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dichertz · 01-16-2008, 10:52 PM

I just looked at a post that was discussing "finger scanner". It was a post for recognizing fingerprints for security.
It got me thinking about the Sketches app.

I know that the iPhone will not recognize stylus input to the touchscreen, only finger input. I presume that somehow it recognizes heat signatures (maybe I'm wrong, I hadn't given it much thought).

I find that the Sketches app is not particularly sensitive when I try to make quick notes and no matter how carefully I try to write, it still looks like I was writing while I was driving on railroad tracks.

Then I thought, if the iPhone had a stylus, it would be significantly faster to type.

Is there an adventurous programmer out there that could create an app to allow the touch screen to accept a precision stylus input?

Just curious

Dana

P.S. And, as always, if this is a repost of a previously discussed topic, I apologize.

01-16-2008, 10:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
dichertz Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Swampscott MA Posts: 758 Thanks: 30 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Sketches/Finger/Stylus I just looked at a post that was discussing "finger scanner". It was a post for recognizing fingerprints for security. It got me thinking about the Sketches app. I know that the iPhone will not recognize stylus input to the touchscreen, only finger input. I presume that somehow it recognizes heat signatures (maybe I'm wrong, I hadn't given it much thought). I find that the Sketches app is not particularly sensitive when I try to make quick notes and no matter how carefully I try to write, it still looks like I was writing while I was driving on railroad tracks. Then I thought, if the iPhone had a stylus, it would be significantly faster to type. Is there an adventurous programmer out there that could create an app to allow the touch screen to accept a precision stylus input? Just curious Dana P.S. And, as always, if this is a repost of a previously discussed topic, I apologize.