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Palm Tungsten T3 stock stylus (top) and StylusCentral 3 in 1 replacement (bottom) Seen side by side, the StylusCentral 3 in 1 Stylus & Pen for Palm Tungsten T/T2/T3 is almost identical to the stylus that comes with the unit. You would have to pull out some fine equipment to measure the differences. However, under the skin, there’s a small difference that has big convenience. Screw off the stylus/reset tip and you’ll find a ball-point pen hidden away. All in all this is a useful replacement for the stock stylus. It feels as solid as the stock item. Replacement cartridges are available from Stylus Central for $0.99 US. As much as we would like to think that all our data entry activity takes place on our handheld, there are still times when pen and ink is necessary: signing the credit card receipt, passing contact information from the PDA to a third party or quickly jotting information for later transfer to the device. There’s a little quirk that offsets some of the convenience of the pen. You have to unscrew the tip to open the pen nib and that takes six or seven rotations of the barrel; not an eternity, but a couple of extra seconds. As well, once the tip is off, it would be nice to be able to invert it and stick it on the end of the stylus while you are writing. Unfortunately, you either hold it in your hand or stick it in your mouth or put it down somewhere or, well, you get the picture. If you are standing outside the coffee shop, writing down a phone number from your Palm, trying to hold the device, the stylus and a piece of paper in two hands…The tip could be easy to lose, leaving you with a small and expensive ball-point pen. Apart from those little niggles, this replacement is so close in look and feel to the original, that you might not know which one you are using, until you screw off the tip. If you want the convenience of a pen with your stylus, the StylusCentral 3 in 1 Stylus & Pen for Palm Tungsten T/T2/T3 is a good way to go. Categories: reviews, stylus, Tungsten, hardware