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Happy New Year All!
I am buying a Fuze today and am now ordering all my accessories on ebay.
I have a question about the stylus, and I hope you can help:
Do you know if the stylus is magnetic, or if the Fuze is magnetic?
Some ebay sellers mention that the HTC Touch Pro Stylus is "magnetic", but others do not mention this.
If you can point me in the right direction, that would be great. I'd hate to buy one that isn't 'magnetic', and have it slide out.
...Or, is that nonsense, and the magnet is in the device itself.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!
I do believe that all touch pros have the magnetic stylus...
Uh...I don't know how to explain it...
Well, this guy who did the review is sort of an idiot about it so don't listen to too much of what he says, just watch what he does. I hope it will explain it better:
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=CZlsH4I43xw
At 2:23 it starts to talk about the stylus. The magnet is there to keep the stylus in the device, since the guy doesn't have a clue.
Oh, and the Touch Pro is essentially the same as the FUZE just a different keyboard layout, I believe.(If you didn't already know that...)
Michael_514 said:
Happy New Year All!
Do you know if the stylus is magnetic, or if the Fuze is magnetic?
Thanks!
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Both are..................................
The stylus is magnetic.
There is also a sensor that can detect stylus removal. Some people have it so it launches "Notes" or whatever else they want.
Removing the stylus turns the screen on...
Really all sorts of stuff. The phone will react differently in some cases vs having it seated. Pretty neat.
Do you know if the stylus is magnetic, or if the Fuze is magnetic?
Initially thought it was a situation where a strong magnet in the stylus bay Magnetized the actual stylus if you pulled it in & out a number of times.
Now tend to accept the idea that there is some magnetic properties to each: just for kicks tried placing an Appropriately Sized nail into the stylus bay, and while it DID seem to be attracted to the bay it certainly did NOT "snap" in the way the Fuze stylus does...
BTW, why do you feel you need an extra Stylus right away? The Fuze shipped with 2, and with the magnetic bay it does seem likely that they would get lost in a hurry....
I concur, the stylus seem to me that the stylus has the stronger magnet of the two, but both are magnetized.
Also like it was mentioned, the systems work quiet well and I don't see how you would loose the two stylus in a short period of time, unless you drop it or something...
i dont know if the phone itself is magnetic but the stylus is for sure..and its quite strong too...i put it on my pc's case and it needed quite some force to remove
i dont know wether this is with all touch pros, but with mine you can screw off the black upper part of the stylus with a longer inner part, then you can see the magnet in the inner part...
Greetz
Boris
After losing my stylus I bought a couple of new one on ebay; but all of those were pieces of ****.
I finally bought the official pack (with 3 stylus, way more expensive) and those are far better. Too bad that HTC didn't bundle a spare stylus with the touch pro as they did with the tytn II =/
I can also confirm that the stylis is magnetic and not the phone.
the stylus conveniently sticks to the side of the phone so you can have an extra hand on the fly
Anybody tried any stylus pens?
Was thinking of Acase
And using it with Tabnotes and/or Sketchbook??
Sorry wrong forum!!! please move it over
Wrong section.
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I picked up a Targus stylus from Best Buy, and it works fine for sketching. Taking notes is another story, though. Capacitive screens are just not as accurate as a dedicated digitizer, so handwriting often looks awful.
If you're serious about notes and sketching, you'd probably be better off with the HTC Flyer, which has an actual pen digitizer and is reasonably more accurate.
Tried the Acase cos my mate had it for his iPad. It was pretty good and its only a fiver on Amazon so I was thinking of buying one.
I bought the rubber nub stylus from bbuy, expensive, but was impulse buy. It works pretty well.
For note taking, I use Handrite, and for drawings and sketches, i use an XDA member's app called Fresco. It's by far the best drawing app i've tried.
Stylus works fine, slight lag as expected, but learning curve is very short.
I just bought the Kensington Virtuoso Touch Stylus & Pen, which is of course both a Stylus like those mentioned above, and a Pen. So far, I'm really happy with it.
There are threads about this in order forums, but I could not find one specifically for the a500. So I wanted to share with everyone.
I recently purchased the dagi p504 from amazon, and promptly returned it. The plastic circle tip was not smooth and flat, the spring held the plastic tip on slightly crooked, and the metal that was inserted into the plastic circle at the tip was done so in a way that seemed like they had to melt the plastic and then resolidify it. The casing seemed ok, but just about as good or bad as any other styli I have used. I do not know if I had a defective one, but i can't find out with returning it and rebuying it (no exchange offered when I emailed them). So I went into best buy and bought the Bamboo stylus.
