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Stylus or no stylus???

What do you guys think? Is there a good use for it? Do you use it? What are your thoughts in general.

i use a stylus once in a while, but its not what i expected originally. I had played with the digitizer stylus on the htc flyer earlier, and that was such a fantastic stylus experience, i thought i would be able to have that same level of detail, but apparently it doesnt work that way on other tablets, htc flyer has a special digitizer layer on top of the capacitive screen, that makes input form the special digitizer pen more accurate, like i can literally write chicken scratch on that thing and it is perfectly legible.
but on regular capacitive screens, the best stylus wont do much more than what your finger does. If you want to use the stylus just for swiping, and moving stuff, then it's okay i suppose, especially when its cold. But its not a handwriting replacement, or even a decent sketching tool, just a finger replacement. Regular styluses have this weird squishy foam tip also, that annoys me.

fraz82 said:
i use a stylus once in a while, but its not what i expected originally.
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This.
I have the Samsung stylus and use it all the time. To me, it's a tad more precise than my finger and it keeps the screen clean of finger prints. The only app it seems to work better than average in is the Asus notes app that's available in the dev section. Even then, it's for quick notes and phone numbers not actual writing.

I'm using one now. The biggest advantage for me is when entering text. My wife asked for one. I grabed one at Walmart, tried it out and had to get one for myself. I like it.
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Yep I agree with everyone above. I purchased the Jot stylus which is supposed to be one of the better ones and it was just bleh. I wanted to use my Tab for note taking and stuff and it just won't register cleanly especially if you're trying to write 'normally'. For drawing and bigger letters it's fine, but anything smaller, forget it.

spyder560 said:
Yep I agree with everyone above. I purchased the Jot stylus which is supposed to be one of the better ones and it was just bleh. I wanted to use my Tab for note taking and stuff and it just won't register cleanly especially if you're trying to write 'normally'. For drawing and bigger letters it's fine, but anything smaller, forget it.
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There's an app for that. Touchscreentune in the dev section. It helps a great deal, though it doesn't make the Tab perfect. One caveat... You need to be rooted to use it.

S pen with out touch

When i come close to a button with s pen witout hitting it. It goes on.how can i come over it...it can be cool some times. .its to sensetive
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i notice tha s pen is not calibrated, i mean it is not exactly very accurate, its about one mm above from the contact point.

Some people say that is problem from spen, not the device.

I found that when I rotate the device and let the screen face to the ground, the spen can remote control some area. I happened to found this when I lie on my bed.

Yes it happens to me too. Doodling while in bed was one of the reasons I bought the Note.. I've just ordered a new s-pen. I'll let you know if this changes the note behaviour while facing down.
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this is pen dependent: i had three notes (each of them had another display defect), and at first i thought this was device dependent, because my first one was very sensitive (as you describe it here), my second one the total opposite. my third one was something in the middle...
then i bought the pen (with holder) from amazon, and with this pen the "feeling" when writing etc. was much more perfect. because i had the second note still available i tried the new pen with it, and it behaved totally the same as nr. 3 when using the same pen.
so my conclusion is that all this is much more related to manufacturing differences of the pen, not the note.
still, a function for calibrating the pen would be very usefull...
2 additional things:
first, rumour is spread that with ICS this should get better, because ICS has native support for (inductive digitizer-, like our wacom) pens!
second: the screen is able to distinguish between hand and pen input (standard capacitive pens would act like a finger, so there wouldnt be any difference), you can see this in the service menu: dialer *#0*# where the according tests only react to finger OR pen!
why samsung didn't include this function into s-note is out of my understanding, as it would make it a lot easier to write...

I don't know if it's coincidence but this problem begins when I put a screen protector.

[Q] Good Stylus for note taking?

I bought a stylus for taking notes. I tested Evernote, Classic Notes Lite, Freenote, Genial Writing and Handwrite Note. But in the end I was quite disappointed. Either the Nexus 7 touchscreen is not sensitiv enough or my stylus sucks, but all the handwriting looked a lot worse than on paper and the apps offering handwriting recognition succeded only in 50% of the times.
How are your experiences?

red_12 said:
I bought a stylus for taking notes. I tested Evernote, Classic Notes Lite, Freenote, Genial Writing and Handwrite Note. But in the end I was quite disappointed. Either the Nexus 7 touchscreen is not sensitiv enough or my stylus sucks, but all the handwriting looked a lot worse than on paper and the apps offering handwriting recognition succeded only in 50% of the times.
How are your experiences?
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Typically the rubber tip cheap styli suck . I remember I got a metal mesh tip stylus for my transformer, worked wonders
THIS. IS. NEXUS.

