

But if you're just thinking about getting a stylus for your tablet or phone, the combination of the $50 price, having to press hard and needing to avoid screen protectors makes this a less appealing choice. Omni's device looks and feels more like a pen than the cheap styli that flood the market. If you already take notes with another capacitive stylus, the Bamboo Omni is probably an upgrade over the thick-tipped pen you have now. The soft-touch matte plastic on the bottom half of the stylus combined with the pen's slightly triangular shape make it comfortable to hold, but it doesn't feel like a premium product (or even a $50 one). The Omni is 5.6 inches long and feels more like a pen than a stylus, albeit not an expensive one. I switched from my tablet to a phone and back again seamlessly. The power is only for the accuracy (but you need to turn the stylus on to use it at all), and the Omni doesn't need to be paired over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. And recently I have been meeting with clients and I bring a notebook to draw what I need to explain to them. But that's a long time to wait to use your stylus (even if you're only charging occasionally), especially if your tablet is your primary computer. Wacom says that the stylus takes about 2 hours to charge, which I found to be accurate. Before I used the Omni, though, I had to charge it by connecting to a micro USB port.
