Friday, March 23, 2012

Re: [android-developers] capacitive stylus?

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:27 AM, bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> wrote:
> I have an Android tablet that is a capacitive touch screen.  In order to do
> anything on it, I have to press *really* *really* hard on the screen, and a
> lot of times it still doesn't do what I want.

That sounds like a resistive touchscreen, not a capacitive one. If
tapping on the screen with a (closed) plastic pen works better, that
is certainly a resistive touchscreen.

> Is there any way to make it
> easier to use this device?  I heard of something called a capacitive stylus
> -  Will this be better than a finger?

A capacitive stylus is designed for use with capacitive touchscreens.
It does not make pressing any easier, though it helps for things like
writing and drawing.

A regular stylus is designed for use with a resistive touchscreen. It
does make pressing on the resistive touchscreen easier.

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