7 Reasons for a Kindle Fire Stylus

Do you loathe getting fingerprints and smudges all over the screen of your Kindle Fire? When the screen's lit up very brightly, it can be hard to notice the prints all over it. But in certain lighting conditions, and especially if you've darkened the screen to read a Kindle book, your screen just won't look pretty at all. And who wants to read their favorite book with a messy overlay of fingerprints and smudges? A stylus prevents getting prints, smudges, dirt and grease from hands onto your shiny K-Fire.

If you enjoy going back to what is essentially the childhood art of 'finger-painting' on your Kindle, great! People can and do create some great sketches and art work just by using their fingers. But most of us are used to holding a pen, pencil or a stylus in our hands for sketching on a paper pad or drawing tablet. It feels natural and why learn to draw or sketch with clumsy fingers when you already know how to use a pen?

Most of us make notes on our touch screen gadgets, whether it's just a shopping list, a reminder or even making full blown lecture notes. Typing on a touchscreen can be slow and awkward - you can't feel where the letters are like you can with a physical keyboard. I prefer to use a stylus to make notes because it's super fast.

When you make notes with a stylus, you're not confined to the symbols available on the touch-screen keyboard. You can have a mixture of writing, symbols, doodles and more - anything that you'd normally capture on paper. Making notes with a stylus offers more flexibility and better usability than the Kindle touchscreen keyboard.

Ever notice that you can't wear normal gloves and operate your Kindle? That's because the Fire has a capacitive screen which means it responds to specific electrical signals made by your fingers. Wearing gloves or using the blunt end of an ordinary pen or pencil won't work on the screen. A special, capacitive stylus mimics the electrical signals made when fingers glide over a touchscreen. So keep your hands nice and cozy and pick up a stylus instead! 

Certain apps like photo editing and spreadsheets require extra precision. Even though the apps for the Kindle Fire are all designed with finger operation in mind, some work better than others.

Certain techniques such as cropping round a specific shape whist editing photos are better done with a stylus rather than a finger so you can have better control.

The thing about having a keyboard with physical buttons is that you can learn to touch type because you can feel where the keys are due to the edges of the keys, the specific spacing and raised areas.

On a touchscreen keyboard, typing can be a rather slow affair and prone to mistakes. If you can type quickly and accurately on your Kindle Fire then great - but many people can't. If you want to avoid sending out emails which are littered with mistakes which could reflect badly on you if it's for business, then get yourself a stylus instead.

The superb and highly rated Kindle Fire Marware Case on the left has a built-in hand strap for easy one-handed holding of your Kindle Fire while you type or perform other operations. This can help prevent dropping your super sleek and shiny tablet while you use your stylus on it.