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Wacom Announces Pressure-Sensitive Intuos Creative Stylus for iPad
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A little bit late, but cool news. Personally, I still love my Jot Touch 4. I can't ever go back to a rubber tip.
Wonder if it will have a palm rejection feature? If not I think I'll opt for the Adonit touch 4. Have the jot mini and love it. But need to rest my palm.
This, this seriously makes me consider the Note 10.1. If only they updated it.
It's funny, because there a lot I want from the iPad AND the Note 10.1...
Apple... please. Capacitive only doesn't cut it and having third party accessories that first have to partner with apps to work... that's very unappealing.
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That sounds like first-world problems.
Irritating answers aside, Notability has a working palm rest, should try that.
I really do not understand Apple's reluctance to incorporate pen-sensitive technology into their tablet products, be it Wacom (preferable) or proprietary. Something like the retina mini, yes, you can argue about cannibalizing sales from the iPad, but there are no competing products in Apple's lineup that would be hurt by the addition.
I've seen the iPad touted as a platform for media content creation. To be taken seriously, it needs to provide the some version of the tools used for the Desktop. Maybe then Adobe would euthanize Ideas and give us a full-throated tablet version of Illustrator. If Apple were to do this, in the rumored 12", and release a retina mini, all of my tablet needs would be met. As it stands, I'm giving serious thought to the Galaxy Note 12.2 due in October.
I've seen the iPad touted as a platform for media content creation. To be taken seriously, it needs to provide the some version of the tools used for the Desktop. Maybe then Adobe would euthanize Ideas and give us a full-throated tablet version of Illustrator. If Apple were to do this, in the rumored 12", and release a retina mini, all of my tablet needs would be met. As it stands, I'm giving serious thought to the Galaxy Note 12.2 due in October.
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I'm pretty much in the same boat. I ordered a 13HD months ago through Amazon but ended up cancelling the order after they kept pushing back the ship date. Now I'm glad I did. The Companion Hybrid model looks like it might be up my alley. I don't need a fully functional Windows 8 tablet.
And the fat nib on the iPad stylus kills it for me.
According to the Wacom site, it does.
Too little too late
I already broke down and bought the Galaxy Note 8 for my artistic and note-taking needs a few months ago. I still use my iDevices for everything else, but I'm tired of kidding myself when it comes to precision. Android still feels like beta and the apps just aren't there--I miss Procreate and Art Studio, but it meets my needs where Apple doesn't.
Unfortunately, Fat nibs don't offer the precision I need, and the disk on the jots aren't quite the same as a 'real' stylus. They're annoying in a different way. Plus, two of them scratched my moshi protectors. I don't like that, and I don't like having to turn off global settings to get palm rejection. It's just silly to have to keep jumping through hoops. I also don't have to worry about the charge running out on my Galaxy's stylus and I'm tired of waiting for Apple to pull the heads out of their arses.
Wacom has always made excellent products, and kudos to them for creating this stylus. I'm sure it will be up to their standards, but this is nothing more than a bandaid for a bigger problem that Apple continuously ignores.
I'll be passing this one by and wait for a newer version of the Galaxy 10, or pigs to fly, whichever comes first.
I already broke down and bought the Galaxy Note 8 for my artistic and note-taking needs a few months ago. I still use my iDevices for everything else, but I'm tired of kidding myself when it comes to precision. Android still feels like beta and the apps just aren't there--I miss Procreate and Art Studio, but it meets my needs where Apple doesn't.
Unfortunately, Fat nibs don't offer the precision I need, and the disk on the jots aren't quite the same as a 'real' stylus. They're annoying in a different way. Plus, two of them scratched my moshi protectors. I don't like that, and I don't like having to turn off global settings to get palm rejection. It's just silly to have to keep jumping through hoops. I also don't have to worry about the charge running out on my Galaxy's stylus and I'm tired of waiting for Apple to pull the heads out of their arses.
Wacom has always made excellent products, and kudos to them for creating this stylus. I'm sure it will be up to their standards, but this is nothing more than a bandaid for a bigger problem that Apple continuously ignores.
I'll be passing this one by and wait for a newer version of the Galaxy 10, or pigs to fly, whichever comes first.
Last I checked the Jot Pro doesn't offer palm rejection or full pressure sensitivity, which this does offer in some apps.
Notability offers palm rejection.
And although the Jot Pro doesn't offer full pressure sensitivity, don't believe it deserves an extra price tag.
But, hey, it's just an opinion
Yes. I have several of them, as do my family members. We love everything Wacom. I can't tell you whether you'll like the Bamboo or not. I can only tell you what they're like.
They feel like a regular stylus. The barrel has a nice feel and the grip is very comfortable for my average-sized hands. They also have some very nice colour options.
The tip is somewhat mushy against the screen and takes some getting used to. It's a bit too soft. It requires an even pressure to get the best results and the rubber drags across the screen instead of firmly gliding like most styli.
Tapping (or dotting) will sometimes result in the metal behind the rubber nib to hit the screen with a subtle knocking sound. I haven't seen it damage any of the three screens or their protectors, but I have seen the rubber nib prematurely tear due to this action from the other two owners. I don't have this problem. I'm assuming it might be because the squishy nib annoyed me so much that I stuffed a tiny amount of cotton behind it to make it firmer. Careful though, too much cotton renders the stylus completely useless. it takes trial, error, and a little bit of patience to get the right amount. Mine works great without any tapping, and I haven't had to replace a nib yet.
Non-rechargeable battery?
I just took a closer look at this stylus on the Wacom site. Seems that it takes a non-standard battery (AAAA) that lasts 150 hrs, and isn't rechargeable. This would give a person approximately 50 days if they were to use it on an average of 3 hrs a day, assuming I did my math correctly.
