Comments on: Time to bet on the stylus, again

By: Vivek Kinhekar

Vivek Kinhekar — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:36:44 +0000

And soon, you may see Paper Industries going bankrupt just like Kodak Films went bankrupt recently!!!

By: Vivek Kinhekar

Vivek Kinhekar — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:37:27 +0000

Also, think about examinations… Online examinations are mostly objective types that tests very little of examinee’s expressive power, way of thinking, etc. With stylus as pen on touchscreen tablets, will truely digitize the examination system and the examination process, with getting the answersheets written in the examinee’s own handwriting, without any forgery! Think about these…. :-)

By: Vivek Kinhekar

Vivek Kinhekar — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:36:26 +0000

Has anybody thought about the enormous potential of using stylus as a pen and touchscreen as a paper from student’s point of view??? Education and student phase will never go out of human life. Just imagine, the shear size of this community who will immensely benefit from such perspective towards stylus. As class-room teaching will have no alternative during students’ study phase, taking notes, especially mathematical, imagery, engg. drawings, etc. will have no alternatives. Also, think about examinations…

By: Sam Wagner

Sam Wagner — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:44:40 +0000

How’s that different than having a pen and paper and losing your pen?

By: pmcd

pmcd — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:25:18 +0000

Try writing mathematical notes, or any science with significant mathematical content, on the fly using a two dimensional keyboard (basically a typewriter). You simply can’t do it.

By: nateandtheworld

nateandtheworld — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:48:09 +0000

Reblogged this on nateandtheworld and commented: I'm in class at this very moment (I know, supremely rebellious of me), and we're talking about good design. One of the points was about how the stylus has really been put out by most companies because of the success of the "stylus-less" iPads. Steve Jobs once said that there's no point in having a stylus when we have 10 styluses of our own to already work with (you could make that number 20 if you have the unusual tendency of using tablets with your toes). Any ways, this article is a note to the contrary, saying that we shouldn't be hating on the stylus for much longer. I don't particularly agree, that is unless the stylus reaches the point where it reaches the full precision of a pen to paper. However, those days could be coming soon! On another note, this is my 3 hour class and it's merely half over. Hopefully I'll be able to survive the rest of it!

By: tjgodel

tjgodel — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:59:59 +0000

I really like what I see from Samsung lineup phones and tablets that use stylus. I believe there is a huge opportunity for devices that support content creation and not just consumption. Not having a good content creation tablet device using a stylus would be like carrying a combined video viewer and book reader in one device and that is a passive mode being. If your work or way of being includes creating then a stylus will open up new creation opportunities.

By: thetechieguy

thetechieguy — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:19:13 +0000

Samsung thought of that too as we all lose pens often and so the Galaxy Note 10.1 has an alarm built in so that if you leave your stylus on the desk and walk away, it will alert you. Wish my pen did the same…

By: thetechieguy

thetechieguy — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:17:43 +0000

My personal take is that just like the saying goes “better have a gun and not need it than need a gun and not have it” – the stylus is great when you want detailed precise work but it not necessary at all as you can still use finger-touch to do everything. Personally, I use the stylus on a Galaxy Note all the time to take notes & draw diagrams (I am not creative by any leap of imagination). What is great about the stylus is that I find that customers get more involved when you draw “together” eg. put together an org structure or draw the network etc. & its cool to make quick note like directions or coffee orders. Its also great to sign documents so you save the print/ sign/ scan process. Finally, you also cant compare today’s stylus to the 90s one (like on the iMate phones). That was purely a “tap to get around” system – it is so much more now.
Those that actually use it for more than just the demo in the showroom will really find it useful more often than you think.

By: eideard

eideard — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:06:30 +0000

I’d agree for artists, designers alone. I can take legible notes easier with the iOS “keyboard” than with a stylus.