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There is a debate? I thought it was generally accepted that styluses are icky.
by joshryandavis 14y ago
There is a debate? I thought it was generally accepted that styluses are icky.
- efsavage 14y agoRequiring a stylus for everything is certainly sub-par, but there are certainly cases where the precision of a stylus is nice.
- gbog 14y agoI don't even know what icky means but having Steve Jobs disliking styluses is not a reason to dismiss 5000 years off writing experience. For me the Galaxy Note is on the good tracks: allowing both.
- fusiongyro 14y agoI'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.
- danbee 14y agoI'd hardly call £5 obscene.
- fusiongyro 14y agoIt'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.
- danbee 14y agoI guess it might have been better to not use the pay-per-brush model and just offer a single upgrade price to get everything. Still, you get to try it for free.