Will Any Antistatic Stylus Work on Any Touch-Screen?

[Guest andavane]

The Question of Touch Screen Restrictions was answered nicely for me; however this has raised more questions for me, the first one being:

If I'd had an anti-static stylus with me when I'd ordered my first Android set - HTC Hero - might I perhaps have found myself able to use it more accurately? :(

(The issue in that thread just mentioned was the physical difficulty of holding the set & hitting the right letter. I use a lot of foreign words, so predictive help is limited for me).

DougEdey & others told me things I'd never heard of, so I guess I'm now back on the full hunt.

An added factor is that I do like the push--pull idea as in the Sony Ericsson C905, as it extends the length of the phone, and I also have limited reach to my ear (I console myself by thethought that I'm not frying my brain so much :( )

Any further thoughts on push-pull sliders with qwerty keyboards in Android, and of info on touch screens would be very welcome indeed.

Regards,