What Is Special About the iTouch Stylus?
- The iPod touch uses a capacitive touchscreen technology. This technology uses the electrically conductive power of your fingers as an input device. A major drawback of this technology is that you cannot use the touchscreen display if this electric charge becomes blocked. For example, wet fingers, long fingernails and the wearing of gloves will typically prevent effective use of the capacitive touchscreen technology. Additionally, if you want to use a protective screen on your iPod touch, you have to make sure the protective screen is designed to work with the Apple products or capacitive touchscreens.
- The Apple stylus uses a special material that functions with capacitive touchscreens that require grounding. A regular stylus not designed for capacitive touchscreens will not work with your iPod touch and may scratch the device’s screen. The Apple stylus uses a soft touch point to protect the screen. The soft touch point is manufactured using soft rubber and an anti-oxidative metal material that has flexibility. You can also use the stylus while wearing gloves.
- You can use the stylus with drawing applications on your iPod touch for more precise renderings. Additionally, you can use the stylus to take notes and navigate other applications with more accuracy than using your fingers. Further, the stylus allows you to more accurately select letters on the iPod touch virtual keyboard.
- The iPod touch features several different functions that will not work properly with the stylus. For example, you cannot use the stylus to "pinch and zoom," which allows you to zoom in and out of images on your device. While the stylus does have several advantages, you cannot use all of the iTouch’s features without using your fingers. Therefore, you will most likely have to use both the stylus and your fingers when using the touchscreen display on your iPod touch device.
