Archive for: stylus

iTwinge gets all physical with your trusty digits

  • September 16, 2009 5:27 am

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One of the main draws to the iPhone is the touchscreen only design making it smaller as well as giving users access to countless keyboards and languages without the need for costly hardware changes. However, some people still want a bit more physical interaction in their lives. Introducing the iTwinge. For those of you who just simply must have something to touch, this little doo dad slips over the bottom half of the iPhone that is normally displaying a keyboard and gives you something a little more tangible to handle. It appears that it is an actual hardware piece that plugs in to the iPhone dock — unlike other solutions such as the Pogo Stylus which is a fancy coating that allows more precise input while giving the illusion of being physical and still working on the iPhone’s magical touchscreen. Well that was fast. The iTwinge isn’t a piece of “hardware” in the typical sense. It is as in reality just a funky sleeve that slides over dear iPhone and gives it a more “physical feel”. Request stands: Anyone care to shed any info or experiences? For a touch over $30, is this dock-able/sleeve keyboard “enhancement” worth it?

Source: Engadget, Chip Chick

Followup: The reason for the HTC Tattoo’s resistive screen….?

  • September 10, 2009 11:55 am

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Too small. Excuse me? If you were wondering why HTC went with a resistive screen on the HTC Tattoo instead of the much more finger friendly capacitive screen, try to push the theories of cost from your minds (we all know it) and fixate on HTC’s official response via Twitter which simply stated that the screen is too small. At smaller sizes capacitive screens will register more miss clicks. Really? Too small at 2.8″? I’m sure the 0.2-0.4 inches of difference doesn’t really make that much of a difference. Hey, cynicism aside, I’m sure HTC has done their homework…*hope*. So the horse’s mouth has spoken…are you convinced?

Source: Phandroid, Android Central