The stylus approach should be cheaper to implement than RIM's new screen, but it also introduces the possibility of losing the magnet-on-a-stick. Both ideas are currently just patent applications ...

But what if both rings were magnetic? What if both of them were the same size? What if each of them could stick to a phone — or a fridge, or a filing cabinet, or anywhere else you can stick one ...

and while it does lightly stick to fridges and the metal rings designed to use with third-party magnetic gear, a rep tells me that ESR does not recommend sticking it to the rings. Instead ...

The stylus approach should be cheaper to implement than RIM's new screen, but it also introduces the possibility of losing the magnet-on-a-stick. Both ideas are currently just patent applications ...