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grumbles · 08-22-2013, 06:44 PM

Cool!
Has buttons, no light, IR touch, better resolution than the 650/T1. Everything that I could want. This might be a replacement for my wife's 350 that is starting to have battery problems. I no longer have the manual dexterity to even contemplate replacing the battery.

One of the advantages of IR touch is that I can make a stylus from almost anything. One of my favourites was made from a length of 1/4" square wood that I sharpened in a pencil sharpener. Won't roll away. It's best to paint the tip with black paint since a very thin piece of wood might be IR transparent. I also made a stylus from an aluminum tent peg (basically a length of 1/4" aluminum rod). Works well with IR. Despite being a conductor (metal) it does not work with any capacitive screen that I have tried it with.

08-22-2013, 06:44 PM	#37
grumbles Addict Posts: 238 Karma: 1500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Pandigital Novel (Black), T-2 and 3, Nexus 7	Cool! Has buttons, no light, IR touch, better resolution than the 650/T1. Everything that I could want. This might be a replacement for my wife's 350 that is starting to have battery problems. I no longer have the manual dexterity to even contemplate replacing the battery. One of the advantages of IR touch is that I can make a stylus from almost anything. One of my favourites was made from a length of 1/4" square wood that I sharpened in a pencil sharpener. Won't roll away. It's best to paint the tip with black paint since a very thin piece of wood might be IR transparent. I also made a stylus from an aluminum tent peg (basically a length of 1/4" aluminum rod). Works well with IR. Despite being a conductor (metal) it does not work with any capacitive screen that I have tried it with.