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Pogo Connect Stylus Review: Pressure Sensitivity for iPad, But Only Half-Baked

Despite the myriad uses an iPad can serve up, one area where it falls short is artistic creation. Sure, there are tons of sketching and painting apps, but they are hampered by one shortcoming of the iPad's display: lack of pressure sensitivity. The Pogo Connect Stylus tries to mend this gap and open the doors to a more complete artistic experience on the iPad. Read More >>

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Samsung Slotting an 8″ Galaxy Note Into Its Enormous Android Range

Those of you still counting Samsung phone and tablet models have a new one for the long, long list, with leaks suggesting it's preparing an 8" Galaxy Note to sit between the 5.5" Note II and the larger 10" version of the stylus-based tablet. Read More >>

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Mixing Sharpies and Touchscreen Devices Seems Really Dangerous

Repurposing one of the myriad of writing implements on your desk as a stylus for a touchscreen device shows some clever MacGyver-like adaptability. But bringing an indelible permanent marker like a Sharpie anywhere near your tablet or smartphone's screen is downright cringe-worthy—even if the business end is covered with one of these Stylus Caps. Read More >>

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Dual-Tipped Stylus Helps Kids Make Shoddy Drawings in 3D

The holidays are quickly approaching and you know what that means: you don't have a lot of time left to find some way to distract annoying kids that could be visiting. Thankfully Griffin's got you covered with a new Crayola dual-tipped stylus for creating anaglyph 3D images on a touchscreen device. Read More >>

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Samsung’s Got Something Else With a Stylus Coming

Samsung's sent out a cryptic event teaser for October 24th, because apparently "the next big thing is here". The picture of one of Samsung's new S-Pen styluses confuses things a bit; we've already seen the 5.5-inch Note 2 and Note 10.1. So, what's next? A 7-inch Note, or maybe a smaller phablet? [AllThingsD via TechRadar] Read More >>

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Samsung Releases Its 50-Millionth Tablet, the Galaxy Note 10.1

Are you a fan of the original stylus-packing Galaxy Note, but thought at just 5.3-inches it was a tad too small? SHOCKING NEWS: Samsung's released the long-awaited quad-core 10.1-inch version, and you should be able to get your stylus-clutching hands on it by the end of this month. Read More >>

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Pressure Sensitive Stylus Coming for iPad

There are many iPad styli out there, but most of them suck. And the ones that are good lack something extremely important for amateur and professional artists alike: pressure sensitiveness. Fortunately, the Jot Touch will be here soon to fix this. Read More >>

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Apple’s Got a Fancy Haptic iPen Stylus In the Works For the iPad

It seems Apple reckons Samsung's on the right track with its Galaxy Note 10.1. Two newly published patents for an Apple iPen for the iPad, detail a haptic feedback stylus that'll let you feel your brush strokes. Read More >>

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Wacom’s Ballpoint Touchscreen Stylus Works with Paper Tablets, Too

Conceding that sometimes making a quick drawing on a piece of paper still has the occasional benefit over sketching on a tablet, Wacom has updated its touchscreen-friendly Bamboo stylus with a capped ball point pen on one end. Read More >>

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LG’s 5-Inch Stylus-Packing Optimus Vu Isn’t a Galaxy Note

Seems LG wants a piece of the stylus-packing too-big-to-be-a-phone, but too-small-to-be-a-tablet market. It launched the teased Optimus Vu over the weekend and it’s nothing like the Galaxy Note, honest. Read More >>

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Here’s How the Samsung Galaxy Note Works

Want to know how the confused gargantuan phone/tiny tablet love child's stylus works? Here's a video about that. And some other features of the Note too. Watch it. Read More >>

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The First iPad Stylus With an On-Screen Cursor

Billed as an "active stylus" for the iPad, the iPen can be recognised by the tablet even when the tip hovers above the display. Allowing for improved stylus accuracy, but also facilitating an on-screen cursor. Read More >>

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accessories
Wide-Body Cosmonaut Stylus Is Easy on the Eyes and Easier on the Hands

Most styluses are designed to look and feel like a pen — great for writing, terrible for drawing. That's why this new stylus from Studio Neat is built like a crayon. Read More >>