Filed under: Accessories, iPod Family, iPhone
When your finger just won't cut it, the iPhone Touch Stylus
Although the iPhone and iPod touch were designed with your finger in mind, for those who have trouble controlling the screen (or who have long, styled fingernails), there is the iPhone Japanese Touch Stylus.
The stylus has a flexible tip that mimics your finger's capacitive ability to control the objects on the screen. The tip is flexible, allowing for easy dragging without gouging your screen. It also includes a handy SIM eject tool.
The stylus is imported from Japan, and is available in silver or black. Both colors are $14.99 from ThinkGeek.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
flunky Carter said 11:10AM on 8-15-2008
MYEK!
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Noah said 11:11AM on 8-15-2008
I purchased one a few weeks ago. Works like a charm, but it's a pain to carry around a "pen" with you everywhere... your index finger is more convenient to use 82% of the time :)
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Justin Thompson said 11:18AM on 8-15-2008
Which is exactly why this fails.
Dbs143 said 11:23AM on 8-15-2008
14.99? no thanks...
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Pete said 11:30AM on 8-15-2008
I could see this being useful when it's cold out and you have gloves on.
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PFar said 11:38AM on 8-15-2008
I second Flunky Carter & Steve Jobs....
Stylus?!.... Yuck!
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Ryan Trevisol said 11:55AM on 8-15-2008
You must never wear gloves.
Scoo said 11:42AM on 8-15-2008
Ah, but this would rule for paint applications, which I find unusable with fingers. I may just grab one of these.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/search?entity=software&media=all&submit=seeAllLockups&term=paint
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Stephen Lang said 12:13PM on 8-15-2008
Yeah, fortunately for 98% of the apps out there, a stylus is unnecessary. But there are certain applications that I could see this being useful- drawing apps being one of them.
wdlv said 11:43AM on 8-15-2008
Doesn't anyone realize that the eraser end of a pencil will do the exact same thing...
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wdlv said 11:46AM on 8-15-2008
Ok, I thought it would work with an eraser tip. Maybe someone else has an idea.
Robert Palmer said 11:55AM on 8-15-2008
For what it's worth, an eraser didn't work on my iPod touch, though I have that invisibleSHIELD film installed. I'm not sure if this $15 stylus works with invisibleSHIELD, either.
massimo.berta said 3:42PM on 8-15-2008
Actaully with pencil eraser doesn't work on my iPod Touch (and my screen is "naked")
Eric said 11:51AM on 8-15-2008
thus hampering forward progress for all people shackled by traditional 'smartphone' technology.
this is irresponsible.
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puhsitch said 3:44PM on 8-15-2008
Like others have said: gloves and long fingernails
Jeff said 4:56PM on 8-16-2008
A friend of mine has severely limited use of his joints - knuckles included.
this thing is exactly why he's getting an iPhone. (that, and when it comes to TYPING, he's faster on the iPhone than on a traditional keyboard.)
get over yourself.
Brent said 11:56AM on 8-15-2008
How does this work? Doesn't the screen rely on some sort of static charge from the body which is why it won't work if you touch the screen with anything else?
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Tony said 12:36PM on 8-15-2008
I think it measures resistance - I've had things press in my pocket before now and my hands are normally nowhere near that.
I'd love a stylus.. my fingers are just too stubby to make typing on the iphone anything other than a complete pain in the neck. May just get one of these.
Tony said 12:40PM on 8-15-2008
OTOH.. $33 shipping cost making a total of $48. That makes it a mite too expensive for me.
Fifique said 1:21PM on 8-15-2008
Okay, serious question here....
Can someone tell me, for sure, if the iPhone works with a pencil eraser?
My husband is a quadrilpegic who types with a mouthstick that has an eraser on the end. He's tried using my iPhone, which has an anti-glare film on it, and it wouldn't work for him. Most devices such as these work by heat sensor not touch making them seriously anti-accessible. It would rock if the iPhone is an exception!
We were going to wait until I have to replace my screen protector (since $8 is a lot to waste) but I'd love to know now.
Thanks!