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Wacom has announced a new Bamboo Stylus pocket aimed at the users of just about any smartphone or tablet on the market including Android devices and the iPad or iPhone. The stylus has an expandable design that offers multiple lengths to suit different needs. The stylus can be extended for writing notes or sketching.

The stylus also has a compacted setting that makes it easy to store in a pocket or inside a purse. The stylus can also be stored using a snap on lid that has a plastic headphone plug that slips into the headphone port of your portable device and holds the stylus in place. The Bamboo Stylus pocket can be collapsed to 89.5 mm and extended to 118 mm.

The stylus weighs 16.4 g and is 12 mm in diameter. It features a cushion grip and has a tip that works with capacitive touchscreens while leaving no scratches behind. Users can also customize the Bamboo Stylus pocket with interchangeable color rings.

Wacom says the tip offers a smooth writing experience that feels just like you’re writing with a traditional ink pen. The tip is 6 mm in diameter for accuracy and body of the stylus is made from aluminum. The stylus also comes with replaceable tip and includes a firm stylus nib and an optional soft nib in the box. The stylus is available now for $34.95.

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With its recent Kickstarter success now in the history books, it’s time for that open-sourced PressurePen to offer its stylus services to folks who missed out on the crowd-funded party. Luckily for those people, though, the pressure-sensitive instrument is now available for pre-order straight from the creator’s site, so they, too, can snag one for themselves. The PressurePen starts off at a not-too-shabby $30 for the “kit” only, which doesn’t include the plastic shell but is perfect for savvy tinkerers; meanwhile, the PressurePen with Stylus bundle costs $60, or $20 more if you’d like two additional tips. Units are expected to start shipping at some point in November, but better hurry as the company’s saying there are only “a limited number available at this price.”

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PressurePen goes up for pre-order, is expected to ship in November originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung’s new full-fat smartphone has hinted at appearances on both Verizon and AT&T, and now an update spotted at SAM Mobile suggests that — just under two months since the original appeared — there will be a Magenta-branded version of the Galaxy Note II… too. Going under the SGH-T889 model number, firmware from September 15th is now available to try — if you have a phone that’s not yet out on any official channels. The site’s sources have said that the device runs closer to a global iteration, lacking any true LTE capabilities, but it’s more than happy to substitute that for HSPA+ support. If you’re part of Samsung’s secretive cabal of handset testers you can seek out the new build at the source below.

T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II firmware update appears, points to Jelly Bean and HSPA+ originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 03:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Styluses aren’t just for Samsung devices, there are plenty available for iPads and iPhones. While most of them are pretty crappy, the most interesting are the ones that can connect to your iPad via Bluetooth and convey pressure sensitive information.

Ten One Design’s Pogo Connect will start shipping this October. You’ll get months of battery life from a single AAA battery, and thanks to Bluetooth 4.0, there’s no need to turn it off. It uses solid state pressure sensing, offering hundreds of levels of sensitivity with no moving parts. Unfortunately, the stylus still has to have a relatively fat 7mm tip in order to work with the iPad’s capacitive screen.

If you don’t have the new iPad, there will be an app available that will allow you to make the Pogo Connect work with the iPad 1 and 2 as well – but this requires access to an iPhone 4S (or the upcoming new iPhone 5) to act as a Bluetooth 4.0 bridge. The Connect relies on third-party app makers to build support for it, as Apple doesn’t offer any system-level protocol for dealing with pressure sensitivity over Bluetooth. However, there are already a number of apps, including Paper, Procreate and Sketchbook Pro, which will be compatible with it.

The stylus retails for $79.95(USD), and if you’re one of the first 2,000 pre-orders, then you’ll get custom laser engraving on the pen as well.

[via TechCrunch]

I’ve seen a couple of people with the Samsung Galaxy Note, and they all commented on how big the device felt in their hands. Well Samsung decided that it still wasn’t large enough and has announced an even bigger Galaxy Note.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 sports a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1,280 × 720, making it just a hair larger than the original’s 5.3-inch display. Samsung has updated its UI and the overall experience, after the release of their latest products in the US, including the Galaxy Note 10.1 and SIII. The battery has almost doubled in capacity, from 1,800 mAh to 3,100 mAh, which is good news too.

The quad-core 1.6 Ghz processor, 8MP camera that’s capable of 1080p video recording, and the fact that it will be running Android Jelly Bean are all good updates for people looking to use this device on the go. The device has more S Pen functionalities that the previous model, and continues to improve upon what Samsung started with the first Galaxy Note.

The Galaxy Note 2 will be available with 16, 32 or 64 GB of internal storage, upgradeable with a microSD card. It will be launched in October in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and will be available in either white or gray. There’s no word yet when it will be launched in the US.

[via Mashable and Android Central]