Show HN: Turn your pen into a touchscreen stylus

by abdophoto • 14 years ago

10 12 14 years ago

This is really nice, but it would be even better if you made a non Sharpie version. I would get it if it worked with a normal pen because I never use a Sharpie.

bsphil• 14 years ago

I can only imagine how pissed someone would be when they accidentally touch their phone or tablet with the wrong end of the Sharpie. Would rather put it on an actual pen than a permanent marker. Seems way too easy to make that mistake, since the ends even look fairly alike.

By the by, Sharpies are pens? Is it like one of those "all squares are rectangles" things?

andrewmunsell• 14 years ago

Exactly what I was thinking. If you forget to put the cap back on your Sharpie, you suddenly have a nice black line on the screen of your brand new iPad Mini.

freehunter3• 14 years ago

Luckily, markers are not permanent on glass. Some glass cleaner or even regular rubbing alcohol will clean it off. Now if you have a screen protector, all bets are off...

terryk88a• 14 years ago

The price point is way out of line. $25 ???

freehunter3• 14 years ago

I wouldn't say so. A low-volume product takes engineering costs into the price point, and while engineering might have been reasonably cheap here, I doubt it was free. Replacement tips are quite cheap as well ($6).

It's marketed as a premium tool and selling at a low volume. I don't know how quality it actually is, and I probably wouldn't buy one, but if I were in the market for a capacitive stylus, I wouldn't balk at $25. Pogo styluses (are crap) sit between $10 and $20. And they're useless for writing due to being squishy.

Sandman• 14 years ago

Show HN should be where you show your cool personal projects and stuff like that, not a place where you advertise your company/product.

tb303• 14 years ago

Although this is a neat idea (I converted a sharpie to a stylus last year, replacing the pen tip itself) and you've made a pretty beautiful website, the product inferior to the latest stylus usability improvements on the market.

Last week my Hand Stylus (http://handstylus.com/) arrived. Unlike other styluses (stylii?) on the market, the tip is on a swivel mount, meaning you never experience the "flop" or roll of the nib as you change direction. After using this, I would never consider a fixed nib stylus again.

circa• 14 years ago

I just saw a video review of this here - http://thetechblock.com/morereal-stylus-cap-for-the-ipad

Show HN: Turn your pen into a touchscreen stylus

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