[Polychrome]

The stylus on the surface pro works on the Samsung ATIV. In fact, it seems to be interchangeable with the s-pen.

Odd, since usually Wacom styluses don't work between models. But there ya go. :)

[Laura Knotek]

I wouldn't say that's useless.

That's actually something that's helpful, since people who have both the Surface Pro and the Samsung ATIV wouldn't need to buy another stylus.

[Polychrome]

I wouldn't say that's useless.

That's actually something that's helpful, since people who have both the Surface Pro and the Samsung ATIV wouldn't need to buy another stylus.

Don't they both include the stylus? :)

I suspect it'll work on the Note series of devices too, since they use the S-Pen.

[ninjaap]

Don't they both include the stylus? :)

I suspect it'll work on the Note series of devices too, since they use the S-Pen.

Slightly off subject. Yes I'd like to know if the Surface Pro includes the stylus, because I was at Staples last week looking at one and the sales associate said it wasn't included.

[Polychrome]

Slightly off subject. Yes I'd like to know if the Surface Pro includes the stylus, because I was at Staples last week looking at one and the sales associate said it wasn't included.

Pro, yes. RT, no.

[ninjaap]

Pro, yes. RT, no.

I knew it! That sales *** was just being lazy and pretended she went to the backroom and looked at the display unit's box. Curses!

[stephen_az]

I knew it! That sales *** was just being lazy and pretended she went to the backroom and looked at the display unit's box. Curses!

Great job of taking a simple thread pointing out interchangeable use of a couple brands of stylus, and turning it into your own little ignorance and insult festival. Please grow up or just shut up if that is not possible. There are several reasons irrelevant to this thread as to why a Staples associate could have made a simple mistake - they really do happen. None ever merit though insulting the person. It is also always very easy to be the puffed up alpha character on an internet forum since the internet (sadly) allows ignorance and cowardice to masquerade as boldness. If you are an adult try acting your age. Alternatively, if you are underage, mommy and daddy need to be monitoring your internet usage. Granted, for some chronological adults they should still have their internet usage monitored by people whose adulthood is measured by their level of actual maturity.

[ninjaap]

Great job of taking a simple thread pointing out interchangeable use of a couple brands of stylus, and turning it into your own little ignorance and insult festival. Please grow up or just shut up if that is not possible. There are several reasons irrelevant to this thread as to why a Staples associate could have made a simple mistake - they really do happen. None ever merit though insulting the person. It is also always very easy to be the puffed up alpha character on an internet forum since the internet (sadly) allows ignorance and cowardice to masquerade as boldness. If you are an adult try acting your age. Alternatively, if you are underage, mommy and daddy need to be monitoring your internet usage. Granted, for some chronological adults they should still have their internet usage monitored by people whose adulthood is measured by their level of actual maturity.

Congrats on taking this thread even more off topic.

[CJ Thunder]

Great job of taking a simple thread pointing out interchangeable use of a couple brands of stylus, and turning it into your own little ignorance and insult festival. Please grow up or just shut up if that is not possible. There are several reasons irrelevant to this thread as to why a Staples associate could have made a simple mistake - they really do happen. None ever merit though insulting the person. It is also always very easy to be the puffed up alpha character on an internet forum since the internet (sadly) allows ignorance and cowardice to masquerade as boldness. If you are an adult try acting your age. Alternatively, if you are underage, mommy and daddy need to be monitoring your internet usage. Granted, for some chronological adults they should still have their internet usage monitored by people whose adulthood is measured by their level of actual maturity.

Yikes, take a chill pill. He said pissy frazzle dazzle ("curses!"), so it didn't seem like he was that upset. You on the other hand...

[Rising Mos]

I can use the hp tx2000 stylus on the surface too. The technology is exactly the same so there is no reason why it shouldn't work.

[fonzman78]

I think any Wacom stylus will work. I have an S-Pen that works and I also have a stylus from an old Toshiba M200 that also works. Since I had 2 extra Toshiba stylus', I now have 3 extra pens for when I inevitably lose the Surface pen.

