Using your finger for most tasks on Apple’s new iPad is fine, like typing emails or texts, browsing the web, gaming, etc., but there are some things that may work better when you use a stylus, like ...

In general, iPad styluses follow an incorrect cognitive mapping. The vast majority of them are designed to look and feel like a pen. Why? Writing or drawing on the iPad feels nothing like using a pen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's possible to quickly make your own DIY stylus. Dave Johnson/Insider It's easy to make a working stylus for your tablet with ...

Earlier this month we shared a DIY touch-screen stylus for the iPad. That build was clever but unfinished looking. This version is polished and what commercial manufacturers should be bringing to ...

Not content to diddle around on the iPod touch screen, David Lasnier made a stylus that he uses to draw with the Brushes app, producing results like his cat skull sketch above. His first attempt ...

Yeah yeah, the iPad is supposed to be all about the touching. But if you draw on it, or want to write a lot, a stylus is definitely a must-have. You could buy one, but why not make your own? Yeah, ...

I’ve certainly been called crazy for trying out various styli for the iPad and perhaps I am. But I don’t think I’m as over the edge as the Walt Mossberg puppet. Going against the grain and his good ...

Step 1: Take a sheet of aluminum foil and wrap it around the pen, so that the top region of the pen is covered entirely Step 2: In order to prevent the foil from coming out or letting loose, wrap a ...

Frustrated with the DS Lite's stubby stylus, but not enough to empty out your pockets for one of those new-fangled, overpriced utensils we're always featuring? Faced with that very dilemma, Sal ...