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For example, Microsoft’s Surface Pro includes a Wacom-made digitizer layer in its screen and a pen made for it, known as the Surface Pro Pen. Wacom makes drawing tablets for artists, but this technology is also making its way to consumer devices.

No additional functions: You can’t have a capacitive stylus that performs other functions, such as having an eraser on its other end.

No palm rejection: The capacitive screen can’t differentiate between the stylus and your hand, so you can’t rest your hand on the screen as you use the stylus to draw.

Artists who want a pressure-sensitive stylus won’t be happy with a capacitive stylus.

No pressure sensitivity: Just as your device’s touch screen can’t sense how hard you’re pressing on it with your finger, it can’t sense how hard you’re pressing on it with a capacitive stylus.

Cheap: As they’re so easy to make, these will be the cheapest types of styluses.

No battery required: You won’t have to charge a capacitive stylus or change its battery.

Works with any device: As long as your device has a capacitive touch screen you can use your finger to touch, you can use a capacitive stylus with it.

They’re simple to make - you can even make your own capacitive stylus with a bit of wire and conductive foam.

RELATED: From the Tips Box: DIY Styluses, Recycling Old Discs Into a Game, and Searching Flickr for Kindle ScreensaversĪll you really need to know is that a capacitive stylus will work just like your finger. A capacitive stylus works in the same way your finger does, distorting the screen’s electrostatic field when it touches it. The cheapest, simplest type of stylus you can get is a capacitive stylus. That’s why you can simply touch the device’s screen, while you have to press down on older resistive touch screens like those on the Wii U GamePad and traditional touch-screen ATMs. Your modern touch-screen device uses a capacitive touch screen - unless it’s a Wii U GamePad, which still contains a resistive touch screen.