On some, the rubber tip is on the end of the cap.That includes premium, handsome twist-open models: thehexagonal-barreled aluminum AluPen Pro ($33) and the Mont Blanclook-alike Kensington Virtuoso Signature ($23). They’re beautiful,but when you’re using the rubber end, the ink end is pointing atyour face — a weird, upside-down feeling. The perfectly weighted Wacom Bamboo Duo ($36) and shiny, polishedTargus Executive stylus and Pen ($29) don’t have that problem.Their caps click onto the end you’re not using. The Hard Candy Capacitive iPad stylus and Pen ($35) and nearlyidentical Gumdro
If you want a talent show: that BoxWave stylus withflashlight and laser ($20). A stylus can add precision and pleasure to the act of using atablet or phone — especially drawing. How could Steve Jobs havebeen so wrong? Well, maybe we misheard him. Maybe what he really said was, “If yousee a stylus, they drew it.” E-mail: Correction: August 1, 2012, Wednesday This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:An earlier version of this column described incorrectly a featureof the Adonit stylus. It attaches magnetically to the iPad; it’snot the case that its screw cap a
(Don’t mix up the buttons.) The bottom line: no stylus exhibits more thought than the Handstylus ($30). Nicely weighted, great-feeling barrel; retractablerubber nib — the smallest, sharpest one in the business; removableclip; magnet that clings to Apple’s iPad cover. The only better nib is the FiberMesh one on the aluminum EverTouchCapacitive Stylus ($14). If you want a pen too: Wacom Bamboo Duo($36).
The design of the heavy Griffin stylus + Pen + Laser ($38) isbrilliant: both the rubber tip and the laser pointer are on asingle stubby cylinder. The cap goes on the end you’re not using,adding three inches. Or, for even more entertainment: the $20 BoxWave UniversalPresentation Capacitive Stylus (“perfect for the ladies out therewho have their nails done”). One tiny shiny button turns on an LEDflashlight, great for reading restaurant menus; another fires up alaser pointer.
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