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Beyond Ink Pen tries to mesh pens with technology

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Posted by Jen Karner on 5 Apr 2016 2:10 pm
Beyond Ink makes a passable attempt at combining a pen, stylus, charger and flash drive. The Beyond Ink Pen aims to bring writing instruments into the future by combining the ballpoint pen we've all used for years, with the new technology that has become integral to our lives. You get access to a ball point pen, stylus, battery, charger, and flash drive all in one place. The Pen is well...

Android Central's back to school guide

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Posted by Simon Sage on 14 Aug 2015 2:43 pm
Back to School guide for Android
It's time to go back to school, and we'll make sure you're well-equipped. For many students, it's time to hit the books again. Whether you're loading up for your first day at high school, finding your stride in college, or you're making the long haul in university graduate programs, we've got the best tech for back to school season right here.

Wacom launches Bamboo Paper app for Samsung devices

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Posted by Simon Sage on 25 Oct 2012 12:24 pm
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  Digital artists will be happy to hear that Wacom's Bamboo Paper app has found its way onto Android. On the down-side, Samsung has managed to snag an exclusive deal to lock it to the Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 2, and Galaxy S3 for the time being.  The free app is fairly basic, but runs very smoothly. You can pick a highlighter or pen stroke with 12 colors each (though there's no thickness...

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review [Updated]

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 6 Oct 2012 8:05 am
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The original Samsung Galaxy Note was never the likeliest candidate for a multi-million-selling Android device. Few expected it to succeed, and its inflated size and stylus input made it an easy target for ridicule. We were cautiously optimistic in our November 2011 review, but also skeptical as to its mass market potential. Yet somehow, in the ten months following its debut in late 2011, Samsung...

Weekly photo contest winners: Markers

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 16 Jul 2012 6:43 pm
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Another photo contest is in the can, and we get a handful of really cool artwork to show off from it. Last week's contest is proof that Android fans can draw just as well (maybe even better) than they can photograph, and that the Markers app kicks as much butt as I always thought it did. Ask anyone who entered, and I bet they'll tell you it's an addictive little application. We picked five...

Wacom Bamboo stylus review

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Posted by Gary Mazo on 10 Jul 2012 11:37 am
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The Wacom Bamboo Stylus  is one of your best options for handwriting and drawing on your Android phone or tablet. It also is a great alternative to your greasy fingers for day to day navigation around the device. We have all found, at one time or another, that touching the screen leaves fingerprints and grime on the screen. We have also found that our fingers are fat and clumsy when it comes...

Just Mobile AluPen review

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Posted by Gary Mazo on 9 Jul 2012 10:51 am
Just Mobile AluPen review
The Just Mobile AluPen is a unique design among other stylus pens. Designed to mimic an artist's pencil, it is, as expected, a great drawing and painting tool. The difference is perceivable from a distance, as well as in the hand.  The AluPen is about double the thickness of the typical capacitive stylus. It is slightly heavier than the Kuel H12 but actually feels a bit lighter than the Adonit...

Griffin stylus review

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Posted by Gary Mazo on 18 Jun 2012 3:24 pm
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The Grifin stylus  is a no-nonsense approach to a capacitive stylus. The Griffin stylus is a no-nonsense, sort of bare bones stylus.  It does nothing in a spectacular fashion, yet is does everything “good enough” for most users. It feels like a short ballpoint pen, it has a nice pen clip and a spongy silicon tip. Apps like Sketchbook Mobile, Note Everything and Handwrite will be used to judge...

Update: Amazon jumped the gun; Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 not yet up for preorder

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 13 Jun 2012 4:45 pm
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
Update: Samsung just pinged us to say that Amazon put this page up in error, and that the Note 10.1 isn't yet available for preorder. And, sure enough, the page has been killed. (Samsung also points out the errors that many of you spotted in the specs as another clue that Amazon wasn't quite ready for this one to go live.) The good news is that Sammy's now well aware of how excited you all are...

Adonit Jot Pro stylus review

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Posted by Gary Mazo on 13 Jun 2012 3:03 pm
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The Adonit Jot Pro  is possibly the most unique stylus we have come across. If you are looking for a way to take notes and capture your handwriting on your Android phone or tablet - look no further. The Adonit Jot Pro is unlike any other stylus on the market today. What makes the Jot Pro unique is that it uses a thin clear disk instead of a typical stylus nib on the end. The clear disk rotates...

