| Luckily, you can use the device's stylus to dial phone numbers on the screen and to tap out messages on a displayed keyboard. |
| Compared to a touchscreen, these displays only react to the special stylus, not to the user's hand or finger. |
| For her part, Eliss found Ciaran dusty and hidebound, carrying as he did a clipboard, a stylus and a pair of pince-nez on a steel chain. |
| Another stylus was used to play back the recording turning the indentations on the cylinder into sound. |
| For quick input, the stylus isn't terrible, but writing long e-mails or even inputting several contacts can be grueling. |
| Earlier issues in this series were compromised by distorted sound, as if the original Columbia LPs had been played with a dull stylus. |
