Different from Wacom's capacitive Bamboo Styluses available for iPad, iPhone and other touchscreens, the Bamboo Stylus feel delivers a powerful combination of "active" pen and sensor technology for a digital pen experience that emulates the feel of a traditional ball-point pen or pencil.

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To demonstrate: as I sit writing this blog, I glance at a ball point pen on my desk.

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Caroline pulls on the loose straps of her backpack, a filched Pinkie Pie, its tail braided, its eyes pocked by a pen point, now zipped into one of the many compartments.

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But Nik reckons the pen takes away from the whole point of having a touch-sensitive screen.

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Were this a traditional blog, I would at this point put down my figurative pen and crowd-source the issue.

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Using an easel and a marking pen to illustrate his point, Gingrich said the Republican plan actually called for substantial increases in those two programs.

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