Flyers and Xooms and iPads etc, time to put all that "thought-to-be" logic aside, and try out this company. Their stuff is awesome, unfortunately, so are their prices.

You mentioned the haptic feedback when clicking on a character -- were you using the Stylus-R-Us stylus to type on the keyboard, or to actually write? I'm not talking about using the pen to type on the keyboard one character at a time, which any capacitive pen should be able to do. I'm talking about the N-Trig specific functions. When you tap the pen button (the capacitive button on the bezel to the right of the 'back' button) with the Stylus-R-Us pen, does anything happen? When you tap on the screen with the Stylus-R-Us pen, does the Flyer automatically create a Scribble? When you have a PDF open in the PDF Reader and start drawing on the screen using the Stylus-R-Us, does it draw any annotations on the screen?

 

[S Prime]

S Prime....you too may want to check our today's findings above.

Marky42, I would welcome a less expensive alternative to the stylus that works with the N-Trig technology, but when you mentioned using the keyboard and the feedback from touching the keys you are only using the captive screen, just as you do when using your finger. The N-Trig is actually a 2nd layer under the captive screen which is activated by the duo sense pen. My challenge to you is to open a note and make a handwritten note with your stylus. If you can you will have my apologies and thanks.
But one additional request write the note in red ink.....

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