I recommend against it. Im not going to go into a bunch of tech info about who what when where why or how, but will just give you my impression of it.
I like the build quality. Thick enough and enough of a texture on the paint job and metal casing to make it feel comfortable. Probably one of the best build qualities I have felt in a stylus. However, one of the stylus's selling points if that the tip is 6mm, vs "Competition's 8mm", but the casing made it feel more like a high quality marker than a pen which made it feel bigger all over than competitors.
The main issue, though, is the tip. I have used a few different stylus options and the 'spongy' tips always were a bit of a pain. I could deal with a big slightly inaccurate tip if the tip only held somewhat firm. The Bamboo stylus is rather spongy, and you have to put pressure to push in the spongy tip before it will respond with any real effect. Meaning you can't simply touch the stylus to the tablet and move it around without having to actually drag the tip around, meaning this detracts from the smoothness and ability to transition directions. It also causes me great concern in the it seems like the tip will rip or tear very easily, meaning the 30 dollar stylus becomes nothing more than a 30.00 metal casing.
The whole point of a stylus is that it will be more accurate and responsive than a finger. At least thats my whole point. I want to be able to draw in the sketchbook pro application and need to do rather details things. However, my finger is significantly more beneficial to this task than the bamboo stylus or the dagi stylus.
and I really wanted to love this stylus. I used the bamboo pen and touch tablet for many things, and I wanted this to be its tablet accessory.
I have an AYL Stylus coming for my wife here in a week, and going to test it out and see if it will work for me too and maybe get myself one.
Im still on the quest for a decent stylus.
I just wanted to share my experience with the stylus devices so that others can be informed a little more.
Dagi P504
Build Quality 6/10
Expected longevity 5/10
Accuracy 5/10
Comfort of using 4/10
Responsiveness 4/10
http://www.amazon.com/DAGI-Capacitive-Stylus-iPhone-P504/dp/B005HYBGKW/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1316657816&sr=1-1
Bamboo Stylus:
Build Quality 9/10
Expected longevity 4/10
Accuracy 6/10
Comfort of using 9/10
Responsiveness 7/10
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VM0SE6/ref=s9_simh_gw_p23_d0_g23_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=058WTHB3CE2KW30MQ5EE&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846
AYL Stylus (got it pink for the wife):
No review yet since still waiting to receive.
http://www.amazon.com/Newest-Generation-Capacitive-Stylus-Warranty/dp/B004WBA79W/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1316657832&sr=1-4
I tried the Pogo Sketch, hated it. The tip felt cheap, spongy, and didn´t take long to start falling; the body s too thin (to my hands, anyway).
Then I bought a Griffin Stylus, it´s heavier than Pogo, but it feels right. They use a rubber tip, and it´s way a better product.
But I´m still hoping for a fine tip stylus, like the Bamboo pen.
The AYL is supposed to be fine tipped like the bamboo (although bamboo is smaller I believe), and the AYL has the same reviews as being spongy.
I dont mind a big tip, but I dont like it caving in just to put enough pressure on the screen to write, like the bamboo did.
I used to use a boxwave and it was ok, and had two of them, until my kids ripped the tips off both of tthem.
I also owns the DAGI P504 & P601 ... they works OK... not great but OK... maybe due to the fact that I have the Skinomi protector on... ( those scratch proof protector that takes water application....rubbery feels...etc
I also have this on pre-order and it's on its way... seem to be the same concept but less stress on the tip because it's ballpoint instead of spring
http://www.adonit.net/
They are also looking into sending out a different tip that works for those of us that have the rubbery protector ( Skinomi, Zagg, StealthGuard...etc )
get yourself a pre-order
Looks like what I want in a stylus. Really just more about the precision than anything else, and this looks good. Just wish it wasnt 'preorder' lol.
Could check out the Ostylus www.ostylus.com I don't have any personal experience with it, but have been tempted to order it. It *looks* fairly precise, and appears to have the line appear in the center circle which is very nice. But not 100% of the time it seems with the review. Definitely more expensive than most as well, but may be worth it.
Here's a review from Engadget on it.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/01/ostylus-capacitive-pen-review/
Just picked up the Wacom Bamboo stylus today for my A500. Not disappointed, but not as happy as I planned on being. Everything the OP stated is true regarding the amount of pressure needed for it to register on the screen.
Also, with no palm recognition on the tablet, it makes stylus writing/drawing rather useless.
