Gloss Find: Pogo Touchscreen Stylus

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Jennifer Latkiewicz

I’m still on the fence when it comes to touchscreens. I consider fingerprints to be my mortal enemy and call me old-fashioned, but I will always prefer a tactile button. Oh, and have you ever tried sending a text on an iPhone with gloves on? And why should you have to choose between sending coherent texts and rocking a set of fierce Dita von Teese-like talons? You shouldn’t! Understanding our affection for Chanel nail laquer, smudge-free screens and warm, frostbite-free hands, the folks at Ten One Design have developed an ingenious solution: the Pogo Stylus.

Small, lightweight and available in your choice of sleek silver or neon, Ten One Design’s Pogo Stylus makes emails and websurfing on your touchscreen phone a breeze. The stylus’ soft tip glides across any screen or trackpad surface and its more precise point eliminates the usual typos seen with fingertip typing. And no worries about reliving any mid-’90s Palm Pilot nightmares: no Graffiti alphabet necessary. Palm Pilot or not, using a stylus is still pretty dorky but at least this one comes in neon pink!

The Pogo Sketch Stylus features a pocket clip for easy access, or if you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, a specially designed travel clip keeps your stylus close and convenient . The Particle Case for the iPad offers shock absorption and a built-in stylus for easy note-taking and sketching.

MacBook owners can pair their Pogo Stylus with one of Ten One’s awesome programs: Autograph (a free version is available), to securely sign emails and documents without using a single sheet of paper or Inklet, a program that turns your trackpad into one of those pricey pressure-sensitive pen tablets – both Photoshop pros and Paintbrush amateur art-eests will be procrastinating real work for hours.

All this and a pristine screen free of lunch-grease smudges? I’d be in love even if it didn’t come in hot pink.

The Pogo Stylus and Pogo Sketch Stylus are $14.95 each at tenonedesign.com.