Here's the #1 problem with a stylus: I'll lose it.
Apple iPad & Samsung Galaxy Note – The Great Stylus Debate
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#13There is no debate, especially on the finger front, sorry.
I had an iPad and iPhone for 3 years.
Switched to a Note and here's what over found so far:
- I still use my finger just as much as an iPhone.
- the larger screen has become a non negotiable. I warn you that I didn't have this opinion before I bought it let alone arm chairing it.
- the stylus is practical and becoming indispensable. Not for the reason that it looks like from a distance.
- the stylus is actually a Wacom stylus. if you haven't, try one out
- my main use case for the stylus is writing notes. I no longer carry a notebook. Everything is it's own digital notebook. After writing notes I can pdf and email them instantly. This is something I enjoyed on my iPad a lot with a stylus.
- if the Note ran iOS it world be perfection for me.
Side notes:
-fits my front Jean pockets just fine. Tested it with over 50 people who seized it to inspect.
- this phone isn't for everyone. If you like using a headset or headphones, this phone is fine. I use Sony mw600. The phone is absolutely drive to hold to my head. The size is just big enough.
- I do wonder why an s2 maybe just didn't get a Attila but I appreciate the bigger size
- it's marginally heavier than an iPhone
- I might have missed it but I don't know how you can talk about something without trying it yourself. I have a tiny blog about two hardcore iPhone users trying out the Galaxy note at http://www.galaxynotehq.com . We cover the great, bad and ugly.
- lastly don't forget iOS is a spitting image of PalmOS from the 90's, which was the original touchphone and iPhone and let you use a stylus too. Sorry for being so old school, I've used the form factor for almost 16 years now.
- the note is truly my communication and consumption device. This post was written on the note. I have blocked all news, Reddit and)+ on my laptop and only use it here, nice productivity boost.
Re: Apple iPad & Samsung Galaxy Note – The Great Stylus Debate
#14There is a debate? I thought it was generally accepted that styluses are icky.
I'll never forget Steve-o in the iPhone announcement keynote saying, "Maybe we'll use a stylus. Stylus?! Yecch! No!" I mostly agree.
There are a few apps I use that benefit from styluses, such as Penultimate (and probably Paper, if I could get over their obscene pricing scheme) but the capacitive stylus I have is really lame and I hate using my finger as a pen.
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#15Here's the #1 problem with a stylus: I'll lose it.
i had stylus with psions and several palms and palm clones. over 10 years of use and never lost a single stylus. make a standard stylus and it becomes easy to keep a spare in your bag.
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#16Here's the #1 problem with a stylus: I'll lose it.
You can insert the S-pen inside the Galaxy Note. Apparently some people actually want to do digital handwriting on these devices. I don't really get that myself, but it could be useful for signing documents, I guess? For drawing a stylus is obviously better, and apps like Draw Something can take advantage of that, even for casual non-artist users.
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#17Pencils worked well for a long time of human history, so I think they are not all bad.
Perhaps the problem comes from the phone functionality. It really is unacceptable having to find a pen to be able to answer the phone. Other than that, people have been carrying around pencils for centuries without too much of a problem.
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#18Here's the #1 problem with a stylus: I'll lose it.
You can insert the S-pen inside the Galaxy Note. Apparently some people actually want to do digital handwriting on these devices. I don't really get that myself, but it could be useful for signing documents, I guess? For drawing a stylus is obviously better, and apps like Draw Something can take advantage of that, even for casual non-artist users.
Graphs and equations, baby, graphs and equations.
Re: Apple iPad & Samsung Galaxy Note – The Great Stylus Debate
#19There is a debate? I thought it was generally accepted that styluses are icky.
I'll never forget Steve-o in the iPhone announcement keynote saying, "Maybe we'll use a stylus. Stylus?! Yecch! No!" I mostly agree. There are a few apps I use that benefit from styluses, such as Penultimate (and probably Paper, if I could get over their obscene pricing scheme) but the capacitive stylus I have is really lame and I hate using my finger as a pen.
I'd hardly call £5 obscene.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'll never forget Steve-o in the iPhone announcement keynote saying, "Maybe we'll use a stylus. Stylus?! Yecch! No!" I mostly agree. There are a few apps I use that benefit from styluses, such as Penultimate (and probably Paper, if I could get over their obscene pricing scheme) but the capacitive stylus I have is really lame and I hate using my finger as a pen.
I'd hardly call £5 obscene.
It's their scheme that's obscene, not the prices themselves. Pay-per-brush? Pay-per-feature?
I'm not surprised iPhone/iPad apps are moving in this direction, but it still feels like being nickel-and-dimed.