Beeping bug reported with Surface Dial on Surface Book

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If you own a Microsoft Surface Book, and you’ve been thinking about buying a new Surface Dial, be aware that at least two people have reported “beep”
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I’m not sure I’m understanding what this crazy tool is. Its a “mouse” you put on your touch screen and “rotate” to see other options?

$99?

Didn’t we used to call this “right clicking” and it was a free feature of your mouse?

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Actually the hockey puck… er, Surface Dial looks like a very useful input device, for folks who do a lot of “inking” – drawing by hand.

Personally, I haven’t graduated from the first-grade level of stick figures, so I’m not a good one to judge.

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So how does this short cylinder interact with a touch screen?

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The screen has to be made to accommodate the Surface Dial, as best I can tell.

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No, I mean what purpose does it serve?

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Take a look

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBBF4X-frOU

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I see. “Buy our junk!” Why? “It’s new!”

Nothing you couldn’t manage with a mouse wheel.

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