Tungsten C - don't lose your stylus!

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BillM wrote:
> Just got my T-C a few weeks ago and lost the stylus yesterday.
> Looked on the PalmOne website - nothing
> Called them - apparantly they don't make them any more.
> Wow. Talk about poor support for a product.
> It looks like it's a different stylus than the rest of the Tungsten line.
>
> Anybody know if another stylus fits this thing?

Have you tried eBay? I got quite a few hits searching for "tungsten c
stylus."

Shane

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Per BillM:
>Wow. Talk about poor support for a product.
>It looks like it's a different stylus than the rest of the Tungsten line.
>
>Anybody know if another stylus fits this thing?

Lost the stylus on my Clie about a week after getting it.

Could've bought a new one, but chose to tape a regular stylus to a pen.

While that solution was dawining on me, I started writing using my fingernail.

Last year or so, I've been using my fingernail. With a little practice it
works well enough except for clicking buttons.
--
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BillM wrote:

>
> Just got my T-C a few weeks ago and lost the stylus yesterday.
> Looked on the PalmOne website - nothing
> Called them - apparantly they don't make them any more.
> Wow. Talk about poor support for a product.
> It looks like it's a different stylus than the rest of the Tungsten line.
>
> Anybody know if another stylus fits this thing?

Froogle "tungsten c stylus" and you'll get about 11,000 hits. The ones I
looked at all have stock. At least three different brands available.

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"BillM" <bmacfarlane@pullforspam.qwest.net> wrote:

>
>Just got my T-C a few weeks ago and lost the stylus yesterday.
>Looked on the PalmOne website - nothing
>Called them - apparantly they don't make them any more.
>Wow. Talk about poor support for a product.
>It looks like it's a different stylus than the rest of the Tungsten line.
>
>Anybody know if another stylus fits this thing?
>

Well, I was going to suggest the Landware Floating Point stylus, the
best ever made, Unfortunately, they don't seem to sell them any more
:-(

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On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:58:46 -0400, "J. Clarke"
<jclarke.usenet@snet.net.invalid> wrote:

>Froogle "tungsten c stylus" and you'll get about 11,000 hits. The ones I
>looked at all have stock. At least three different brands available.

and I'd suggest buying a few spares, one to keep in your PDA, one to
carry with your PDA in its case, and a few more under lock and key in
case you managed to lose that 2.

My PDA is 3 years old and showing sign of battery problem, lasting
about 1.5 hours instead of the original 4 hours but I plan to keep
using it until the battery is uselessly short or the PDA dies. The
old variant of saying "If it ain't broke, don't replace it".
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I am very disappointed in PalmOne's product support with this issue.
Various substitute styli have been suggested. Some are not
satisfactory. I don't want to get a substitute that doesn't fit into my
T-C. Nor do I want to pay too much for a stylus.

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http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=108434
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=107083

Costs a few quid, though. If you're in the states, then just replace
expansys with expansys-usa in the url.

Phil Hibbs.

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"BillM" <bmacfarlane@pullforspam.qwest.net> wrote in news:X2sne.511
$Wk4.14852@news.uswest.net:

>
> Just got my T-C a few weeks ago and lost the stylus yesterday.
> Looked on the PalmOne website - nothing
> Called them - apparantly they don't make them any more.
> Wow. Talk about poor support for a product.
> It looks like it's a different stylus than the rest of the Tungsten line.
>
> Anybody know if another stylus fits this thing?
>
>

Look for Belkin products, a line of computer accessories of all types. I
lost my stylus also, could not find them at all from Palm, and Belkin has
this really neato stylus that fits the model C, AND, get this, is also a
flashlight!!!!!

(But when I found my lost factory stylus [under the front seat of the car]
I never switched it back, liking the flashlight stylus which fits much
tighter in the holder.)

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"BillM" <bmacfarlane@pullforspam.qwest.net> wrote in message
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>
> Just got my T-C a few weeks ago and lost the stylus yesterday.
> Looked on the PalmOne website - nothing
> Called them - apparantly they don't make them any more.
> Wow. Talk about poor support for a product.
> It looks like it's a different stylus than the rest of the Tungsten line.
>
> Anybody know if another stylus fits this thing?
>
Try pdaparts.com

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I don't disagree that it's strange that replacement styli for the
Tungsten C don't appear on PalmOne's webpage, but seriously, this is an
easy issue to solve. Every major retailer I've seen has Tungsten C
replacement styli for sale, either actually made by Palm, such as this
package from Staples.com:

http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/Sku.asp?PageType=...

Or something like the Belkin 4-pack, which I've bought from Staples
stores in person (twice actually!), and appear to be indistinguishable
from the original PalmOne styli in every respect.

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you can see if they still sell it at www.styluscentral.com or other stylus
sites on the Internet. As a rule when I buy a new Palm I always get an extra
pack of Stylii just in case.

"BillM" <bmacfarlane@pullforspam.qwest.net> wrote in message
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>
> Just got my T-C a few weeks ago and lost the stylus yesterday.
> Looked on the PalmOne website - nothing
> Called them - apparantly they don't make them any more.
> Wow. Talk about poor support for a product.
> It looks like it's a different stylus than the rest of the Tungsten line.
>
> Anybody know if another stylus fits this thing?
>
>

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By the way, since the Tungsten C is about 2 years old it might be replaced
soon. Hence the reason for them not selling the stylii anymore. I've also
been very disappointed with the fact that they never really sold a good case
for it. Now, they have a decent one but it costs an arm and a leg (over
$100).

"BillM" <bmacfarlane@pullforspam.qwest.net> wrote in message
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>
> Just got my T-C a few weeks ago and lost the stylus yesterday.
> Looked on the PalmOne website - nothing
> Called them - apparantly they don't make them any more.
> Wow. Talk about poor support for a product.
> It looks like it's a different stylus than the rest of the Tungsten line.
>
> Anybody know if another stylus fits this thing?
>
>

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BillM said on 01.06.05:

> Anybody know if another stylus fits this thing?

The Stylus Multipack from PalmOne (I always order a set of replacements
for a new model, just in case) for my Tungsten E has replaceable screw-on
ends to fit Tungsten E, C, W and Zire 72


Chris

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On Thu, 02 Jun 2005 at 13:07 GMT, <kthomson@tconl.com> wrote:

> Various substitute styli have been suggested. Some are not
> satisfactory. I don't want to get a substitute that doesn't fit into my
> T-C. Nor do I want to pay too much for a stylus.

<shrug> I have bought lots of third-party styli (for three different
palm models) and have yet to find one that did not fit properly.

This even includes poorly-translated cheapo eBay auctions.

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Same stylus as the Tungsten W.
Bought a three pack at Radio Shack for $10 last time I lost mine.

Also, got this which is handier:
http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?T1=...