HTC patents stylus for capacitive touchscreens
0. phoneArena posted on 17 Aug 2009, 12:08
While many love the finger friendliness of capacitive touchscreens, some cellphone owners like the precise pointing of a stylus on a resistive display...
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2. Kiltlifter posted on 17 Aug 2009, 16:00 0 0
Good for HTC. I dig their constant drive for innovation.. but I have to ask... Why did it take 4 years for someone to decide to make a capacitive stylus? Is this the first one available, or are their others? But HTC could sell this as a stand alone accessory for iPhone and Storm owners to use as well.
4. Copyright Attorney (unregistered) posted on 21 Feb 2011, 02:50 0 0
Here is a similar story
HTC has patented a stylus recently, where this supposedly magical peripheral is able to interact with capacitive touchscreens including the ones found on the HTC Dream and Magic alongside rivals such as the iPhone. Current styluses can be used on resistive touchscreens that respond to pressure without picking up electrical resistance created by the human finger, quite unlike capacitive touchscreens that do otherwise. In order to achieve this, HTC threw in a magnetic head so that the new stylus is more accurate than a human finger while being compatible with capacitive screens in the process.
