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The guys at Apple are geniuses – but sometimes they're just too clever for their own good.

Take the iPhone and its touch-sensitive screen. It uses a technology that measures the flow of electrons through your skin (called capacitive touch) so that the iPhone doesn't accidentally dial a number in Australia while it's bouncing around in your pocket.

The only problem is that it's not receptive to the touch of a stylus either.

So if your fingers are on the stubby side you can undo all the technical brilliance of the device. Oh, and the screen is constantly full of grubby fingerprints.

In hops the Pogo iPhone Stylus which provides the precision you're after if you have big hands that make on-screen typing difficult. 

Apart from tricking the iPhone into believing you're using a finger, the stylus keeps the screen clean – its tip is covered in a felt-like material.

Pogo iPhone Stylus is also compatible with the iPod Touch.