Pogo Sketch and Autograph From Ten One Design
One of the coolest booths at Macworld was Ten One Design. Two of their products are Pogo Sketch and Autograph. Pogo Sketch is a stylus that works on capacitive touch screens. It can control the cursor and do what your finger would typically do. It can be used to documents with the Autograph application also sold by Ten One Design
The Pogo Sketch
It's probably no more than a stick with a piece of foam attached to it, but a pencil is just a piece of wood with a piece of lead in it. It's a super simple concept, but works brilliantly. It works on: Zune HD; Motorola Droid; iPod Touch; iPhone 3G(S); Macbook (Air and Pro included); and Blackberry Storm. It's available now for $14.95 for silver and $11.96 for hot pink.
Autograph
Autograph is a program that makes your touch pad a signing surface. It works great. You can change the writing thickness, output format - .png or .pdf and you can change the color. It doesn't do much but for the price of $6.95, it doesn't really need to.
All in all I ended up buying both of them and using them together. I paid $16.95 for both because of a show special, but I would buy them for $25. That being said, I have heard some critiques about the stylus namely the fact that it can wear out easily. I have not had that happen yet so I don't know, but if it does, I'll be sure to update this review. I think they are both great products and serve their purpose quite well. I got to use the pen on Daniel Brusilovsky's Square and it worked great. Using autograph has solved the problem of me signing electronic documents and is a cheap solution compared to the cost of a Bamboo writing pad. It doesn't have all the functionality, but who cares for less than a sixth of the price.
Disclaimer: I have not been influenced in any way shape or form by Ten One Design or any related companies. The opinions stated here are purely my own. Facts cited are found from the Ten One Design website and are true as far as I know at the publishing of this post.
