[POLL] How important to you is then pen when using your HTC Flyer? - HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G

For me the pen was an important part of the decision to buy the Flyer and one of the key features that I use everyday. I'm just curious how important the pen is to other Flyer owners.
When you pick up your Flyer is the pen:
An indispensable part of the experience
It's useful but it’s not a major factor
You think it’s a novelty or you seldom use it
You never use it
You don't own a pen

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Never bothered to purchase one. I thought I would eventually, but I missed a few of the sales and ultimately convinced myself I didn't need it.
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The pen brings a great amountof accuracy. Most of the web site still built for a mouse and keyboard experiance. The pen provides a great bridge between touch and mouse

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Use it everyday.
Flyer on HC the pen is superfantastic. I use it everyday in class for note taking, if I did not have to take notes I would not use it. Personally I like the Sketch Pads textured back grounds for notes I tried every writing app except the Lenovo ported one(Can't get it to work) The HTC pen gives me four different width lines just by using pressure!

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Have one, don't use it much but nice to have
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it was the decision point for me get the View because I would like to take notes in meetings. The pens accuracy is so great compared to the ipad pens. I love the features of the notepad and the integration into the calendar application. My problem is when using the notepad my wrist keeps hitting the home key which takes me out of the application. Any tips wowould be appreciated

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inmnbob said:
it was the decision point for me get the View because I would like to take notes in meetings. The pens accuracy is so great compared to the ipad pens. I love the features of the notepad and the integration into the calendar application. My problem is when using the notepad my wrist keeps hitting the home key which takes me out of the application. Any tips wowould be appreciated
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There are applications to hide the keys... I think honeybar one of them
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I thought about purchasing a pen when I bought my Flyer, but I figured I would just quickly loose it.
How do you guys keep track of the thing?

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i got mine free with the flyer in UK. now i use it more with HC as it annoyed me taking screenshots all the time with GB

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turt1e said:
I thought about purchasing a pen when I bought my Flyer, but I figured I would just quickly loose it.
How do you guys keep track of the thing?
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There are a couple of cases that have built-in pen holders.
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raed81 said:
There are applications to hide the keys... I think honeybar one of them
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I bought honeybar to have more writing room in PDF editor.
Unfortunately, as soon as the pen hits the screen, either a gray bar appears where the status bar should be, or the extended application remains and anything I write becomes translated/distorted by the fixed distance of the honeybar

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The pen was the reason I bought the Flyer for meeting notes. Integration with Evernote is superb. If I had to replace may Flyer I would need to buy the same again.
Using a case off EBay from Yoobao which has a silo in the spine which is spring loaded and makes storing and using the pen simple.
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The pen is a novelty to me. My fingers work better for everything that I need to do. My daughter uses it to doodle and to me, that is its most useful feature.

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Love my pen I can sign documents in email. Also scribble a lot on blueprints a forms.
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inmnbob said:
it was the decision point for me get the View because I would like to take notes in meetings. The pens accuracy is so great compared to the ipad pens. I love the features of the notepad and the integration into the calendar application. My problem is when using the notepad my wrist keeps hitting the home key which takes me out of the application. Any tips wowould be appreciated
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Turn the tablet upside down. Silly but would work.

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Pretty interesting so far.
It looks like the pen is useful to around 60% of users who have responded up to this point. Based on the responses in the thread I'm guessing these are mostly students or business users who use their flyer for note taking or similar tasks.
If that trend continues it would seem to be significant for those cooking cool new ROMs. I'm looking at you Virtuous

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Count me in as one who likes the pen also, especially on HC.
colonel_elwood said:
The pen was the reason I bought the Flyer for meeting notes. Integration with Evernote is superb. If I had to replace may Flyer I would need to buy the same again.
Using a case off EBay from Yoobao which has a silo in the spine which is spring loaded and makes storing and using the pen simple.
Sent from my HTC Flyer P510e using xda premium
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I'm thinking odd getting that and want to know more about that spine feature. Does the springload pop the pen out? What keeps it from falling out of the spine?
/endthreadjack
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Forget the pen, the styles is what I'm on
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wyldkard said:
Forget the pen, the styles is what I'm on
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The digitizer only works with the pen. Try it out and youll never want to go back

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Ever since the upgrade to 3.2 I've found myself using the pen as my primary input source... While on 2.3 I just left the pen in my school bag and never used it... I love the pen now that it is actually useful...