PICK THE PERFECT STYLUS

There’s nothing quite like the intuitive, tactile experience of a digital stylus. Darien Graham-Smith explores the technology, and how to pick the best stylus for your needs

If you don’t regularly use a computer stylus, you might imagine they’re only relevant to artists – an impression reinforced by the fact that they’re often sold as optional add-ons to tablets, rather than essential components. But try one out and you might well find that the stylus is a transformative way to interact with a computing device, especially a tablet. Holding it in your hand, like a pen, is much more comfortable than prodding and swiping on a hard glass screen with your fingers and thumb – and it allows you to be far more precise in your interactions, so it’s particularly handy for apps with lots of buttons, or tapping in text on a small-scale virtual keyboard. Needless to say, though, you don’t have to use that keyboard…

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