When anouncing the original iPhone 2G way back in 2007, wow how times have changed since then, he said one of the problems with the latest smartphones is they have stylus’ that are a faf to use you break them, loose them have to get them out put them away and why use a stylus when we are all born with one, the finger!

When I first heard him say this I agreed. I had been using a phone with a stylus since 2003 and yeh I agree I found them a pain to use so the movement away from these seemed a great idea. However with the introduction of the iPad I felt that a Stylus would aid the functionality of the device, let me tell you how!

One of the great things about the iPad is its big screen! Which means the iPad is great for sketching, drawing diagrams or even taking notes in Lectures and meetings! I personally can’t wait to take my iPad into a lecture instead of a bag full of random sheets of paper! One of the problems though with the iPad is that limiting yourself to just using your finger makes it difficult to make hand written notes with any sort of precision. Also drawing is a little hard too. Your finger covers a large surface area, and so your covering up some of the screen which is annoying if you want to do something accurate! The DAGI iPad Stylus solves this issue!

The tip on the DAGI is transparent apart from a tiny red dot that shows you the centre of where it is touching and designed to aid the accuracy. The tip is plastic so you dont have to worry about using it on either the bare screen or with a screen protector. I will say, that I tried it with a Zagg invisible shield and a clear plastic film screen protector, and it did work better on the latter. This is because the Zagg has a rubber feeling to it and the stylus couldn’t glide as well on it but did work fine.

Also the stylus does take some getting used to. In order for it to work correctly you must use the flat tip directly on the pad. So you have to constantly hold it at a certain angle. This can take some getting used to and on the first couple of tries you may think “this is rubbish” but stick with it do some practising and you will soon be writing essays on your iPad and if you use an iPad Case, especially the iPad Flip Case the pen attaches onto it so you dont have to go searching for it!

If you want to see how it works in practise check out the review video below:

Overall I am pretty impressed with the Dagi it’s the best stylus I have come across so far, I recommend you stay clear of the cheap ones on eBay, I tried them and they arent very good at all, this is far better!

Pros:

• Gives greater accuracy over your finger.
• Ideal for writing notes and drawing sketches
• Not too expensive.
• Great look and feel

Cons:

• Takes some getting used to.
• Doesn’t work as well on an Invisible Shield.

Price: £14.95, From: MobileFun.co.uk

Thanks to Mobile Fun for sending Cloud Bite this to review. Mobile Fun have a great range of mobile accessories and for all those of you who are lucky enough to get a iPhone 4 you need to protect it with a iPhone 4 Case and they have hundreds, so check them out!