[Madhu]

I started having intermittent issues with my stylus not even being recognized or missing strokes. I guessed that it was a battery contact issue. I inserted a tight folded pad of aluminum foil into the pen and then inserted battery and tightened the cap over it.

Now works like a charm.

Wish i could fix lack of hovering cursor though.

[Madhu]

If you are using OneNote if you go to full screen inside the software the lag disappears, without need for changing any controls.

[Madhu]

Hi, I have been experimenting writing with the stylus for about a week now. The summary is that it is reasonable if using the right tool.

It seems to work best with OneNote desktop in W10 OS. Also, the handwriting recognition works quite well in MS Word 2013 that I have. In OneNote 2013 the palm resting on the screen can change zoom while you are inking, making this quite annoying. This is not there in the OneNote desktop version. Also pen doesn’t work well in Android. So this is not a surface pro3 🙂 but can be useful and price can’t beat. It doesn’t have the hovering curson which can be a deal breaker.

[Madhu]

@HolloH,

Indeed the price pont and utiility is beyond question and comparison.

However, the driver seems to be an old 2006 Windows standard one. The cursor doesn’t show up with any of the Settings configuration. There is no facility I could find for calibration. My pen spots slightly below its location. That is if I start from a hypothetical 0,0 for pen position the inking  spot corresponds to 0,-3mm or so. And of course the hovering cursor is entirely not there independent of the toggling the pen settings in the Settings menu.

Writing slow and with pen width set to small helps in precision. You just don’t know where the curson is to s precision of +/- 3 to 5mm or so. I am wondering if the protective film has a deleterious effect, didn’t check yet.

[Madhu]

The inking with the stylus is not as nice as surface pro. I am slightly disappointed although it is perhaps too much to expect a $300 product to equal a $600 one. I was thinking based on reviews of other products such as ASUS 8″ inking tablet and HP’s tablet that perhaps this one would be nice too but as it is it is barely acceptable.

1. Biggest problem is that there is no cursor, the hovering cursor. So you don’t precisely know where the cursor is although you get fairly close since the tip is quite fine.
2. In MSW10 OneNote I am finding that the pen is missing strokes unless I am slow and deliberate. Perhaps this is a question of training? I didn’t need any such training for Surface pro. This happens especially when you try fine writing. This is also a disappointing. Pressure makes a small difference.
3. Writing sensation feels tolerable. You still realize you are writing on glass and there is a bit of slipperiness but I can live with this.
4. I suspect that driver is MSW10 generic one and perhaps that may be the issue. If this is so then getting the right driver and calibrating the screen may perhaps solve all these problems? I hope.

[Madhu]

Hi,

Please let us know if the 2A or 2.5A 5V charger is working. The device spec says 3.5A and so I was wondering. I couldn’t find any meeting the 3.5A spec. Thanks

[Madhu]

Hi Tim,

Did you notice any difference after reset? Are all the known issues “fixed”? Also was the stylus working as expected?

Thanks

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