Dell Active Stylus M.I.A.

[philxor]

You can definitely find these at the MS Stores. I just stopped by the kiosk store here and picked up two pens and a Dell folio case. Perimeter Mall in the Atlanta area. They still had a number of pens and cases left. 10% off as well.

Was tempted to snag all the pens since they are going for above retail on eBay it seems, but I'm not that kind of person.

 

[HatWobble]

I called Dell and they don't have any in stock. Not until Feb 20, they said. This is annoying.

 

[mkslive]

It's priced at almost 90 USD on Dell Norway. Insane.

 

[Chris Lapaz]

Not laughing at the coupon. More at what I thought would be an obvious shameless attempt to find out more about this coupon, but since you provided the info I was after I'll forgive the misunderstanding. Lol

i'm sorry for assuming everyone knew about the coupon since they are posted on the dell website.

as far as the stylus, i just picked up a capacitive stylus and it pretty much does what i want it to do. i don't really plan on using my tablet for taking notes and using the stylus for writing but other than that, what else would the active stylus be used for? thanks.

 

[Arbaz Malik]

I went to the perimeter mall today to get a stylus but they sold out.

 

[jgraves1107]

Well dell just informed me that there is a halt on the stylus production. They are not sure if it will ship Feb 19 or later than that. There seems to be an issue with them sending me the ones they have. They are not good and they would have to replace it. Wow they tell me they won't send me one until they fix the problems.

 

[waym1962]

I kind of thought something like this was going on. It seemed like more than an out of stock issue when it became so hard to find the listing on the website. So they were suggesting February as a time when they would start shipping again?

 

[jgraves1107]

Yep Feb or later if they can't get it fixed quickly. Sucks cuz I wanted it to just use for the small point and close apps, folders, things of that nature.

 

[Rich Woods]

I spoke with them online today. They told me that it's temporarily unavailable because it's out of stock. I asked them if there was a problem with the hardware because I was thinking about getting one from EBay. They told me that there was no problem with the hardware (which I don't believe) and it will be available in the future.

 

[philxor]

People have gotten a lot of conflicting stories. I read on another forum they were revising the pen a new version of it would be out in February sometime.

The chances of you getting a usable pen right now is probably about 1 out of 3, so I'm not sure you really want one.

 

[Bennyboy802]

I've been talking to Dell on the phone many times, have had my stylus replaced twice, never worked. But last time I called them, they told me that they redesigned the stylus, new version, new price (at least, that's what the guy told me.) They're sending me one to test it out, should arrive in the next day or two.

 

[crashdau]

I've been talking to Dell on the phone many times, have had my stylus replaced twice, never worked. But last time I called them, they told me that they redesigned the stylus, new version, new price (at least, that's what the guy told me.) They're sending me one to test it out, should arrive in the next day or two.

Please keep us up to date if it is a new design/revision.

TIA

 

[Jay Bennett]

So I got a pen delivered from eBay last night (ordered it about 9 days ago so that was a pretty good turnaround). I believe it was shipped from Hong Kong and so far it's been responding ok. I did have an issue where the pen seemed to stop working at all but I re-seated the battery and that fixed the issue. I've seen a few weird moments where it's seemed to triple-click when I accidentally hold down a button, but otherwise for inking it's been good so far.

Anyway point being, you can pick them up from eBay (?30 rather than Dell's ?38 and with free delivery) and they seem to work. Just make sure you're buying a Dell active stylus and not some poor capacitive stylus.

 

[gnd1]

So, only the Dell Stylus will work with this? Has anybody used another stylus that works?

 

[philxor]

So, only the Dell Stylus will work with this? Has anybody used another stylus that works?

Yes only the Dell active stylus will work.

 

[Jay Bennett]

Well, technically a capacitive stylus would work, but I wouldn't recommend it compared to the active stylus as the Venue 8 Pro won't known that it's a stylus so won't reject your palm resting against the screen

 

[mpholic]

So where on Ebay did you find Dell stylii for that price? I just looked and the only ones I found were over $100US.

So I got a pen delivered from eBay last night (ordered it about 9 days ago so that was a pretty good turnaround). I believe it was shipped from Hong Kong and so far it's been responding ok. I did have an issue where the pen seemed to stop working at all but I re-seated the battery and that fixed the issue. I've seen a few weird moments where it's seemed to triple-click when I accidentally hold down a button, but otherwise for inking it's been good so far.

Anyway point being, you can pick them up from eBay (?30 rather than Dell's ?38 and with free delivery) and they seem to work. Just make sure you're buying a Dell active stylus and not some poor capacitive stylus.

 

[Bennyboy802]

So, Dell called me the other day and informed me that the new version of the stylus that they were sending me was still in production and wasn't ready for consumer use yet. He told me it should arrive in 2-4 weeks. I'll keep you guys posted on any updates I receive.

 

[Jay Bennett]

So where on Ebay did you find Dell stylii for that price? I just looked and the only ones I found were over $100US.

I got it from this ebay seller: theopensurfacepl on eBay but I see that he currently doesn't have any more in stock now. I'm sure there will be more later on

Original listing, just in case people don't believe me : BRAND NEW DELL ACTIVE STYLUS FOR DELL VENUE 8 PRO // VENUE 11 PRO // XPS 11 | eBay

 

[luv2skipow]

Ordered the stylus at Christmas from Dell.ca when it was on sale.
Just got a shipping notification today. Previously it wasn't supposed to ship until an estimated Feb 17th.
Hopefully the *new* version.