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HTC capacitive stylus for HD2 now available for 17 GBP

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 3:30 AM

HTC capacitive stylus for HD2

We knew HTC is working on a capacitive stylus for its high-end HD2 WinMo smartphone. Heck, we’ve even seen the patent filing back in August 2009. And… it’s here now, ready to be purchased for 17 GBP, which translates in roughly $28. Of course, there is no place to stow a stylus inside the phone, so you’ll have to be extra careful not to lose it — otherwise you’ll have to pour another $28 for the new one. UK’s Devicewire has the official HD2 stylus in stock as of today, and I’m sure other e-tailers will join the fray in no time…

[Via: Engadget]

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  • jerry

    Is there any reason this stylus can’t be used on any HTC capacitative screen device?

    I still have my Treo because I like stylii, even fat capacitative ones.

  • Martin

    No, this should work with all capacitive screens.

  • jerry

    I think it’s a real shame so much Android design is based on a need to be the iPhone, including defacto removal of the use of the nav-pad/d-pad of the treos and similar devices.

    It’s one thing to make programs finger touch friendly, and another to make all programs be finger touch only in terms of design.

    Or to put it another way, as an example, my Treo and SplashShopper and the treo’s small screen in pixels but far bigger item/pick lists with stylii is still a 10,000% better user interface than any apple or android shopping list I’ve seen. Letting me use a stylus means I am 100% confident I am going to pick the right item, because I can see exactly where I am going to touch and where the touch will be registered, even when the touch sensitive items are much much smaller in pixel real estate.

    Apple really has created some godawful worse of the worse interfaces, and it’s a real shame how that has influenced so many others.