Comes in a simple blister pack like any supermarket papermate, so the only instructions available would have to be on the back. Yet all that's there is some (...) message on cleaning a PDA. As if the PDA manufacturer's instructions wouldn't cover this...
So far, I've had no luck on figuring this pen out. It works pretty much like a bic, but instead on getting a ballpoint pen, you get one of four tips - a red pen, a black pen, a stylus, or a pencil. So far, it seems pretty random. I've tried twisting the cap, pressing at angles, twisting the base. No luck at all. There are little icons just below the cap every quarter turn that seem to suggest the cap needs to be turned, yet that doesn't work.
So off I went to (...). Sure enough, they continue their boneheaded lecture online with directions not to scratch your PDA, how to clean your PDA properly, and even their opinion on applying RainX to your PDA (GEEZ) but unfortunately they omit anything related to instructions on their /own/ products.
Bleh. Other negatives --- cheap tin feel, red pen has funky flourescent tint and requires a very heavy hand - far too heavy for me to bother using, pencil lead advance binds mechanically.
Four functions, does none of them very well with the possible exception of the black ink pen. Pass.
Where'd these other two glowing reviews come from? I don't work for this PDA Panache company if you couldn't tell...
A couple of points worth noting: The ink pen is a VERY fine point so for those that like a medium, this pen isn't for you. It's a vivid black and writes well, it's just fine. I particularly like the red pen, it's more like a neon red so really stands out when I "bleed" all over coworkers drafts. The stylus is orange so it's easy to spot check to be sure you don't accidentally write with ink/pencil on your PDA. Also, the mechanism to deploy the different tips is something I've never come across before - you simply hold the pen horizontally with the icon picture of the tip you want and press the end, there it is! Press the button and the tips retracts. Turn the pen with the next icon facing up and there IT is. It took me a bit to get used to but now I love it.
Lastly, the finish is excellent and the rubber nubs give just the right amount of grip. The wife tried the pen and now I have to get another one!!! She actually took it and tells me how much SHE loves it.
If you get it, I think you'll like it.