For many years just about every portable device came with a stylus. Whether it was the revolutionary Eo Slate with its PenPoint OS, the doomed Apple Newton, the very successful PalmPilot, or ...

In computing, a stylus (or stylus pen) is a small pen-shaped instrument that is used to input commands to a computer screen, mobile device or graphics tablet. With touchscreen devices, a user places a ...

You may not realize it, but the modern stylus is a bit of a mess. The main problem is lack of standardization. Think about it. You can use a mouse, or keyboard, or monitor with most systems — whether ...

Before multitouch and capacitive displays, the stylus was used for touch input. Microsoft is hoping to bring back the stylus with a pen that can work with any display – even non-touchscreens – with a ...