Thanks for your input. Yes the ruber tip seems too big and too clumsy in order to be accurate enough for handwriting. I hope an expensive one will solve this issue since it would be really create to take notes.
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red_12 said:
Thanks for your input. Yes the ruber tip seems too big and too clumsy in order to be accurate enough for handwriting. I hope an expensive one will solve this issue since it would be really create to take notes.
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The S pen that comes with the galaxy note would be a good choice. I may get one seems like a really good pen and it works with more than just the Note.

ÜBER™ said:
The S pen that comes with the galaxy note would be a good choice. I may get one seems like a really good pen and it works with more than just the Note.
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i've tried to use that stylus on my Galaxy S3, but it doesn't work.
haven't tried to use it on my Nexus 7 tho.
as for the rubber stylus, mine ripped after a few years old, and so it doesn't work anymore.

mrhomiec said:
i've tried to use that stylus on my Galaxy S3, but it doesn't work.
haven't tried to use it on my Nexus 7 tho.
as for the rubber stylus, mine ripped after a few years old, and so it doesn't work anymore.
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That wouldn't work.works with the proprietary wacom digitizer of the note.
THIS. IS. NEXUS.

Note taking is the one thing I REALLY miss coming from a Thinkpad Tablet. The foam/rubber stylus are a piece of poop in comparison. The closest I've come is the Jot Pro Stylus or the GoSmart Stylus. They're not perfect in comparison to an active pen and tablet but they do the job a heap better than the other cheaper ones.

Those look awesome. Anyone try either of them?
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limbot said:
Note taking is the one thing I REALLY miss coming from a Thinkpad Tablet. The foam/rubber stylus are a piece of poop in comparison. The closest I've come is the Jot Pro Stylus or the GoSmart Stylus. They're not perfect in comparison to an active pen and tablet but they do the job a heap better than the other cheaper ones.
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The gosmart seems to be better reading amazon reviews. The jot seems to be less responsive according to reviews. I may just have to pick me up a go smart 200 series.
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The naked Teflon coated tip on the Gosmart feels a bit better writing on the screen than the plastic disk on the Jot and makes less of a tap, tap noise. The GoSmart feels "lighter" and smoother on the screen and more responsive.
Be warned though that I'm not brave enough to consider taking the 300 series Gosmart in my airplane carry on if I travel, it just looks and feels "dangerous"..
Jule from The Gadgeteer has tried a good selection of capacitive stylus (alebit on an iPad). Here's her reviews on the GoSmart and the Jot.
As I say they're never going to be as good as an active digitiser/pen combination though

I ordered Gosmart. Seems like the best and fairly reasonable.
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I have the jot pro.it came in the mail today. This does not work with a screen protector. It almost sticks to the screen. I tried it on Bonnies galaxy tab 2 without a screen protector and it glides better but worries me about the edge of the disk digging in. So I put it back in package and got a email. Its going back to amazon in the morning.
I will try the other mentioned above.soon android will have active stylus support and manufacturing will start making something worthy for us.
I had a note 10.1 stylus was good. But not as great as my intuous 4 wacom. Its also not quite completable with many higher end apps.
So conclusion is there is no real solutions YET BOOHOOO

I read a review that gosmart was fine with a screen protector...ill let you know when I get mine.
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I have a generic matte screen protector on mine and that may be why the Gosmart feels better. Less drag due to lower surface area without the solid plastic disc

Try the "amPen Hybrid Stylus" off of amazon. Just got mine and it works wonderfully. Its pretty economical too.

Question guys, has anybody tried a Galaxy Note S Pen?

Nospin said:
Question guys, has anybody tried a Galaxy Note S Pen?
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Will not work. The Galaxy Note has an Active Digitiser and the S Pen is an active pen. Same goes for the Thinkpad Tablet.

Any compatible pens for this phone?

I wanna be able to draw better in draw something or just for taking notes. What's a good pen with a small point that will register?
Just realized I put it in wrong subforum.. My bad
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http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...capacitive+stylus&sprefix=capacitive+,aps,430
These are some. Look for Capacitive Stylus.

No such thing. The only thing close to a decent stylus is the dagi pen. Yes, its much more expensive, but the normal rubber tipped ones are useless. The Dagi can actually be useful for handwriting and drawing. Trust me, please, I've used them all. The only truly good stylus is the S Pen on the Galaxy Note Tablet and Phones, but it only works on those devices. That's it. Get the Dagi or waste your money on cheap ones, your choice.
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Bamboo Stylus Feel... anyone tried it yet?

