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After the pixel-accurate stylus of N900, and 27 years of using (pixel-accurate) computer mice I find capacitive screens very clumsy for drawing, text selection, cursor control, using applications originally designed for larger screens (eagerly waiting for Open/LibreOffice, but not useful with finger control) etc etc.

This has been my deal killer for getting any kind of tablets (except two N810s, with styluses of course) as I like to design and visualise stuff all the time by drawing, and lack of proper accurate cut'n'paste IMHO makes them toys enough to grab the laptop instead. Styluses made for common capacitive screens aren't much more accurate than a finger, plus cannot be tucked inside the device, thus are not an answer.

I have been waiting for the next generation (to get decent screen resolution) of Samsung 8 inch Galaxy Note as that seems the only suitable device, but sure I would any day take a Jolla Tablet, if it just had an accurate stylus like the N770-800-810-900 9-5 years ago (yep no multi touch, I personally wouldn't care but nowadays you'd probably need to have MRI or something like Wacom/Galaxy Note has).

There are zillions of tablets -cheap and expensive- but very few suitable for drawing or using desktop applications (which could easily be ported for a Sailfish device), so including a stylus and a (near) pixel-accurate digitiser would be a definite differentiator attractive to many creative professionals, engineers, power users, even children who all like to draw.

After the pixel-accurate stylus of N900, and 27 years of using (pixel-accurate) computer mice I find capacitive screens very clumsy for drawing, text selection, cursor control, using applications originally designed for larger screens (eagerly waiting for Open/LibreOffice, but not useful with finger control) etc etc.

This has been my deal killer for getting any kind of tablets (except two N810s, with styluses of course) as I like to design and visualise stuff all the time by drawing, and lack of proper accurate cut'n'paste IMHO makes them toys enough to grab the laptop instead. Styluses made for common capacitive screens aren't much more accurate than a finger, plus cannot be tucked inside the device, thus are not an answer.

I have been waiting for the next generation (to get decent screen resolution) of Samsung 8 inch Galaxy Note as that seems the only suitable device, but sure I would any day take a Jolla Tablet, if it just had an accurate stylus like the N770-800-810-900 9-5 years ago (yep no multi touch, I personally wouldn't care but nowadays you'd probably need to have MRI or something like Wacom/Galaxy Note has).

There are zillions of tablets -cheap and expensive- but very few suitable for drawing or using desktop applications (which could easily be ported for a Sailfish device), so including a stylus and a (near) pixel-accurate digitiser would be a definite differentiator attractive to many creative professionals, engineers, power users, even children who all like to draw.

After the pixel-accurate stylus of N900, and 27 years of using (pixel-accurate) computer mice I find capacitive screens very clumsy for drawing, text selection, cursor control, using applications originally designed for larger screens (eagerly waiting for Open/LibreOffice, but not useful with finger control) etc etc.

This has been my deal killer for getting any kind of tablets (except two N810s, with styluses of course) as I like to design and visualise stuff all the time by drawing, and lack of proper accurate cut'n'paste IMHO makes them toys enough to grab the laptop instead. Styluses made for common capacitive screens aren't much more accurate than a finger, plus cannot be tucked inside the device, thus are not an answer.

I have been waiting for the next generation (to get decent screen resolution) of Samsung 8 inch Galaxy Note as that seems the only suitable device, but sure I would any day take a Jolla Tablet, if it just had an accurate stylus like the N770-800-810-900 9-5 years ago (yep no multi touch, I personally wouldn't care but nowadays you'd probably need to have MRI or something like Wacom/Galaxy Note has).

There are zillions of tablets -cheap and expensive- but very few suitable for drawing or using desktop applications (which could easily be ported for a Sailfish device), so including a stylus and a (near) pixel-accurate digitiser would be a definite differentiator attractive to many creative professionals, engineers, power users, even children who all like to draw.