An apparatus comprising: an input-sensitive display that receives stylus input; a processor; a memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code comprising: code that receives indications of a first stylus position corresponding to a first time period; code that receives indications of a second stylus position corresponding to a second time period after the first time period, wherein the apparatus further includes a cursor positioning module (104, 404) that receives the indications of the first stylus position and the indications of the second stylus position, and wherein the cursor positioning module (104, 404) is used to determine a position of a cursor to be displayed, wherein the cursor positioning module (104, 204) sets the cursor position to a position corresponding to the indications of the first stylus position in response to the indications of the first and second stylus positions indicating that the stylus and the input-sensitive display are nearing each other, and wherein the cursor positioning module sets the cursor position to a position corresponding to the indications of the second stylus position in response to the indications of the first and second stylus position indicating that the stylus and the input-sensitive display are not nearing each other. an input-sensitive display that receives stylus input; a processor; a memory that stores code executable by the processor, the code comprising: code that receives indications of a first stylus position corresponding to a first time period; code that receives indications of a second stylus position corresponding to a second time period after the first time period, wherein the apparatus further includes a cursor positioning module (104, 404) that receives the indications of the first stylus position and the indications of the second stylus position, and wherein the cursor positioning module (104, 404) is used to determine a position of a cursor to be displayed, wherein the cursor positioning module (104, 204) sets the cursor position to a position corresponding to the indications of the first stylus position in response to the indications of the first and second stylus positions indicating that the stylus and the input-sensitive display are nearing each other, and wherein the cursor positioning module sets the cursor position to a position corresponding to the indications of the second stylus position in response to the indications of the first and second stylus position indicating that the stylus and the input-sensitive display are not nearing each other. code that receives indications of a first stylus position corresponding to a first time period; code that receives indications of a second stylus position corresponding to a second time period after the first time period, wherein the apparatus further includes a cursor positioning module (104, 404) that receives the indications of the first stylus position and the indications of the second stylus position, and wherein the cursor positioning module (104, 404) is used to determine a position of a cursor to be displayed, wherein the cursor positioning module (104, 204) sets the cursor position to a position corresponding to the indications of the first stylus position in response to the indications of the first and second stylus positions indicating that the stylus and the input-sensitive display are nearing each other, and wherein the cursor positioning module sets the cursor position to a position corresponding to the indications of the second stylus position in response to the indications of the first and second stylus position indicating that the stylus and the input-sensitive display are not nearing each other.