Samsung working on the second S Pen stylus generation, to fool the screen it is touched with a finger

5. nicholassss posted on 14 Jun 2012, 09:57 2 0

Well I cant think off the top of my head of any but it might be useful in a situation where you need a little more accuracy. Since the pad of your fingers is broader than the stylus.

11. ardent1 posted on 14 Jun 2012, 10:54 0 1

I can think of several situations where you might use a stylus like a resistive touchscreen. The last time I used a stylus with a resistive screen was the Nintendo DS series. Good riddance.

13. protozeloz posted on 14 Jun 2012, 13:05 2 2

I dont know, I kinda dig the idea a bit, if it helps improve the non intrusive input from lets say your other hand It could "revolutionize " how we use tablets for work, to be honest a tablet with a stylus (more than a phone and probably 7") could be awesome to take handwritten notes like notebook, and the stylus input method being similar to a pen makes it more comfortable to write it down instead of type it down, add a powerful OCR system and say bye bye to the on screen keyboard and hello to the new speed

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17. ardent1 posted on 14 Jun 2012, 21:48 0 0

protozeloz, you want the manufacturer to go backwards. Technology is about advancement. Everything you stated such as "take handwritten notes" or "instead of type it down", etc can be solved with better software.

We don't need an on screen keyboard or a stylus if the software does a better job with voice, dictation, etc. The problem is the software is not ready yet.

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14. pegasso posted on 14 Jun 2012, 18:21 0 0

it would be usefull if you're using your phone/tablet in cold winter.

16. ardent1 posted on 14 Jun 2012, 21:44 0 0

They aleady have gloves that can work with smartphones in the cold winter.

Here's an example:http://www.rei.com/product/803525/the-north-face-etip-gloves

18. Dr.Phil posted on 14 Jun 2012, 23:42 0 0

I guess you're not a Galaxy Note owner, or else you would see that this would be a pretty significant upgrade. The current S-Pen on the Galaxy Note is good, but I can tell a difference between writing with the pen and writing with my finger. There is more lag when writing with the pen than there is when drawing with my finger. This would probably also help the pen to feel more natural while writing on the slick surface because it would feel like it was your finger doing it. I think you need to pick up a Galaxy Note and try it for yourself.

20. ardent1 posted on 15 Jun 2012, 02:56 0 0

Sorry, but you are wrong in your assumptions. I did test the Samsung Note for a good amount of time and good software beats the hardware interface.

21. Dr.Phil posted on 15 Jun 2012, 10:35 0 0

There were no assumptions. If you look at the quote from the source itself: "The new stylus pen apparently uses the micro-current of the human body to allow the multi-touch screen to think it's a finger. This translates into the stylus pen having the same fluidity as you would get using your finger on a multitouch tablet yet with a finer tip. This could take out some of the lag that is traditionally associated with older generations of stylus pens."

Also, if you understood how capacitive touch screens worked you would understand that they work by detecting anything that is conductive of electricity. That's why the stylus that works on say your old PDA will most likely not work on the Galaxy Note because it does not have a way to conduct a current. The stylus on the Note has a special material on the tip that allows it to conduct a current to the screen. That is why you are able to press that button on the stylus itself and it know to take a picture of the screen without the need for batteries on the stylus itself. So, by improving the way that the current is transmitted to the tip of the stylus (and by improving the material of the tip of the stylus as well) you will be improving the responsiveness as well as how it FEELS to write on the screen.

I am not assuming anything, but putting forward basic facts about how the stylus interacts with a capacitive touchscreen. Even if you found that software could help improve the responsiveness of the stylus (which I'm not debating it doesn't help some), it does not change the fact that by updating the material used on the tip of the stylus to feel more natural (like the same feeling as putting your actual finger to the screen) will help tremendously. Not to mention that by the looks of it, they are also making the tip more fine point which is another plus.

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3. kyan- posted on 14 Jun 2012, 09:28 8 0

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4. PimpStrong posted on 14 Jun 2012, 09:55 1 0

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12. Sangeet posted on 14 Jun 2012, 11:19 0 0

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15. jukenon posted on 14 Jun 2012, 19:16 0 0

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23. hiBreed posted on 15 Jun 2012, 15:55 0 0

Lol! Good one

22. hiBreed posted on 15 Jun 2012, 15:55 0 0

My thoughts exactly

9. ardent1 posted on 14 Jun 2012, 10:50 0 0

If it's hard or impossible to use with digits, then it wouldn't be a stylus. That's why software is the way to go.

8. plgladio posted on 14 Jun 2012, 10:13 2 1

Yeah when Apple names that after few years live by other Company.

10. frydaexiii posted on 14 Jun 2012, 10:52 3 1

Of cause it's revolutionary. Comparing this stylus's "revolutionary" and iOS 6's "revolutionary" is like comparing the creation of a real car and a Hot Wheels model.