I'm still going to keep it just in case. For .pdf annotations and signatures. Got it half off anyway.
So here is an update. The AYL stylus came last week, I believe. I wanted to give the wife and myself time to test it out before commenting on it.
The tip seems smaller than the bamboo, but I dont have the bamboo anymore so cannot do a side by side comparison, and the AYL doesnt exactly give specific steps. I could whip out a ruler....if I had one.
Overall though, it seems to be one of the finest tipped and bodies styli that I have used.
The drawback is that it still requires pressure to make it responsive. I know most people might be thinking "Of course it does", but I have used styli that were responsive just from the touch on the screen. The AYL, just like the bamboo, seems to have the tip formed in such a way that it not only required a little more push to be sensitive, but the tip seems to be more willing to cave in. I am thinking it may just be because they are smaller tips that most other styli and therefore it is more of a significant impact to using them to feel them cave in then other stylus.
My wife has used every other styli with me, bamboo and dagi, and she had the same opinion of them I did. However, the AYL seems to have grabbed her liking. She has been using it quite a bit for drawing and a variety of other things. Even my kids (2 1/2 and 1 1/2) seem to enjoy it. Mainly my older son. Havent quite caught my younger boy messing around with it yet lol.
Overall build quality is about average, tip is probably one of the better ones.
Build Quality 6/10
Expected longevity 6/10
Accuracy 7/10
Comfort of using 7/10
Responsiveness 7/10
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053NBLFW/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
Amazon has a sale on these stylus pens for $2.22 shipped. Any red flags on these? I likely would only use it to draw better. Other than that, I can't find other reasons for a stylus.
Just ordered them, so I'll let you know how they are. For the price jump on them.
The three colored ones?
I got them a long time ago.
I mainly use them for draw something. They do okay I guess. Nothing exceptionally good, just ok.. Not very precise but better than fingers for sure..
Edit: I lose them a lot, so I guess cheap is always good.
Not bad, thanks...You dont know if you can get a more precise stylus or "Pen" similar to the galaxy note style one do you??
THE Digitizer grid is not small enough for the real pen like stylus such as the galaxy note. There are a few precise stylus but they have a wide round see thru plate on for tip. I have one and it works much better then those posted above. I would love one to work like my Intuos 4 tablet. NOW That would rock.
As far as the price well you get what you pay for .
Good Luck
Well been using one for a few now, and worth the $2. I prefer my fingers for most stuff, but the styli work just as good as my $15 targus, just lighter and alot cheaper.
fermunky said:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053NBLFW/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
Amazon has a sale on these stylus pens for $2.22 shipped. Any red flags on these? I likely would only use it to draw better. Other than that, I can't find other reasons for a stylus.
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Just be careful the rubber tip doesn't smash and expose the metal rim on the stylus. This will cause horrible scratches on your screen (learned this the hard way). I got a nano fabric, retractable stylus a little while back. It works great!
http://secondshells.com/touch-stylus-pen-s/stylus-with-fabric-tip.html
Well, I ordered the Nexus 4 last week and have been lurking all over these forums since then. I need some help with picking a case. I have narrowed my choices down to the three very different ones listed below this paragraph. As you can see they all offer different pros and cons (at least to me). I'm trying to decide if function (keeping the phone from shattering) is more important than aesthetics (showing off that beauty and sleekness). Since I just dropped $350 for this device, I have been leaning heavily towards the former. I'm definitely open to other suggestions and I'm willing to spend up to $50. These are just the three that caught my eye.
Poetic Borderline Bumper Yellow- $10
The Good: Minimal bulk, I like the stylish yellow, low price, shows off the back
The Bad: Poor user reviews but Poetic claim it's been resolved, while it does have minimal bulk since it is just a bumper that means less protection, the poor reviews state that it falls apart in days or weeks. I know I should be weary but I love the look of the yellow on black with full view of the back.
Ringke Fusion - $16
The Good: Covers the back but still shows it off, low price, not much bulk, better protection than just a bumper
The Bad: I haven't been able to find many reviews. Reports that the clear back having that "wet" look.
Seidio Active with Kickstand - $35
The Good: the best protection out of these cases listed, has a kick stand (which I miss from my HTC EVO days), comes in many colors, I have one now for my Nexus S 4G and it's protected it well even though I'm not a huge fan of the bulk.
The Bad: Somewhat expensive, really bulky compared to the other two above, sort of ugly, the kickstand is cool but it does add some bulk. Reports of the wireless charging not working with it on (this isn't isn't an issue yet since I don't have a Qi but I plan to someday)
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance to all who have read this.
