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Apple considering stylus for the tablet? They've applied for a patent, but...

Hardware, Odds and ends, Apple Steve Jobs hates styluses (styli?). At the January, 2007 Macworld Expo keynote where Jobs introduced the iPhone to the world, he went so far as to ask "Who wants a stylus?" and expressed his distaste for stylus input with a "Yeccch!" However, that hasn't kept Apple from applying for a patent on using a stylus on devices like the iPhone that are designed for finger input.
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Stick Them With The Pointy End: Apple Files ‘Active Stylus’ Patent

Technology : TechCrunch (5 months ago)

Apple filed a patent with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) last week for an active stylus. According to the filing,"the stylus includes an electrode at a tip of the stylus; and powered circuitry coupled to the electrode an... Read Post

Paper Creators FiftyThree Mulling More Products, And A Tablet Stylus Might Be Next

Technology : TechCrunch (16 hours ago)

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How iPad app Paper helped boost Cosmonaut stylus sales almost tenfold

Technology : The Next Web Blog (last year)

Steve Jobs may have said “nobody wants a stylus” when unveiling the iPhone for the first time in a Macworld keynote in 2007, but five years later the smartphone and... Read Post


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