Has anyone found a fully functional alternative stylus? The included Realpen feels like a $0.50 toy and does not include any buttons or an eraser tip. I've tried two alternative styli, a Toshiba tablet PC model and a Samsung Note stylus. These both work fine on the drawing pad, but do not work using the "Anypen" feature on the screen. Is there a stylus out there that works on the screen and drawing pad?
Also looking for an alternative. Only found some for the digitizer, not for the screen.
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Hey,
I found a review on couple of different stylus. Just Google Lenovo Yoga Book Stylus Pen. By Arthur Walker. It is a Tumblr link. He goes in full details with his experience on different stylus
I actually went out of my way and bought the one he suggested which was Lenovo Tablet 10 4X80F22107. I purchased it on NewEgg for $107 CAD. (Might be cheaper in US)
I have been using the stylus for a year.
So far, I feel its a lot better than the Real Pen. It is a lot lighter and feels like a real pencil because it uses two times more in pressure sensitivity than the Real Pen. The stylus is not too big or heavy as I can be taking notes up to two hours. It comes with two side buttons, and an eraser button that I actually use as an eraser when I'm taking notes.
Only down side of it so far is the nib is made of plastic. I notice that the nib appears to be wearing out the more I use.
If you have some money to spare and want to feel more comfortable
ruanw92,
Does the Tablet 10 stylus work on both the touchscreen and the keyboard area?
Anyone found replacements? Cause i don't know how but the point of my pen broke off (this is unacceptable) I only have 3 ink pens now. Might check the Lenovo Tablet 10 4X80F22107.
take a Samsung Note 4 Stylus, its selling for under $5
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take a Samsung Note 4 Stylus, its selling for under $5
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The Note Pen have replaceable pointers, are they compatible with the yoga pen ?
the galaxy note pen is much smaller and also the pointer. I use it for write directly on the keyboard surface and when i write on paper I take the yoga pen, and so I don't have to change the pointer of the yoga pen. BTW the note 4 pen only writes on the keyboard surface, not on the display
stylus from the galaxy tab works perfectly on yoga tablet
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Anybody tried any stylus pens?
Was thinking of Acase
And using it with Tabnotes and/or Sketchbook??
Sorry wrong forum!!! please move it over
Wrong section.
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I picked up a Targus stylus from Best Buy, and it works fine for sketching. Taking notes is another story, though. Capacitive screens are just not as accurate as a dedicated digitizer, so handwriting often looks awful.
If you're serious about notes and sketching, you'd probably be better off with the HTC Flyer, which has an actual pen digitizer and is reasonably more accurate.
Tried the Acase cos my mate had it for his iPad. It was pretty good and its only a fiver on Amazon so I was thinking of buying one.
I bought the rubber nub stylus from bbuy, expensive, but was impulse buy. It works pretty well.
For note taking, I use Handrite, and for drawings and sketches, i use an XDA member's app called Fresco. It's by far the best drawing app i've tried.
Stylus works fine, slight lag as expected, but learning curve is very short.
I just bought the Kensington Virtuoso Touch Stylus & Pen, which is of course both a Stylus like those mentioned above, and a Pen. So far, I'm really happy with it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053NBLFW/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
Amazon has a sale on these stylus pens for $2.22 shipped. Any red flags on these? I likely would only use it to draw better. Other than that, I can't find other reasons for a stylus.
Just ordered them, so I'll let you know how they are. For the price jump on them.
The three colored ones?
I got them a long time ago.
I mainly use them for draw something. They do okay I guess. Nothing exceptionally good, just ok.. Not very precise but better than fingers for sure..
Edit: I lose them a lot, so I guess cheap is always good.
Not bad, thanks...You dont know if you can get a more precise stylus or "Pen" similar to the galaxy note style one do you??
THE Digitizer grid is not small enough for the real pen like stylus such as the galaxy note. There are a few precise stylus but they have a wide round see thru plate on for tip. I have one and it works much better then those posted above. I would love one to work like my Intuos 4 tablet. NOW That would rock.
As far as the price well you get what you pay for .
Good Luck
Well been using one for a few now, and worth the $2. I prefer my fingers for most stuff, but the styli work just as good as my $15 targus, just lighter and alot cheaper.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053NBLFW/ref=oh_o01_s00_i00_details
Amazon has a sale on these stylus pens for $2.22 shipped. Any red flags on these? I likely would only use it to draw better. Other than that, I can't find other reasons for a stylus.
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Just be careful the rubber tip doesn't smash and expose the metal rim on the stylus. This will cause horrible scratches on your screen (learned this the hard way). I got a nano fabric, retractable stylus a little while back. It works great!
http://secondshells.com/touch-stylus-pen-s/stylus-with-fabric-tip.html
Hi guys and girls.
I have a wacom (1994 ancient! lol) UP1212 tablet. Thought you'd like to know that the pen works with the galaxy, even the erasor part is detected in note and drawing apps.
There are a few pens on ebay, anything with UP ultrapad) should work.
