I was writing on my iPad when I thought of today's blog which will probably have limited appeal to non-iPad owners. According to the official Steve Jobs biography, he was adamant that the best stylus was one's own finger. 80% of the time he was right, however when you want to be able to draw or handwrite the absence of a writing instrument makes this all but impossible. Now to loose the remaining readers with technical babble, the iPad uses a capacitive screen technology which means traditional styluses won't work. Instead these different approaches were designed. The first was the Belkin (centre); it is expensive for what you get and the rubber tip is ok but lacks accuracy because it leaves you guessing where the writing tip is. The second is the Jot. My original got destroyed under a lawn mower so the green one is it's replacement. Best writing stylus by far, quite heavy but accurate and smooth. The last is the Dagi, this has a feature not visible in the photo - a pen on the other end. Handy, but the stylus end uses a spring which is inferior to the Jot's ball joint. So there you have it - probably more than you ever wanted to know about writing on your iPad.
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