On 20010711094049, Rolf Meijer wrote:
> The pen tip is plastic, no harm there. I was more thinking about the
> electronics inside the pen. I don't know exactly how it works and what
> it does when you touch a surface (tablet/eMate) with it.
The Graphire pen (as all other graphic tablets' wireless pens)
contains some electronics, that are powered by induction from the
tablet: the tablet creates a variable electro-magnetic field just
above its surface, and a coil inside the pen gets induced a current
(you can see this clearly if you open the graphire's mouse, just a
screw).
If there's no field, nothing happens: the pen is just a piece of
plastic with some unpowered electorinics. The newton senses pressure
on the surface, so no field needed, and non present.
Summary: the pen will not suffer, and using a screen protector,
neither will the newton.
--Dakkar - ceccarel_at_cibs.sns.it <Mobilis in mobile>
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