We bought a spare pen like this one cheap for th tablet
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gateway-Wacom-Executive-Stylus-Pen-CX200-CX2700-S-7200-CX210S-CX210X-M-280-/280830185524?pt=UK_Computing_FlashDrives_SM&hash=item4162c89034
And it works fine, with the tablet and the galaxy note. You can also get different nibs for these pens, from softer plastics to felt.
Enjoy!
I'm using a pen from my old lenovo x61t. Eraser works and pen responds a little better than standard but I guess that could be my imagination
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That's fantastic! Never even considered giving mine a go.
Will definitely try tonight.
There's a thread in the accessories sub-forum, specifically for all Wacom pens that work or do not work with the note.
Does anyone know if the pens from the Lenovo and Samsung products are interchangeable? I have a lot of Samsung Spen that I use on my Notes and Ativ. I ordered a new Thinkpad 2 to take advantage of the smaller size and was hoping that my existing pens will work on all devices.
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The ThinkPad is a wacom digitiser. The SPen is also thought to be a wacom digitiser. It may well work but there are different wacom models which are not compatible. Without just trying it yourself I don't think anyone can predict the result.
When you buy a ThinkPad 2 and there is no digitizer included, then only Wacom pens work. Those for 5€ OR Jot touch pro...
But the good digitizer won't work because the feature isn't in the display from ThinkPad without an included digitizer.
I got the Thinkpad 2 yesterday and the first thing I tried was the various s pens I have. Good news is they all work
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When you buy a ThinkPad 2 and there is no digitizer included, then only Wacom pens work. Those for 5€ OR Jot touch pro...
But the good digitizer won't work because the feature isn't in the display from ThinkPad without an included digitizer.
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What????
Only wacom pens? they are the digitiser pens. The wacom is a capacitative pen.
And yes, wacom digitiser is a standard feature on the thinkpad, just they dont always pack the stylus in with it.
Good news that the SPens work. Makes sense seeming as they are wacom based.
How is your experience with the tablet? Still reviewing my options for windows 8 tablets and a wacom pen is a requirement for me.
as of right now there are 2 different types of digitizers. 1 is what the intuos uses and the other is what is in the note series of android devices and most newer w8 devices use. The surface pro and most devices use what is called the feel range of sensors. as long as your device has this type of digitizer and not the intuos one the pen should work fine.
Sony also have their own type of digitiser
I bought the s7 for drawing. Hence a fully S-Pen support was the main reason for getting it (without having to pay a soul for an iPad Pro).
Although the new form factor of the s7 S-Pen is a big improvement over my last tablet (Note 10.1 2014), concerning usability, there is still a big gap to the Wacom Styluses - and I still have not found any supporting the Samsung tablets.
Just to let you know: if you struggle like me with the rather thin Standard S-Pen from Samsung, the Staedtler Noris (no S-Pen button) alternatives - and want to avoid the DIY methods (wrapping band fixes, building a case from standard biros, etc.):
I found the LAMY AL-star black EMR (https://www.lamy.com/en/emr/)
It shares the shape of a fountain pen and - most important - support the S-Pen button.
The form factor and the accessibility of the button are so mush better than the original S-Pen - I think all (hobby) artists know what I'm talking about...
I use the button horrible often (color picker while shading) that's a killer feature for me.
Plus: the standard S-PEN nibs are fitting!
The downside:
- rather expensive (ca. 40 EUR, but google for it, I got mine for 32 EUR)
- no Bluetooth connection (if you need it, sorry: not supported)
- the replacement nibs included are of the hard type - but maybe you like that
- it does not fit in the S-Pen container of the original back cover
Remember to enable multi S-Pen support in settings - if not you can not keep the original S-Pen in charging mode.
I went to ebay and shopped (in china) rather cheap replacement nibs for the S-PEN. Luckily me I got half soft nibs, half hard nibs.
And they fit the Lamy perfectly.
If any one know where to buy soft replacement nibs on a budget (without having to pay horribly high shipping fees like Remarkable) for the Standard Samsung s7 S-Pen. Please: post it. Most times on ebay it's a hit or miss: you get the hard ones
The hard nibs would be better if you're into art and get a paper-like screen protector... the ones with texture. The soft rubber nib that comes on the S-Pen gets destroyed by the texture from the paperlike screen protector.
Well I'm in art and no: You're argument is the wrong way around.
No one in art like hard nibs, nor screen protectors.
The reason why people put screen protectors on their iPads is simply, they only have the hard nibbed apple pencile. So they have to spend 40 € on the PaperLike.
The downside of s.th. like PaperLike is: view quality is reduced drastically and putting the horrible expensive screen lamination process to waste. No one in drawing\painting want to use screen protectors. Especially paying such a fee for it.
Some even tries to put tape on their overpriced apple pencile.
The problem I'm discussing is that I want soft nibs on a budget, but not having a reliable source. The market is fludded with hard nib replacements, as these are cheaper to produce and most users don't care about. The reliable soft nibbed version sellers however provide their options heavily overpriced.
Wacom does it correct in providing different textured nibs for their devices for a reasonable price.
BTW: they do not offer hard nibs at all as they do not have the problem users putting protectors on their devices and would use it with a soft nib, destroying the latter faster. ... well of course on YouTube you have...