No built-in stylus pen, sucks!

Deleted User · Jun 8, 2010

I was actually being somewhat serious about the sausage stylus...

Sausage stylus for the iPhone now on sale in the US -- Engadget

edpowers · Jun 8, 2010

emac said:
I thought this thread was going to be a joke when I clicked on it. Why the heck would you want a freakin' stylus?

I thought the same thing. My old HTC Touch Diamond had a stylus because the screen was so annoyingly small. It was the only way you could hit the right button! It was totally embarrassing pulling that little pen out of the phone. The only good thing about the Touch Diamond+Stylus was that it made me appreciate my Evo even more.

CRPercodani · Jun 8, 2010

Let's keep it civil.

nsu300zx · Jun 8, 2010

MisterB said:
Admit it. This is a pic of you taken last week lmao.

Man, I had one of those!

MisterB · Jun 8, 2010

Joe Las Vegas said:
Funny bunch up here, I guess the EVO must be the very first fancy phone with touchscreen anyone ever used in this place, hence the inexperience with using a stylus pen to keep your screen clean when browsing or TM.

I'll just find a good anti-fingerprint screen protector and forget about using a stylus pen with this phone since the screen won't work except when using fingers, no big deal, I don't have fat fingers.

Nope. I started with the Palm III with the green screen, stylus, and star trek type flip cover. Had almost every treo they ever made after that. Eventually you realize times have changed, and a stylus really isn't of much use

dandm4life · Jun 8, 2010

Amazon.com: Ten One Design T1-AP25-102 Pogo Sketch Stylus for iPhone 3G, 3G S:

^Linky

MisterB · Jun 8, 2010

nsu300zx said:
Man, I had one of those!

Yeah. Me too. I also spent like $500 to upgrade to the color version when it came out lol.

Deleted User · Jun 8, 2010

MisterB said:
Nope. I started with the Palm III with the green screen, stylus, and star trek type flip cover. Had almost every treo they ever made after that. Eventually you realize times have changed, and a stylus really isn't of much use

AFAIK, the only way to navigate a capacitive screen in cold weather without taking your gloves off is to either have a gloves with capacitive tips (I've seen em on ski gloves) or a capacitive stylus.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

MisterB · Jun 8, 2010

Joe Las Vegas said:
And I can beat you, if I were to pose like you do I would look the same.

I don't wanna be banned, so I'll leave it to it, last post in this thread, Mod, feel free to delete thread since my stylus concern is a joke to everyone.

What an ass. We're all joking light hearted, and you have to be like that?

habitual.line.stepper · Jun 8, 2010

Joe Las Vegas said:
Would an

anti-fingerprint screen protector negatively affect the EVO's screen responsiveness?

the responsiveness is unaffected by an anti glare screen, but they make your screen look "fuzzy" since they have a matte surface. They also make fingerprints harder to clean because the oils from your fingers stay in the "low points" of the textured surface.

I had an anti glare screen on since Friday and I couldn't take it anymore so i switched to a crystal clear protector yesterday.

DeusInnomen · Jun 8, 2010

I found this Capacitive Stylus over at ThinkGeek, looks like it might be a good match for ya: ThinkGeek :: Pogo Sketch iPhone/MacBook Stylus

It might be "designed" for the iPhone and whatnot, but it works the same way on any capacitive screen. And yes, the "sausage stylus" is serious, those wacky Japanese figured that one out.

Edited to Add: Oh, hey, that's exactly what dandm4life posted. I should'a clicked his link before suggesting.

Droidone · Jun 8, 2010

I would never want to go back to using a stylus. IMO. I will be reminded of my windows mobile days which were horrible. The capacitive screen is awesome and a stylus should never be needed. We have pinch to zoom for a reason.

drksilenc · Jun 8, 2010

DeusInnomen said:
I found this Capacitive Stylus over at ThinkGeek, looks like it might be a good match for ya: ThinkGeek :: Pogo Sketch iPhone/MacBook Stylus

It might be "designed" for the iPhone and whatnot, but it works the same way on any capacitive screen. And yes, the "sausage stylus" is serious, those wacky Japanese figured that one out.

Edited to Add: Oh, hey, that's exactly what dandm4life posted. I should'a clicked his link before suggesting.

it was actually the koreans not japanese

cabbie · Jun 8, 2010

Theres a very good reason for a stylus. I don't know if ya'll ever played isketch on your computer, but they released a version for android (sketch online beta)

It's a multiplayer game. You are given a word and you have to draw it and the other people have to guess what it is. You get points if you guess right or your picture is accurate enough to where someone can guess it. I tried playing on my Hero and drawing anything with your fingers was total fail and basically unplayable. I want to get a stylus so I can actually play this game because its a lot of fun and input accuracy is important

reallynotnick · Jun 8, 2010

The only time I have really wanted a stylus was to use with Swype, I think it would be so much faster to enter text and would make it a little easier to see the keys too.

freeza · Jun 8, 2010

I didn't even use a stylus on windows mobile phones (mogul,touch pro, touch pro2) why in the world would you ever use one on a 4.3 inch screen?

Exstatica · Jun 8, 2010

boxwave has some, but really a finger works just as well.

HittingSmoke · Jun 8, 2010

C'mon guys. There's tons of practical applications for a stylus. Drawing, scribbling down quick notes, certain games and apps.

Even on my Touch Pro I didn't use my stylus for everyday use, and I'll be using one far less on my Evo, but I'll still keep one around for those rare occasions that I know I'll need one.

Of course fingerprints on a capacitive screen isn't an argument for a stylus, the technology was designed from the start to be used with the finger. Doesn't mean that's all you'll ever need though.

ashykat · Jun 8, 2010

emac said:
I thought this thread was going to be a joke when I clicked on it. Why the heck would you want a freakin' stylus?

Lol that's what I thought too. I hate to quote Steve Jobs on an evo board, but as he said in his first iPhone reveal, "No one wants a stylus!".

I'd have to agree with him.

dhinez · Jun 8, 2010

A capacitive touchscreen will not respond to a standard stylus you will find on phones w/ resistive touchscreens. Capacitive touchscreens uses the electrical signal to work just like a magnet to metal filings. I have done some experiment on my Hero on how to get a stylus to work. My findings basically show that we need a magnetic-type stylus (of course with a protective rubber cover for the tip) for it to work. I've done this with a magnetic phillip head screwdriver. Worked fine. I just don't see a uses for a stylus with pinch-to-zoom and double tapping.

DaytonaZ33 · Jun 8, 2010

Remember, the Evo has an oleophobic coating over the screen, which means it will as fingerprint resistant as any screen protector you will find, if not more.

NeoEVO · Jun 8, 2010

Years ago, the iTouch (alas no iPhone, still allergic to AT&T) cured me of Palm/Treo stylus addiction as well as fat finger-itis. If you can pick your nose - you can Android.

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