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Does the iPhone or iPod Touch Need a Stylus?

4 Responses (Add) | Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 at 9:23pm


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Ollie recently sent me an iTunes gift card, wanting me to try out the Pogo Stylus for my iPhone. He had previously tried the FlipBook App, but felt it had more features than any iPhone App should have. In his mind, quantity did not necessarily equal quality. So, I took him up on the offer, and checked out the Pogo Stylus for myself.

The sleek design of the Pogo Stylus features an ultra-light aluminum body with an anodized finish and laser graphics. The soft tip glides easily over the surface of the display, making it fun and easy to sketch, draw characters, or just slide to unlock. Sized for accuracy, it does away with the awkward typos and misfires common to fingertip-only use.

Eliminating fingers has the added benefit of keeping the screen free of smudges and grease. Designed to firmly hug the contours of the iPhone 3G, the Pogo Stylus travel clip will keep your stylus close at hand. A second clip is included for the original iPhone and iPod touch.

Using the Stylus, I can do everything my fingers would do. However, what if you want to paint or draw with precision? There are tons of photo editing and drawing Apps available for the iPhone. If you’ve tried one of these, you wouldn’t ask me why I’m not just using my fingers. The Stylus is easy to use, and the pointed tip allows you to get really precise. Another cool feature is that the tip is made of a soft felt material, which keeps your iPod or iPhone screen clean and scratch-free.

If you’re looking to do any type of photo editing or drawing, you seriously need to have one of these. It makes things so much easier.

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IT Professionals

August 28th, 2008
at 8:48am

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techlover

August 27th, 2008
at 9:42pm

I would just lose the stylus, and where do you put it? It would tale away from the sleekness if the devices do add a little jobby off the side for storing a stylus. Good idea though.

sunflower

August 28th, 2008
at 4:43pm

Is this a joke? We spend all our time finding ways to not use the stylus in windows mobile. I’m positive MS is working madly to develop a mobile OS that no longer requires a stylus. I guess some bloggers will say anything to sell advertising, surely nobody is that out of touch.

zanzabar19

September 25th, 2008
at 8:04pm

I like that there are companies ready to develop things for the iPhone. I personally don’t think that every app on the iPhone needs a stylus, but it sure is handy when there is a drawing app that wold be a lot more fun if there was a stylus. Another thing that every iPhone 3g owner should have is this.
http://www.amazon.com/Kensington-Battery-Extender-Charger-iPhone/dp/B0018DKODQ/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1222398183&sr=8-1
Thanks for reading.

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