Dell partners with Tile to help find lost styluses
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#5XR17)
Dell's new stylus in action. | Image: Tile
Dell's new stylus, the Premier Rechargeable Active Pen, has a neat trick up its sleeve that makes it easier to find when misplaced. It features built-in finding technology provided by Tile, which means you can use the object-tracing company's app to make the stylus buzz and flash its LED lights to help you find it when it's nearby. If you lose it further afield, Tile says its app will be able to show its last known location, and use its network to track it down.
The stylus is Tile's latest foray into building its tracking technology into third-party devices. It's been working with Intel for a couple of years to help track lost laptops, and says Tile's tracking network can now help find compatible HP, MSI, and Fujitsu PCs. Its tracking...