There is a stylus that works for the iPhone. I assume it would work on other touch screens. I personally didn't care for it.
http://www.tenonedesign.com/stylus.php Michele Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2010, at 5:06 PM, Maggie in Visalia <[email protected]> wrote: > Believe it or not, it's not that hard to adjust to the conductive touch > screens-- even with really long nails! I'm amazed watching my clients > navigate their iPhones. > > BTW: The screens are conductive. The BF understands and explains it better > than I do but it has to do with conduction of electricity-- like > bio-electricity. The same way those touch lamps work. He has a theory that a > stylus made of a conductive metal ought to work and his head is spinning with > ideas on how to make one for me if I end up waffling and getting one of these > devices. > > Deb: Yes. The Pixi SUCKS! OMG! The massage therapist next door has one and I > played with it for awhile yesterday and her keypad is actually worse to type > on than the iPhone. And she says she has all kinds of weird problems with it. > > I also played the next door hair stylist's (yeah, we have the three > businesses all together in our building and we all get along really well-- > the fourth floor is the coolest hang out in town) > iPod touch-- which was better than that little pixi. > > I don't love the virtual keypad. Too easy to make mistakes. The iPod Touch > (is that what y'all keep calling an "iTouch?") would suffice for me, but I > really love that the Palm has a "notes" field for each appointment AND a > "notes" field for each contact. > > Rhonda: I thought about hopping on Ebay and just grabbing another Palm but, > let's face it, they aren't making the things anymore. I have no idea what > kind of life one has led or how long it will hold up. I don't want to put > down $100 only to find myself a year from now with TWO dead or dying PPs! > > I know I know... everyone wants me to join them in the future. No body really > understands why I don't want to answer my appointment book: "Just put it on > speaker phone, Maggie...." "Just use a bluetooth headset, Maggie...." > > I HATE the phone. HATE the things. I hated the phone when I was 15 and I hate > the phone now. I hate the sound of it ringing (seriously raises my heart > rate) I hate answering it, I hate talking on it, I hate listening to > voicemail. I look forward to the day when I retire to a remote mountain cabin > that has no electricity and NO PHONE. (yeah, giving up the Internet will be > rough, but if it means not having a phone, I can handle it.) > > The BF DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A CELL PHONE! Do you know how jealous I am?! > > I wear a BT at work so I can answer the phone (because I need to) without > having to stop what I'm doing. The BT lives at work. It does not come home > with me. I am not interested in being wired to my phone 24/7 but I DO > occassionally have to talk on the thing when I'm away from the salon. I don't > want to have to answer the phone and then put my call on speaker phone > ESPECIALLY IN A PUBLIC PLACE because, let's face it: nobody really likes > being on speaker for one thing, and the other people in the > store/restaurant/on the street/etc don't need to hear my conversations. In > fact, my in-laws and other clients don't need to be privy to my conversations > even if it's just to confirm or set an appointment. > > I don't want to go back to pencil and paper because it's heavy, space > consuming, and I'm really spoiled by being able to set up or cancel repeating > appointments all at once. That's been awesome. > > Also-- I do NOT spend over $50 a month on my phone service! In fact, I > currently spend about $25-30 a month for the thing. I don't have a data plan, > I'm not in a contract, I don't send 9,000 text messages a month, and I don't > access the internet from my phone. I have a no contract, pay as you go > account with T-Mobile-- which, last I checked, was the only carrier that > included their no-roaming charges with pay-as-you-go accounts. > > I don't get coverage at 8900 feet above sea level in the back country of the > Sierra Nevada like some people do-- but I DON"T NEED IT THERE EITHER! (and > neither does anyone else. If you fall down a cliff, let the bears eat you > like it was 1977-- you don't need to call your mom to check up on how your > cat is doing just because you noticed you have signal.) > > I love my Palm. I just want something that does what my Palm does. I've > already sat myself down and had a long talk with myself and I know I'm going > to have to suck it up and just get used to a new platform/program/OS/ap or > whatever these things are. > > Oh...anyway. So I'm not interested in getting a device and activating it with > a phone or data plan because I can't get the same plan-- or lack thereof-- if > I have a web-able device. All the carriers force you to purchase a data plan, > and I can't currently justify doubling or tripling my current cell phone > budget just for the inconvenience of having my phone/appt book be the same > device. > > I'm thrilled as punch for all y'all (and my OTHER neighbor, Steve) who are > loving the new world technology and don't understand my resistance. > > I know. I'm not just a dork; I'm an obstinant and increasingly obsolete dork. > > I just don't understand why personal computing devices got BIGGER? Palm > pilots were perfect, but instead, the world decided to opt for netbooks and > iPads?! I figure it's going to be another 5-10 years before palm sized > computers are back in style...by that time we'll probably have the option of > having a micro-sd expansion slot hardwired directly to our brains. > > Hmmmmm...maybe this is why Nails Magazine decided to call my blog "Maggie > RANTS?" :-) > > But seriously-- I'm listening to this Evo stuff. Keep talking guys! keep > talking. > > > > Maggie Franklin: > Owner & Artist, The Art of Nailz, Visalia CA > "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." > Maggie Rants [and rav...@nails Magazine > Facebook > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
