iPad Stylus Pen Review: An Updated Comparison of the best stylus for the iPad. Our last comparison review of iPad styluses turned out to be quite popular, but since then, the second generation of iPad has arrived, and other companies have taken notice and thrown their hat into the stylus ring.
Summing up the original comparison, the consensus of top performers were those with rubber-domed tips (including the Boxwave Stylus, Griffin Stylus, and AluPen). They were largely similar in performance, but with different shaft thicknesses and weights. The big downsides to these styluses were their large blunt rubber tips, as the iPad screen is unable to recognize fine-tip styli. iPad stylus pen review, finding the best “handwriting” stylus for touch screen devices. [Editors note: Check out the updated iPad Stylus review here] In a previous article, I suggested improved stylus support would help the iPad gain everyday usability in the hospital and work place.
The iPad already supports styluses, but the multi touch capacitative technology which makes the screen extremely responsive to human touch also makes it less sensitive to fine-tipped styluses. As a result, the iPad currently only supports blunt-tipped styluses, much like the tip of a Sharpie marker. For the time being, many companies sell these thick-tipped styluses that offer basic pen-like interaction for writing and drawing on the iPad. Adonit.