Classic Stylus

JMyers · 03-13-2011, 11:28 PM

I have a Classic Nook and have always found that using the touchscreen keyboard was hard and I found I was always hitting the wrong keys. Well I found a stylus that really works!
Kensington 2nd Generation Apple iPad / iPhone / iPod / Motorola Xoom Tablet / Galaxy / Blackberry Playbook Stylus and Pen

I found it at Amazon.com. It also is a regular pen as well. I love the texture of the outside as there is a slight texture so very easy to hold on to without slipping. I love the idea that it's also a pen as well. The stylus is slim so hitting the correct letters on the keyboard is very easy and it works great!

Red Alert · 03-14-2011, 12:33 PM

I found a similar product at FRY's made by Targus. Works great as well and fits in the spine of my NOOKcolor.

RAH · 03-17-2011, 07:58 AM

I thought that the touchscreen required body heat to work. Don't they even say in the instruction manual that things like pens won't work? I am not doubting your word that this device works, but it is surprising to me. Do you have to warm it first?

firefox · 03-17-2011, 04:46 PM

The NOOKclassic touchscreen is capacitive, so it works on the principle that we have a weak but existent conductive field. So when you touch the touchscreen, it disturbs the electric field that spans the screen, and thereby detects it.

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Capacitive

It's the same as the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad, but different to a Nintendo DS if that makes it any clearer.

RAH · 03-18-2011, 01:32 PM

Ah, I see. That explains why it didn't work when I tried the eraser at the end of a pencil last night. I figured this thread must be incorrect, or at least I couldn't figure out how it could be right. But the special styluses they sell obviously must be conductive, which explains it. Interesting.

03-13-2011, 11:28 PM	#1
JMyers Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: classic nook	Stylus I have a Classic Nook and have always found that using the touchscreen keyboard was hard and I found I was always hitting the wrong keys. Well I found a stylus that really works! Kensington 2nd Generation Apple iPad / iPhone / iPod / Motorola Xoom Tablet / Galaxy / Blackberry Playbook Stylus and Pen I found it at Amazon.com. It also is a regular pen as well. I love the texture of the outside as there is a slight texture so very easy to hold on to without slipping. I love the idea that it's also a pen as well. The stylus is slim so hitting the correct letters on the keyboard is very easy and it works great!

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03-14-2011, 12:33 PM	#2
Red Alert Zealot Posts: 114 Karma: 1020754 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Silverdale, Washington Device: NookColor & Nook Tablet. Sony PRS-505 loaned to brother.	I found a similar product at FRY's made by Targus. Works great as well and fits in the spine of my NOOKcolor.

03-17-2011, 07:58 AM	#3
RAH Guru Posts: 611 Karma: 575652 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hampton, NH Device: Color Nook; Nook Touch	I thought that the touchscreen required body heat to work. Don't they even say in the instruction manual that things like pens won't work? I am not doubting your word that this device works, but it is surprising to me. Do you have to warm it first?

03-17-2011, 04:46 PM	#4
firefox MR Gen Z Representative Posts: 67 Karma: 696 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Barnes & Noble NOOKclassic	The NOOKclassic touchscreen is capacitive, so it works on the principle that we have a weak but existent conductive field. So when you touch the touchscreen, it disturbs the electric field that spans the screen, and thereby detects it. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Capacitive It's the same as the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad, but different to a Nintendo DS if that makes it any clearer.

03-18-2011, 01:32 PM	#5
RAH Guru Posts: 611 Karma: 575652 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hampton, NH Device: Color Nook; Nook Touch	Ah, I see. That explains why it didn't work when I tried the eraser at the end of a pencil last night. I figured this thread must be incorrect, or at least I couldn't figure out how it could be right. But the special styluses they sell obviously must be conductive, which explains it. Interesting.

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