Ballistic.
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Ballistic.
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That's actually the one my wife was planning to get. I like the protection it gives but hate the bulk. I might also consider that one. I assume you have it? How much bigger/bulky does it make it feel?
mdassad said:
Well, I ordered the Nexus 4 last week and have been lurking all over these forums since then. I need some help with picking a case. I have narrowed my choices down to the three very different ones listed below this paragraph. As you can see they all offer different pros and cons (at least to me). I'm trying to decide if function (keeping the phone from shattering) is more important than aesthetics (showing off that beauty and sleekness). Since I just dropped $350 for this device, I have been leaning heavily towards the former. I'm definitely open to other suggestions and I'm willing to spend up to $50. These are just the three that caught my eye.
Poetic Borderline Bumper Yellow- $10
The Good: Minimal bulk, I like the stylish yellow, low price, shows off the back
The Bad: Poor user reviews but Poetic claim it's been resolved, while it does have minimal bulk since it is just a bumper that means less protection, the poor reviews state that it falls apart in days or weeks. I know I should be weary but I love the look of the yellow on black with full view of the back.
Ringke Fusion - $16
The Good: Covers the back but still shows it off, low price, not much bulk, better protection than just a bumper
The Bad: I haven't been able to find many reviews. Reports that the clear back having that "wet" look.
Seidio Active with Kickstand - $35
The Good: the best protection out of these cases listed, has a kick stand (which I miss from my HTC EVO days), comes in many colors, I have one now for my Nexus S 4G and it's protected it well even though I'm not a huge fan of the bulk.
The Bad: Somewhat expensive, really bulky compared to the other two above, sort of ugly, the kickstand is cool but it does add some bulk. Reports of the wireless charging not working with it on (this isn't isn't an issue yet since I don't have a Qi but I plan to someday)
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance to all who have read this.
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From the three and you mentioned you wanted for protection, then Seidio is the way to go. I have always bought Active cases for my tablets and phones except this one. I haven't a need for that yet. I have had it for my past Sensation, Kindle Fire, and now Nexus 7. It's my daily case for my N7, but for the Sensation, it was my travel case.
In the later months, I opted for the "hybrid tpu" case for the Sensation which exposed the back, much like the Fusion. I am getting the Fusion now and getting a holster from Seidio to fit.
Bottom line, for travel and good protection, I'd go Active. Middle of the road would be the Fusion. I preface that by saying I have yet to receive my Fusion yet so take that with a grain of salt for now.
The hybrid case biggest fault are the feel of the buttons. Not wet. I believe the wet look come from those using screen protectors in the back.
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Write up a review on the S-Line cases you can get off of eBay/Amazon for $1.50!
Thanks everyone for the recommendations. I think I am going to go with the Seidio Active. I got my phone last Friday but I'm still patiently waiting for my SIM Card to come in from T-Mo...it's killing me! I'm just glad I can use wifi on it at least...
mdassad said:
Thanks everyone for the recommendations. I think I am going to go with the Seidio Active. I got my phone last Friday but I'm still patiently waiting for my SIM Card to come in from T-Mo...it's killing me! I'm just glad I can use wifi on it at least...
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Why didn't you just cut it yourself? Easy to do and no waiting time and of course it's for free
For those who have the Seidio active case and want to use their wireless charger? The issue is the metal kickstand which may or may not work with the Orb but I would not use it on my charging mat. I have the surface with metal kickstand. I bought the Acase superleggera pro case for $15 and it is similar to the seidio active and it works fine with my charging mat. I missed the holster so I asked a buddy (who has the active combo) to let me see if the Acase fit in the seidio active holster and guess what? It fits! It's a tiny bit tighter on the sides but still slides in and out pretty easily and the spring loaded clip works fine.
For those in this situation you may just want to spring for the case for 15 if you wirelessly charge.
http://www.amazon.com/Acase-Superle...58&sr=8-1&keywords=acase+superleggera+nexus+4
Which of these cases do you prefer? I've been considering both. Wireless charging is not an issue for me and will be carrying in my pocket
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Just to be clear I have the surface which is less bulky than the active and the superleggera is closer to the active.
That said I would say the seido has a slight edge in quality however when you factor in the price, the superleggera is a better value!
The surface case is slimmer, still offers good protection and had a good grip. If you do not intend to charge wirelessly it is what I recommend.
You can get the best price on android central and put "save 15" in the coupon box to save 15%
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