Frequently Asked Questions
Which stylus works with an Android tablet?
WiWU makes active capacitive stylus pens described as universal for Android and iPad, so those are the ones to look at for an Android tablet. Pens built for a single family, such as the Microsoft pens made for the Surface Pro line, are matched to that device instead. Check your tablet model against the pen listing before you order.
What is the difference between an active stylus and a cheap capacitive pen?
An active pen carries its own electronics and is built to pair with a specific range of tablets, which is what makes it suited to handwriting and drawing for long stretches. A basic capacitive pen mimics a fingertip and is aimed at tapping, scrolling and signing. The price gap between the two is one reason this category spans entry-level up to premium.
Can I buy a stylus outside Karachi?
Yes. The showroom is in Karachi, but Mega Computer delivers nationwide across Pakistan. Payment can be made online or as cash on delivery.
Stylus pens from Apple, Microsoft, Logitech and WiWU, spanning pens built for one tablet family and universal capacitive models for Android and iPad.
Stylus Pens for Tablets and Phones
A stylus pen gives you finer control over a touchscreen than a fingertip allows, which is why note takers, illustrators and anyone marking up documents on a tablet keeps one in the bag. This category holds pens built around a single tablet family as well as universal models made to work across Android tablets and iPad.
The brands here are Apple, Microsoft, Logitech and WiWU. Microsoft supplies pens made for its Surface Pro line, Apple and Logitech each sell their own digital pens, and WiWU builds active capacitive pens described as universal across Android and iPad. The price spread is wide, running from entry-level pens through to premium first-party models, so the shelf covers both a spare pen for casual tapping and a pen you draw with for hours.
Two decisions settle most of it.
- The first is compatibility: a pen tied to a particular tablet family, such as a Microsoft pen for a Surface Pro, behaves as one piece with that device, while a universal capacitive pen trades that tight fit for working on more screens.
- The second is how long the pen stays in your hand. Sustained handwriting and sketching reward a first-party active pen matched to your own tablet. Signing forms, scrolling and tapping through an interface do not, and a universal capacitive pen covers that work at lower cost.
Matching a pen to how you work
A student writing through a two hour lecture on a tablet feels every millimetre of offset between the nib and the ink, so the pen made for that tablet earns its price. Someone sketching on an iPad wants the same tight pairing. If you carry a Surface Pro into meetings, the Microsoft pen is the direct match for it. For a tablet shared around the house, or a second pen you keep in a laptop bag so you never hunt for one, a WiWU universal pen does the job across devices.
Mega Computer stocks these pens at the Karachi showroom and ships them nationwide across Pakistan. You can pay online or choose cash on delivery. If you are torn between a first-party pen and a universal one, bring your tablet to the showroom and write with both before you decide, since the difference shows up in the first paragraph you write rather than on a spec sheet.