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This is the $300 Android phone to beat in 2023 - and it even has a stylus (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 3 years ago by Hydrogen@lemdro.id to c/android@lemdro.id

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[+] nicman24@kbin.social -6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

have you heard of a notepad

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[–] Chaphasilor@feddit.nl 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

the only advange to a keyboard that I can see is for drawing or signing documents

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[–] nicman24@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

Chem stuff and math

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[–] Chaphasilor@feddit.nl 1 point 3 years ago

Oh, interesting!

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[–] LuckyCat@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago

True. Although looking back over the last five years, and even more so since COVID, the majority of the documents I’ve had to sign that were emailed to me have been secure digital signatures so I feel like even this advantage is becoming less relevant.

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[–] LuckyCat@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

Is using the stylus really more efficient than typing your notes into your phone though? I guess it’s likely a preference thing but I’m amazed there’s that big of a market for that.

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[–] On@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago

There are languages that are just not convenient to type on a keyboard. A stylus combined with a proper OCR keyboard app could read the handwriting and compose messages in a lot less time.

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[–] nicman24@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago

Yes if you need shapes as well ie chemical compounds

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[–] techt@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

I like it for OneNote specifically; in a uni setting it's nice to have a stylus handy to jot margin notes or drawings alongside my text input, do a non-rectangular crop on a photo I just took of the lecture slide to put in notes, or just idly doodle. Stylus pens are super smooth and gives me good brain feel when I do swooshy doodles.

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