Official HTC Capacitive stylus on the way?
We don’t know if this is a sign of HTC giving up on making Windows Mobile finger-friendly (the HTC HD2 actually works pretty well sans stylus) or of the company just giving in to demand, but according to Clove we can expect an official Capacitive Stylus from HTC pretty soon, and at a reasonable price.
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HTCProduct Code
HTC-STYHD2Price
£15 (£17.25 inc VAT)Overview of HTC HD2 Capacitive Stylus
PRICE, SPECIFICATION AND AVAILABILITY TO BE CONFIRMED
Have you been struggling to get to grips with the HTC HD2’s capacitive touch screen? Been screaming out for a stylus that will allow you to select items and navigate the screen with more ease?
Worry no more. This official stylus from HTC is designed specifically to work with the capacitive touch screen of the HTC HD2. Using the latest technology the stylus will allow you to better use your HD2. No more fingers or thumbs!
What do our readers think – should HTC just forge ahead and drop styli, or is this a sign that styli are just better than fingers? Let us know in the comments.
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Nothing wrong with choice, does not mean they have given up on WM, just giving people who have been used to WM an option. Future versions are more easily navigable with a finger so no reason to "give up" now.
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just bundle a stylus like with resistive screens. ive never used mine on my touch hd, but its nice to know its there.
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I also think it's a very important feature for China market where writing with symbol recognition is one of the preferred input method.
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So if HTC is coming with a capacitive stylus, Welcome! BUT…
There are quite a few capacitive stylus in the market, but NONE of them are good enugh, they barely replace your fingers but nothing much else.
There is a valuable place for stylus in the mobile world.
I persive that most finger fans people think a stylus is a herecy. And the stylus fanatics (productive?)believe the finger thing is just for fun.
There are a lot functions that COMPLEMENT any device and make it even better that ONLY can be acomplished with the use of stylus:
*Handwriting recognizion.
*Quick free notes.
*Fast sketcht or detail drawing
*fast "typing" (real fast)
*An why not, quick precise pecking on the screen.
It is not just for the small menus of WinMo, even an iPhone could do a lot more stuff with the use of stylus.
Personally, I still have an old Palm Pilot (circa 1999) where I can write a conference as they talk WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE SCREEN. Ha! try that with any keyboard or virtual querty.
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I stylus is a handy thing to have. As is said above i can see it being hard to write notes using your finger which is something i do often. When i get my hd2 im going to have to use the regular software keyboard or get one of these. I have seen this extract about HTC plans for a capacitive sylus ages ago way before i'd heard about the HD2 so they have had it in the pipeline for a while now.
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I need a stylus for business applications. I think some people forget that these phones are also used for business. I have to capture electronic signatures of my clients on electronic applications on my phone. There is no way anybody could ever sign with there fingertips, by including this the phone starts to be an option for me again.
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Foamy Reply:
November 25th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
there are already decent and cheap styli available. The HD2 is never going to have a stylus slot so it doesn't matter if it's made by HTC or not. I expect future capacitive devices will have one if they can make them as small as the old ones.
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You have to laugh at the creativity of omitting feature's, marketing that as a feature and then selling them to you afterward's and once again stating it as a feature……I don't buy into this sort of crap, it annoy's me immensely.
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Parrotlover77 Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 12:35 am
They learned from Apple. And wmpoweruser is swallowing it hook, line, and sinker. They need an alternate battery cover with a place to stuff the stylus.
The tech punditry (including wmpoweruser)'s attitude towards non-finger UI patterns annoys me. Fact is, with a stylus you gain precision, so controls can be smaller and you can fit more on the screen. No need to zoom before clicking on a link. Pocket Excel rocks my world and i cant imagine them blowing up every control on the screen to satify a stylus free device. The giant cell data area in Pocket Excel 2010 already looks silly enough on its own.
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I have moved from an hx4700. Even with its 4 inch screen (properly VGA, and wider than the HD2) I still used the stylus from time to time. My fingernails are smaller than my finger ends, but even so there were times that you really need a bit more control. Personally I am making far more errors on the HD2 than I ever did on the hx4700, and that is down to the inaccuracy of the capacitive screen and finger mode.
For me, a stylus would be a welcome addition.
I'd go for a better pouch than the one supplied, that had a belt clip, and store it in that in its dedicated scabbard.
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don't have a HD2 yet, but interested. Have a TYTN II, rarely use keyboard, always use stylus for entry. Also have Man fingers, so not sure how good only finger use would be. Should have a stylus supplied standard. I don't use a phone for video or music, it's a business tool with regular data entry on clients sites. Make it easy to use and you have a winner.
I get the feeling that a lot of the decisions in terms of Functionality are based on multimedia use. But they maket at business people.
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Agree with all the above, a stylus makes it much more flexible: Asian characters, handwriting, fine work (sudoku, dictionaries). Just people who only listen to music on their phone who won't want one.
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