I've been waiting for reviews for this pen for a while. I don't see any third parties selling it yet either... I found one review, but it was in Japanese (which I can read) and wasn't very helpful in terms of the purpose I would be using it for. Particularly, the artwork...
I'm curious, is it really any different than the s-pen or is it just about the form factor?

SayaX said:
I've been waiting for reviews for this pen for a while. I don't see any third parties selling it yet either... I found one review, but it was in Japanese (which I can read) and wasn't very helpful in terms of the purpose I would be using it for. Particularly, the artwork...
I'm curious, is it really any different than the s-pen or is it just about the form factor?
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I'm curious about it too. I currently have a Samsung ET-S200EBEGSTD S-Pen with eraser which works and feels great. Will the Bamboo Stylus Feel actually feel better than the Samsung branded S-Pens? I'll wait for those reviews as well.

Looking thru and it does looks good. Any tried?

seeto84 said:
Looking thru and it does looks good. Any tried?
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I confirmed with Wacom, it has no eraser. Made me lose all interest.

I ordered 2 on the 7th. I got them yesterday. My wife is an artist and the Samsung stylus was to thin. She really likes the feel of it. Its really light though, and it feels like rough ceramic. I cant say that it writes better than the stock one. But it is easier to use. All they had was the white version that day. I do wonder if the $80 black carbon fiber pen would have been better. It has double the weight.
I need to use it a bit more before I can review it. Mainly because I put an anti-reflective screen protector on my tablet the day before.

Best Buy now has Bamboo Stylus
Titles says it all!

Ok, I was using it this morning after doing the OTA update. I didnt like it at all. I thought it might have been this matte screen protector. Just to double check, I grabbed my wifes Bamboo stylus and used it. It worked great! Mine was slow and didnt work half the time, but hers works better than the Samsung stylus. Now I have to figure out how to return mine. Its defective.
Using my wifes, there is something I didnt like about it. The button sits flush with the body and it feels the same. So its hard to find. I use it a lot because I have it set to erase.

wd4oay said:
Titles says it all!
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Link? I looked and couldn't find it... I found several Bamboo Stylus, but none for the Note 10.1. I do like the look of the carbon stylus on the Wacom Website.

This is where I got mine. Directly from the Wacom store.
https://www.wacom.com/store/bamboo-stylus-feel

Thanks for the link. I just ordered one. (White). I was gonna get the samsung based version, but this thickness might be perfect for. I hate how expensive they are. I wish they were half this price and then i could buy multiple pens.

kousakasan said:
Ok, I was using it this morning after doing the OTA update. I didnt like it at all. I thought it might have been this matte screen protector. Just to double check, I grabbed my wifes Bamboo stylus and used it. It worked great! Mine was slow and didnt work half the time, but hers works better than the Samsung stylus. Now I have to figure out how to return mine. Its defective.
Using my wifes, there is something I didnt like about it. The button sits flush with the body and it feels the same. So its hard to find. I use it a lot because I have it set to erase.
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Is setting the button to erase only for the Wacom stylus or can the stock s-pen do it as well? Care to share how? Thanks
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Just to share, any Wacom Penabled (Tablet PC) stylus will work with the Note series. I have three from my Tablet PC days and they all work with my Note 10.1 and Note II. Search in Google or Amazon and you can find a large range of styles and prices.
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The app you use has to have the option. The app I use most is Lecture Notes.
[Settings/handling/one time eraser] sets it to erase once after each time the button is pressed. Very handy.
I have noticed that the built in apps like SNote and Kno lack a useful setting menu. It would be nice if they gave us more options.

newst said:
Just to share, any Wacom Penabled (Tablet PC) stylus will work with the Note series. I have three from my Tablet PC days and they all work with my Note 10.1 and Note II. Search in Google or Amazon and you can find a large range of styles and prices.
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Work? Yes. Work well? Maybe. I have one from a slate, and it's about 1/4" off when writing. Too annoying to be useful. I'm not saying yours don't work well, I'm saying that not all penabled stylus will work well.

I have a bamboo create tablet and the pen for that thing does not work on either my Samsung 7 Series or my Note 10.1. The S7S pen do work on the Note 10.1 and visa versa tho. The eraser work as well; haven't tried the eraser on Sketchbook Pro tho.