Move past that clumsy integration and you're left to parse the actual usefulness of the stylus.
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Plus, the solid state design means no moving parts, making the stylus incredibly reliable.
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The Olympus Stylus 730, a 7.1 megapixel model with 3x optical zoom, a 3-inch LCD.
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For many years, he has promoted speech input, stylus-based computing and, with Surface, visual recognition.
But as a stylus-driven small tablet, it might be just what some users are looking for.
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Samsung plans more pen-oriented apps, and there are some games and drawing apps for the stylus.
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It also contains a Chinese-English dictionary and can recognize Chinese characters written with a stylus.
Other important writing tools include: the steel pen nib, the stylus, the brush, the pen.
This week, Samsung Electronics also bought a 5% stake in Japanese stylus maker Wacom Co.
The students quickly figured out that using a pen as a stylus worked better.
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Additionally, there's Notebook and Memo -- two apps LG's designed to take advantage of that Rubberdium stylus.
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The iPhone S5 is rumored also to have wireless charging and even a stylus pen accessory.
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The intelligent stylus also features a special LED light that app developers can utilize for various applications.
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This one's only coming out in Europe, Olympus calls the "Stylus" series the "Mju" series in Europe.
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The DR1000 is also the only reader that allows users to mark up documents with a stylus.
The bottom touch screen makes use of a telescoping stylus that is stored in the unit itself.
While this is slower than touch-typing, it is much faster than tapping out words with a stylus.
The knobs are connected to a pulley system, which moves a brass stylus along an X-Y axis.
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Users can type in Web addresses or e-mails with a stylus on a pop-up keyboard on the touch-screen.
Samsung has this feature on the Galaxy Note 2 phone, but that's designed for use with a stylus.
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That's right, Samsung's already capable stylus just got a major boost -- meet the BT S Pen.
When tackling tasks that require more precision than simply tapping and pinching, an appropriate stylus can be transformative.
The Touch 10 monitor also supports a capacitive stylus (purchased separately) should the user prefer a pen-like interface.
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There are options that allow using a stylus in addition to a finger for writing, drawing and navigating.
The Olympus Stylus 1000, which sports a ten megapixel sensor, a 3x optical zoom lens, and a 2.5-inch LCD.
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Olympus also knocked out five new digital cameras in their Stylus line this morning, all of which are weatherproofed.
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It feeds through a stylus that is "as hard as steel, " says Mark Seetin of the U.S. Apple Association.
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