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	Capt'n Corrupt	2010-11-10 , 11:50
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Originally Posted by volt

I need a stylus for accuracy. I cannot draw without accuracy. And every Wacom owner in the world will tell you that one of the main features of a tablet is to draw.

If you need a secondary reason to use a stylus: until touch screen phones, it was an universal truth that KEEP YOUR FATTY FINGERS OFF MY SCREEN and you know what? Your fingers still smudge the screen. It's bad for the eyes.

As a Wacom Intuos 4 owner and long-time user, I can assure you that an active digitizer is most certainly NOT a stylus. Active digitizers register only the pen tip and include metrics like tilt/orientation/pressure and even register hovering of the pen above the pad surface. Styluses are just another point on the screen, indistinguishable from any other thing contacting the screen. You can rest your hand on an AD and use the pen as you would on paper. You generally cannot do the same with styluses.

I adore my Wacom. I despise and wish ill-will towards styluses and their kin.

The Tab actually has a Bluetooth Stylus accessory for precision input, though it remains to be seen if it can behave like an active digitizer rather than a passive stylus,

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