07-09-2011, 12:02 PM | #1 |
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Is the wacom e-ink side special?
Does anyone know why the e-ink side can only use a wacom stylus?
What is so special about it? I have tons of loose stylus from nintendo ds to palm, etc but none of them work on the e-ink side. i really do not want to pay $20 just for a stylus given that its 1/6 the price of the PE (woot special). |
07-09-2011, 12:06 PM | #2 |
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Just started looking into an extra stylus this morning and finding that it must have circuitry inside as normal ones don't work nor do the capacitive Dagi.
Would never have believed there was something inside :-) though did find a little plug on the side. Hope someone knows what it is for sure. |
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No battery according to Wacom's site. Just has something that the screen senses. Found a similar sylus on google for 14. still looking around.
Edit: This looks similar though maybe bigger tip. http://www.amazon.com/Penabled-Table...228312&sr=8-15 Last edited by exscentric; 07-09-2011 at 12:21 PM. |
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The digitizer is actually a major advantage because it allows for palm rejection. Note that on a typical touchscreen, when you set your hand on the device, it will recognize it as an input and therefore mess up your writing. With the PE, you can rest your entire hand on the device, just like you would with a piece of paper. Also, the price for a stylus on a comparable device is not cheaper--if you look at the recently released HTC Flyer, the stylus costs almost $70. Trust me - palm rejection is totally worth the $20. I worked for almost 2 years with a tablet that didn't have this feature, and it was endlessly annoying.
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If you have another Android device, you might be able to get the Market to work. Just check out the "Ermine tweaks" thread. Also, everybody can get the Amazon Appstore to work.
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There are tons of apps on the net without market.
slideme.com for one, Amazon has a market and just google free .apk and you should find others. |
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I've been using it to download some apps, so far it works great, so far everything that I need that I couldn't find via Amazon/SlideMe has shown up when searching google for the .apk
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