Ten One Design Pogo Stylus for iPod touch 2G, 3G (Black)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 1.1 x 0.6 inches ; 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001QVHGF4
• Item model number: T1-AF25-200
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)

Product Description

The Pogo Stylus is beautifully designed to precisely trigger the multi-touch display in your iPod touch. Use it to type, navigate, sketch, and play. Sized for accuracy, the stylus does away with the awkward typos and misfires common to fingertip-only use. The stylus has a soft tip that's small enough to let you navigate the iPod touch interface quickly and incident-free, meaning it won't scratch or leave smudges on the surface. A convenient clip designed for the iPod touch keeps the stylus close at hand, so you don't have to worry about digging it out of your pocket every time you need it.

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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This is not my beautiful stylus!, January 8, 2010

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Mary J. Alderdice "geek, book lover, craft fiend" (Washington DC Metro Area, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ten One Design Pogo Stylus for iPod touch 2G, 3G (Black) (Electronics)

My expectations on what a stylus is and how it is used were largely developed from three types of devices:

- Palm's (and Handspring's) venerable line of devices, starting way back with the Palm Pilot in 1997, up through my current Palm Centro.
- An Apple Newton. (Yes, really.)
- Various Wacom graphics tablets throughout the years.

Based upon my experiences with these types of devices, I'd come to expect a stylus to basically be a pen that can be used on a digital screen or surface. I expect to be able to hold a stylus in essential the same manner as a I would a pen, and everything after that should be as natural as writing with any other device.

This is not the case with the Ten One Design Pogo Stylus for the iPod Touch or the iPhone. [See footnote 1 below.] Because the iDevice's screens use capacitive touch screens, they're designed for sensing finger-tip sized interaction, not pen-tip sized interaction. Perhaps that's part of the reason behind the design of the Pogo Stylus, which provides capacitance-conducting material only on its flat tip. Or maybe Ten One Design couldn't quite decide how to shape a more tapered tip to the stylus while still providing for 1) the conductivity requirements, and 2) durability. [See footnote 2 below.]

Whatever their reasoning, the result is a stylus which I was completely unable to use without holding it perpendicular to the device's screen. This is a completely unnatural posture for 'writing' on your screen. Additionally, this extremely limits the way you can hold your device while using the stylus, as your head essentially has to be looking straight down onto the device in order to ensure proper placement of the stylus tip.

All in all, for those who are looking for a simple extension of their fingertips so they can keep using their iDevices while wearing gloves or something similar, the Ten One Design Pogo stylus might work for you. (Though, if you're looking for gloves that you can wear and still use your iPhone / iPod Touch, I highly recommend taking a look at Dots Gloves instead.)

If, however, you're looking for a stylus that you can use in the same manner you would use a pen, then I suspect you'd be disappointed by this product.

[Footnote 1] I actually purchased one of each, as my household has both devices, and I was curious if there was any actual difference between the two stylus 'models.' To save anyone else the trouble of wondering about this: as near as I could tell, there are no differences between the iPod Touch model and the iPhone model.

[Footnote 2] The capacitive substance on the stylus is actually a nubby foam. As I admittedly haven't been using the stylus, it hasn't exactly had to stand up to a lot of wear and tear, but I can foresee the quarter-inch of foam coming off quite easily. Moreover, I can easily see the 'skin' of the foam (which is what's actually needed to interact with your iDevice) peeling off, leaving you with a nifty lens cleaner, but not something terribly useful for use with your iPod or iPhone.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten One Design Pogo Stylus for iPod touch 2G, May 7, 2009

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Theresa Diane Bellizzi "Dog Lover" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ten One Design Pogo Stylus for iPod touch 2G, 3G (Black) (Electronics)

I LOVE this stylus!! So much easier to tap the letters. It clips right onto the Touch (or the leather case for me) and it always handy. My brother loved it so much that I gave him mine and ordered another.
The price is a little high, but it is well worth it!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Iphone Use, August 8, 2009

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carol irvin "carol irvin" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ten One Design Pogo Stylus for iPod touch 2G, 3G (Black) (Electronics)

I own two of these and I use them on my iphone. I do not use the clip because I have a sturdy leather case which the clip would make unusable. Thus, I keep one in my purse and one next to me at my work station. I use it to type on the virtual keypad. It has made using the virtual keypad much, much easier. My husband loved the iphone EXCEPT for its virtual keyboard (instead of real life buttons like a Blackberry has). This Pogo stylus solved his only problem with using an iphone. Now he too has no problem with the virtual keypad. This is a very cheap solution for those of us having trouble using the virtual keypad. I have no problem using my fingers for everything else as I have very small hands so I do not need these other uses which are cited in the product information.