I have finally come to a moment of illumination (loud applause). Although it's a shame that Nokia can't come up with replacement styluses for its customers -- and I've been reading complaints to that effect for a year and a half -- in point of fact, the Nokia tablet stylus is too short for optimum writing efficiency. So it should only be used as an emergency stylus.

Perhaps I'll go out and buy a suitably sized stylus. It won't fit in my N800, but it will be more comfortable and I'll probably be able to buy a replacement if need be.