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Note 5 - S Pen Rant!

2015-08-23
man you know something typing with this pen there's something satisfying about it when you're using your finger you have obviously a limitation of precision now the thing with your finger is it's useful right you have many of them you can do lots with these it's really the thumb to be honest with you right that's what separates us from the other creatures the thumb allows you to grip things carry things anyway bottom line is think of it this way and I've been thinking hard on this because I'm really trying to give this phone a shot as my daily device and I feel like I haven't invested enough time in s-pen life in the s-pen lifestyle to accurately gauge whether it makes sense or not daily for me like when compared with the standard phone but here's a little analogy that I thought of fingers have been around a long time no seriously though fingers have been around a long time and so have instruments like this pens in order to circumvent having to use the finger now when you're a kid when you're a child you do things like finger paint right the level of precision that you're expected to get with your finger is is limited by the instrument itself I'm sure there's some like finger painting master out there that you guys are gonna link me to and be like no Lou you're crazy look at this guy he's doing what is it van Gogh with his finger okay fine that's that's a fringe case for most people when it comes to precision for like a physical input this tip offers significantly more precision than a finger ever could and most artists would probably tell you the same you know another thing too is finger prints this is a weird one I'm not sure I've ever heard anybody talk about this but these displays get gunked up with garbage from these like you touch everything with bees I know you do meanwhile there's a guy who like wears gloves everywhere because he's a germaphobe ease like no I don't live finger prints aren't a problem for me Lou I wrapped my fingers in cellophane you are not included in this scenario but essentially these are prone to all kinds of garbage coming back to the with the pen why on desktop computing platforms haven't we completely switched to touchscreen to interact with your hands rather than a mouse and keyboard for precision pointing device why do people keep reverting back to the precision version even though the convenience of the hand should outweigh it like it has in mobile devices so I don't know listen I feel like there is a place for the pen in this world I don't know if anybody's completely cracked that nut but I do think we're getting closer and this might seem weird but this little click on the end this little satisfying kind of I don't know is that it is this obsessive-compulsive for me to be so satisfied by this I have done it for 10 hours straight and that's the longest I've done it there's a certain satisfaction you get from the click which leads me to believe that the click in and of itself might convince you to pull the pen out more often just because you're missing the click that that sounds crazy but that little activity you might be sitting there looking at that I mean you know I'm gonna extract that right now not because I have anything to write not because I'm gonna interact with my device but because it's like a habit not like a habit a habit does that mean the S Pen will make an appearance more often for people who have bought the note let's say the previous versions for example and under utilize the pen just forgot about its existence maybe we need an addictive habit to force us into really trying to utilize it anyhow back to business
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