SGP Kuel H12 stylus review

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Posted by Gary Mazo on 12 Jun 2012 5:43 pm
SGP Kuel H12
The SGP Kuel H12 is a great alternative to using your finger for everything from navigating and activating your icons to playing a game of Draw Something.   The beautiful screen on the new Android phones calls out to be touched. But maybe not by your fingers. We have all found, at one time or another, that touching the screen leaves fingerprints and grime on the screen. We have also found...

It's stylus week at Android Central!

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Posted by Android Central on 11 Jun 2012 12:15 pm
Stylus Week at Android Central
With the popularity of phone-tablet hybrids like the Samsung Galaxy Note -- to say nothing of actual tablets -- it's time to take a look at that long-controversial accessory -- the stylus. Back in the days of resistive touchscreens, these guys were all but necessary for making a smartphone useful. But things change, and the stylus found itself relegated to mostly accessory status. But that doesn...

Galaxy S III 'C Pen' stylus and other accessories appear for pre-order

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 14 May 2012 4:23 am
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If you were watching our coverage of the Galaxy S III launch event, you'll already be familiar with the wealth of accessories that were announced alongside the phone, and shown backstage in the sprawling demo area. We even gave them a full write up, and snapped some photos. Today a few of these accessories have appeared for pre-order over at UK retailer MobileFun, along with preliminary prices...

Incipio Inscribe Executive Stylus & Pen review

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 16 Apr 2012 1:21 pm
Incipio Executive stylus
The stylus is far from dead. For many of us, nothing beats the pinpoint accuracy you can get from using a good capacitive stylus, whether you're just cruising through the home screens on your Android device, drawing, or even typing on an on-screen keyboard. When Draw Something came out, I looked at my poor chewed up stylus and decided I had to get another one. After snooping around ShopAndroid....

Late-night poll: How do you use a stylus?

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 4 Apr 2012 2:00 am
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Call it a stylus, call it an S-Pen, call it what you will -- styli are making a comeback. They used to be standard issue with a smartphone, until a fellow in a black turtleneck who had a huge influence on technology said we didn't like them anymore. But that was then, this is now. Styli are coming back because they're useful in a lot of cases. Whether it's annotating notes, just cruising through...

State of the Mobile Nations survey - The point of the stylus

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Posted by Android Central on 3 Apr 2012 2:33 pm
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Steve Jobs put an end to the Newton project, largely because he hated the concept of using a stylus. The original Palm Pilot was a runaway hit - largely because of the use of the stylus and its handwriting recognition. Now, Palm is dead and Apple is ginormous and Samsung's going all out with the Galaxy Note. So, who was right? Well, maybe they all were. Just as the iPad is reaching the...

Texas Instruments shows off ultrasonic stylus that can work in three dimensions

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Posted by Simon Sage on 29 Feb 2012 7:24 am
An ultrasonic stylus from Texas Instruments
At Mobile World Congress 2012, Texas Instruments was demonstrating a stylus that communicates its distance from a tablet over ultrasonic frequencies. The tablet in this demo has a microphone in each of its four corners, which can pinpoint exactly where the stylus is pointing at the screen, even if you're not touching it. Of course, the stylus also works perfectly well along the two standard...

Samsung outs Galaxy Note 10.1 Android tablet in Barcelona

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 26 Feb 2012 8:39 am
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
Behold, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Android tablet! We're at Plaça de Catalunya in Barcelona where Samsung has unviled its oversized version of the already oversized 5.3-inch Samsung Galaxy Note. No official announcement has been made last we looked, but this one just went up in the past 24 hours or so -- it wasn't here when we swung by the Plaça de Catalunya on Saturday morning. It's pretty...

Samsung Galaxy Note review (AT&T)

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 24 Feb 2012 5:02 pm
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In regards to this AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note review, we, the writers, editors and readers of Android Central, hereby stipulate the following: It is a BIG smartphone. Anyone who says differently is just wrong. Not everybody's sold on using a stylus; nor will everyone ever be - and that's OK. If we never see another Galaxy Note press release, it'll be too soon. (Unless it's the one...

LG unveils Optimus Vu, complete with 4:3 aspect ratio and stylus

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 19 Feb 2012 2:38 am
Optimus Vu
LG has made the Optimus Vu official, announcing the 5-inch phone on their Korean Newsroom site early this AM.  Running Gingerbread (Android 2.3) and packing a 5.0-inch display with a 4:3 aspect ratio and a specialized stylus, the size alone makes this one a force to reckon with. The full list of specs according to LG: 139.6 x 90.4 x 8.5mm Weight: 168g 5-inch IPS 650 nit display at ...

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