[vertigoOne]

I suspect it'll work on the Note series of devices too, since they use the S-Pen.

I can confirm the s-pen from the galaxy note phone does work with the surface pro and vice-versa.

[Daniel Ratcliffe]

Hmm, provided the next S-RT surface supports the Wacom stylus I may look into getting one and then getting an S-Pen to go with it. Can anyone confirm if the S-Pen works on the S-RT please?

[polbit]

I can confirm the s-pen from the galaxy note phone does work with the surface pro and vice-versa.

Yes, the pen from Note II works as well - saved my **** a couple of times when I forgot the Surface pen to a meeting...

[ClixT]

Actually, If you have an Intuos 4/5 or Bambo series, their pens might even work.

[rdubmu]

I bought one Stylus at the Microsoft Store. It has a round end where you can move the computer around instead of your finger. I like it because then my finger prints don't cover the screen. One bad part is that you can't write on the screen with it. I have to use the surface pen for that. The other side of the stylus is a real pen, not a pen for writing on the computer screen. I am looking for a hybrid of the surface pen and with a round end at the end so that you can use it to navigate on the screen. When I have the computer in laptop mode, docked with a type cover, I use my finger to navigate but when in tablet mode on my surface pro, I use a pen.

[RTGent]

Actually, newer Wacom pens (and others' pens) do work across capacitive touch devices, although it does depend on each device supporting it, and on the availability of drivers that enable software capacites. Each software company -Adobe, for instance, has to work with the hardware company to design and produce the appropriate drivers.

[Polychrome]

Actually, If you have an Intuos 4/5 or Bambo series, their pens might even work.

Intuos doesn't from what I've seen. (Got the 5 on my desktop.)
All the styli mentioned in this thread so far are the same brand (WACOM).

[Joseph Ignaceous]

It's not a useless fact, at least not for me. My Samsung ATIV came with a nice but half size digitizer, and the only alternative they offer is the Series 7 pen, which lacks the rubber coated tip. I might consider the Surface digitizer as an option. I'm a bit confused about how they have it listed on the MS site as "works exclusively with the surface Pro".

Regardless, thanks for posting!

[Winning Guy]

I have an Intuos 3. I'll see if it works tomorrow.

If it does, that would rock.

I don't really like the Surface pen because there's only a right and left click. I want a middle click.

[jhoff80]

I have an Intuos 3. I'll see if it works tomorrow.

I can tell you right now that it's not going to. Across tablet PCs that use a Wacom digitizer, yes, all pens are intercompatible. They all use the Wacom "Penabled" technology, which Wacom has recently re-branded to "feel IT". The Intuos ones won't work, and there were two Cintiq pens that worked (15X and the 18SX, I believe), but those aren't sold any more. So yes, the S-pen, and the Surface Pen, and the new Wacom Bamboo Stylus Feel (but not the Bamboo Stylus, which is a capacitive pen, and not any other Bamboo pen either, because they screwed up the branding by naming it the same as a previous product) will all work on the Pro, or a Galaxy Note, or the Ativ SmartPC. Other Wacom digitizer pens will not work, however.

Also, to the person who said that you can use a Wacom pen on any capacitive screened tablet provided that drivers are available, that is completely false. There needs to be a Wacom digitizer layer there. However, Wacom does sell the Bamboo Stylus, as mentioned, which is just a standard capacitive stylus and doesn't give nearly the same accuracy.

[Winning Guy]

Bummer. I was hoping for a middle-mouse click.

[jhoff80]

There are two-button (plus eraser) Penabled / Surface Pro compatible pens, but the second button is useless anyway until we get Wacom drivers.

[Winning Guy]

One of the main reasons I chose the Surface Pro is because of a pressure sensitive stylus.

I hope that more graphics apps het on board and fully support the pressure sensitivity. And then I hope we get a wider variety of pens made available.

[Johnnycat13]

From what I've read on various boards the only pens that work from Wacom are the "Bamboo Feel" series ones. The older or more complex (airbrush style etc) will not. Also the Samsung s-pens will work no problem. Now to figure out where to buy a feel in Canada...