"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
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> for clarification, the digitizer is the tech in the screen and the stylus
> is what you use to poke the screen ;-)
>
> Generic styli such as those used for pocketpc's and most of the small
> umpc's _do not_ work with the digitizer screens.
>
> You will need to obtain the stylus for your computer from the oem or store
> that stocks those styli.
>
> I would _assume_ that any stylus used for any waacom screen would work on
> any other, but have not tested this.
>
> There are some "custom" waacom styli available... google time.
>
> >> to always hold the pen the same way <<
>
> yes and no... it's optical.
>
> Our eyes are far more accurate than we imagine. On a tablet, you are not
> writing on the actual surface, but, rather, on the clear cover a couple of
> mm above that surface.
>
> Your expectation is that the script will appear where the centerline of
> the stylus intersects with the surface where the writing will appear.
>
> When you "calibrate" you essentially define the difference between where
> your stylus touches the clear cover and where the writing will appear on
> the lcd surface... since the stylus is normally held at an angle, hold it
> at a different angle such as in the other hand, and the script will appear
> in an unexpected location... and, points and clicks will miss your
> intended target.
>
> To see this, open a new journal document, get a magnifying glass and take
> a close look at where things appear when the stylus is held in each hand.
>
> Hope this is of value,
> Beverly Howard [Microsoft MVP-Mobile Devices]
>

Thanks Beverly, in a fen days (hopefully) I will Check it out. That video
I mentioned said the accuracy of the touch also has to do with the size of
the screen. Larger screen, more accurate.