http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/ Engadget Comments for Official HTC capacitive stylus for HD2 now shipping http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
Pointless.]]>Jan 15th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Welcome to 2003]]>Jan 15th 2010 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Stylus or no stylus, I wantses it. The Precious.


Give it Android and make it available on my shitty carrier (AT&T) and I would've gone for it. I mean LOOK at it. Gorgeous phone.]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Perhaps you dont get the point?
Business apps that require signature capture, hard to explain to client to use finger tip. ck out LowFat Software and see what I mean.]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
And handwriting recognition, wonder if it works on iPhone screen?]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
Sure. Business apps on a consumer phone.

OK.]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
I don't care what anyone says... you will always need a stylus for precise operations.

Any manufacturers trying to phase out the stylus are fools.]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
Two things; WinMo is not a consumer focused OS, I love 6.5, but it just isn't.
Also, one of the few carriers selling the HD2 is only selling it to business customers, remember.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/vodafone-reportedly-ditching-the-hd2-as-iphone-launch-looms/]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
how is this a consumer phone. can you think of 5 consumers who own this?]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
Ok. Fair enough.]]>Jan 15th 2010 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
I totally agree with you with the need and requirement for a stylus.

I semi-agree with you in saying that the manufacturers trying to phase out styluses (or styli? not sure on that...) I do love my iPhones screen, and should they load up android on the HD2.. I'd probably love it more.. and i'd indeed want a stylus, but a really good finger controlled interface is a pleasure to use, and its nice to not have to need one for most things]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/True but matter how good a finger controlled interface gets sometimes you need accuracy and no amount of big finger friendly buttons can solve that.
ex:
http://www.ookii.org/software/japaneseinput/

BTW: The above free app is open source and can be loaded and used independent of any draconian app store; another often overlooked and sometimes derided feature of having a windows phone.]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/even apple put out a patent for a capacitive stylus]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
who wants a stylus? I don't... ]]>Jan 15th 2010 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
Actually I know 3 who own one.]]>Jan 16th 2010 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 16th 2010 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
I'm a former iPhone user and i always wished that it could have had a stylus and more screen accuracy. Sure you can design a big fat finger friendly U.I, but for browsing, it really sucks having to constantly be pinching in and out just to hit links.

Now that i'm back to winmo on my Touch HD, i'm loving the extra accuracy of the resistive screen, sure it's not quite so sensitive, but there's also a really handy feature where there's a sensor in the stylus holder, so if the phone is locked and you remove the stylus, it unlocks the phone.

Handwritten notetaking isn't bad either. Paired with a tablet pc it's a good way to read over One note files and make small changes (you wouldn't want to handwrite a whole note on a phone)

I'm really really wanting an HD2, but wasn't fussed about capacitive multitouch, just wanted the bigger screen and faster processor, but now that theres a stylus out that will give me back the accuracy of my HD, i might be keen to get one.]]>Jan 17th 2010 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 15th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M79sqoPnICE]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
Too funny. Love Family Guy.]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 15th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
No you have the accuracy of capacitance with a stylus.]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 15th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/no, you get the accuracy of a capacitive screen, and the precision of a resistive screen]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 15th 2010 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 16th 2010 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 15th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
If you were being sarcastic, then sorry for the reply.

But, capacitive screens don't work with normal styli. They work by measuring a change in capacitance and so a plastic stylus won't do anything, but your fingers or any other part of your body are conductive and so change the capacitance.]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/There are stylus for capacitive screen that sells for like $5 on eBay]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 15th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
I wasn't being sarcastic, I have a Pre and I know those kinds of screens don't work like my old WinMo phones. I just didn't know if there was some kind of conductive material on the end or some actual tech going on.]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
Yes there is some kind of tech going on the tip of the styus...they showed the patent on engadget a few months ago.]]>Jan 15th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 15th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
I once payed £40 ($80) for 6 stylus's (3 plastic, 3 metal). remember when using certain types of windows mobile devices loosing a stylus can meen the end of your device, so yeah pretty standard for some companys to overcharge for them]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
You can always use your nails. That's what I did when my old HTC Wizard's telescoping stylus broke.]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 18th 2010 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 15th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Haha, I was just going to comment on that.

@Engadget - "how else are you going to pinch and zoom with those adorable mittens on? "

With the one stylus they send you, you won't.]]>Jan 15th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
On Windows Mobile zoom pinches you !]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 15th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
Yes! I'd love one of those.]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/apparaantly you can use 2 fingers with existing resistive tech, and there are patents for mult touch resistive screens somewhere]]>Jan 15th 2010 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
What? You mean in cellphones? They exist in netbooks, Asus/Viliv has 2-3 point multi, Stantum has unlimited resisitive touch ]]>Jan 15th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
Now I want to know why this isn't in my phone...or any for that matter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv3X5y-ajtc]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
Wait a month or two. It will bee everywhere and works with stylus ...

http://www.st.com/stonline/products/literature/bd/16925.pdf

http://www.stantum.com/en/offer/technology-ip]]>Jan 16th 2010 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/
Resistive screens are terrible just because they scratch so easily. I don't think capacitive is the perfect technology, but at least I can carry my phone around without goofy sticker screen protectors or bulky leather cases and the screen remains crystal clear.]]>Jan 16th 2010 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 15th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Jan 15th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/Same here. The Dare was fun for a while, but then I realized how much resistive screens fail when done wrongly.

The HD2 has GOT to come to Verizon soon. If it does, it's my next phone, without a doubt. Plus, you can upgrade to WinMo7 when it's released. I hope it's "groundbreaking".]]>Jan 15th 2010 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/official-htc-capacitive-stylus-for-hd2-now-shipping/wait, this WILL work on my iphone right?]]>Jan 15th 2010 2:42PM