PDA Touchscreen?

Question

Im a little confused with the touchscreen capability of a PDA / Smartphone as when it has a stylus included. Does it mean that you have to use the stylus to touch the screen or can you use your own fingers when you want to dial numbers.

Answer 1

When you have a PDA / phone with a touchscreen - you can use your fingers to dial numbers. The stylus is there only to allow for greater precision with the touchscreen (for example drawing or tapping on a small onscreen qwerty keyboard ) and to keep fingeprints off the screen. With the large phone keypad input - finger is fine (as long as you're not eating fries with mayonaise at the time!)