I have to admit that it kind of peeked my attention for a bit until I read that and took a closer look at it. Guess I'll be sticking with my Note for a while.
I just took a closer look at this stylus on the Wacom site. Seems that it takes a non-standard battery (AAAA) that lasts 150 hrs, and isn't rechargeable. This would give a person approximately 50 days if they were to use it on an average of 3 hrs a day, assuming I did my math correctly.
I have to admit that it kind of peeked my attention for a bit until I read that and took a closer look at it. Guess I'll be sticking with my Note for a while.
I just took a closer look at this stylus on the Wacom site. Seems that it takes a non-standard battery (AAAA) that lasts 150 hrs, and isn't rechargeable. This would give a person approximately 50 days if they were to use it on an average of 3 hrs a day, assuming I did my math correctly.
I have to admit that it kind of peeked my attention for a bit until I read that and took a closer look at it. Guess I'll be sticking with my Note for a while.
AAAA is a standard. It's just not as common as AA or AAA.
Guess I should choose my words more carefully. My interpretation of non-standard is basically similar to uncommon as opposed to 'a standard'.
To most commoners, standard generally means wide usage and easy access. It is widely accepted and in broad usage. 'A standard' is generally something that has been standardized in the fact that it exists by approval of one faction or another, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's in wide usage or easy to find. My bad. I was referring to the fact that AAAA's aren't easily accessible or widely accepted at this point in time.
Next time, I will say 'uncommon' to help avoid confusion.
Anyway, it's hard enough for me to find anything local as it is. I'm not inclined to purchase a product that makes me feel like I'm going on an Easter Egg hunt every time I need a new battery. It baffles me as to why Wacom chose this route instead of making the device rechargeable.
If any of you had my Note 8 for one day with all wacom functionality built in, you would have stopped worshiping a name brand and bought the Note or the upcoming 10.1 Note. I have accurate type written text recognition and can draw creatively so well I have gone paperless! Also all , my handwritten notes are converted to text and auto synced to evernote, very slick.
1. Samsung is a name brand too
2. Going from an iPad to a Note or any other non-Apple tablet means switching to an entirely different operating system. Everything purchase and everything exclusive to the Apple app store becomes inaccessible.
Yea I know samsung is a brand. My point if toms electronics came out with tech I could use, I will buy it. Yes platfrom swaps suck thats why I stick to dropbox and evernote on all devices including my Macbook Pro.
I love the LYNKtec TruGlide stylus for everyday use! It's very smooth for navigating and note taking. It works extremely well with the Penultimate app on my iPad.
This stylus is the one I have:
http://www.lynktec.com/TruGlide-Stylus-w-Pocket-Clip-p/lttg-0001.htm
This stylus is the one I have:
http://www.lynktec.com/TruGlide-Stylus-w-Pocket-Clip-p/lttg-0001.htm
I got an Intuos last week. My first stylus, so nothing to compare it to yet, and I have only used it off and on here and there, on apps I've never used before! - but already feeling a bit of a longing for a pressure-sensitive brush as I'm a painter and wanted the stylus for painting...
Since I now have a stylus I also bought a couple of the note taking apps too, (along with ArtRage, which I already use on my mac, and a coupla other painting/sketch apps which I'm still finding my way around), yeh, the pen is thick and the nib is strange for someone who's never used that kind of nib before... Some apps it seems fine, others - esp since I'm on an iPad mini - the thicker tip might be a bit too much.
Of course you can zoom, and since I really still am a bit of a novice to using all these new apps (and stylus as opposed to Wacom Intuos tablets on my macs) I'm not sure I'm doing everything the best/easiest way. It seems to work fine in Noteability, where you're doing larger input anyway... but I can see how a thinner stylus would be nice for some of the other apps (or a bigger iPad, lol!)...
But I do like the pressure sensitivity, once you try it, it's addictive, so, as I wrote on another thread from what I'm reading the Pogo connect's new brushes might be the trick for me. At least I have yet to find any other pressure sensitive brushes out there for now.
The only thing is that it looks like it's not compatible with the iPad Air, which means future iPads may not be good for it (not sure about the Retina mini), so perhaps I'll hold off and get one of the cheaper non-pressure sensitive brushes to tide me over.
If Wacom would make a brush tip for the Intuos I'd definitely snap it up!
Since I now have a stylus I also bought a couple of the note taking apps too, (along with ArtRage, which I already use on my mac, and a coupla other painting/sketch apps which I'm still finding my way around), yeh, the pen is thick and the nib is strange for someone who's never used that kind of nib before... Some apps it seems fine, others - esp since I'm on an iPad mini - the thicker tip might be a bit too much.
Of course you can zoom, and since I really still am a bit of a novice to using all these new apps (and stylus as opposed to Wacom Intuos tablets on my macs) I'm not sure I'm doing everything the best/easiest way. It seems to work fine in Noteability, where you're doing larger input anyway... but I can see how a thinner stylus would be nice for some of the other apps (or a bigger iPad, lol!)...
But I do like the pressure sensitivity, once you try it, it's addictive, so, as I wrote on another thread from what I'm reading the Pogo connect's new brushes might be the trick for me. At least I have yet to find any other pressure sensitive brushes out there for now.
The only thing is that it looks like it's not compatible with the iPad Air, which means future iPads may not be good for it (not sure about the Retina mini), so perhaps I'll hold off and get one of the cheaper non-pressure sensitive brushes to tide me over.
If Wacom would make a brush tip for the Intuos I'd definitely snap it up!