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WSJ says that “the stylus is reaching a level of technical maturity where it may finally be capable of the unthinkable: replacing the pen,” but as someone who’s used the stylus for years ...
The $20 stylus is Microsoft’s second budget pen targeted at teachers and students who use Windows laptops for school. It’s part of the company’s ongoing effort to challenge Chromebooks in ...
No company has tried to make the stylus the Next Big Thing as much as Microsoft, and it's pushing harder than ever at Build 2016.
Microsoft backs that idea up with some really smart features on its standard Surface Pro 3 pen. It’s not just a hunk of metal and plastic, but a multi-button stylus with pressure sensitivity.
Microsoft's classic Surface Pen is still a solid stylus for Surface hardware (and other supported devices). You'll lose the built-in battery, wireless charging, and slim design, but do save some ...
Microsoft is aiming to make Windows Ink more useful for kids with the Classroom Pen, a new Surface Go stylus that's easier for smaller hands to hold. It's shorter than the current Surface Pen at ...
Microsoft says the Classroom Pen has a hardened pen tip to make it more durable than a normal stylus, and there’s a replacement tip for each pen included in the box.
Microsoft’s patent describes an active stylus which is “compatible with a plurality of touch-sensitive devices”, including not just Surface tablets, or PCs, but also the likes of smartphones ...
Microsoft could be planning on designing a future Surface Pen stylus that can be wrapped around your ear and used as a Bluetooth headset. The plans were spotted in a patent, which suggests that ...
A recently-published patent by Microsoft envisions a stylus that can be used as a Bluetooth headset, thanks to a flexible design that allows the pen to wrap around your ear and a dockable earpiece.
Big news in the technology world: Microsoft is working on a stylus that will work on any screen. That means that the company could roll out a pen-based solution to make any screen scribalable.
If you own a Galaxy Note or Surface Pro, then you probably already know how useful a stylus can be. Much more than a faux finger, a digital pen can give you a sense of precision and control that ...