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Adonit Announces New Jot Script Evernote Edition Stylus

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Adonit on Tuesday announced a new Jot Script Evernote Edition, a Bluetooth-enabled note-taking stylus for iPad that features a slimmer build, longer-lasting rechargeable battery and improved precision and app integration. The stylus has a better grip, upgraded Pixelpoint tip and improved palm rejection for a more precise experience with some of the best note-taking apps.

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Specifically, the stylus is capable of faster stroke tracking, smoother line rendering, and better tip-to-line accuracy. It has a built-in USB lithium-ion rechargeable battery that delivers up to 20 hours of uninterrupted writing, with a full charge taking 45 minutes. The stylus must be paired with a Bluetooth 4.0 device, limiting its compatibility to the third-generation iPad and newer, all iPad mini models or iPhone 4s and newer.

The new Evernote Jot Script 2 stylus is available for $74.99 through Adonit or Evernote and includes Evernote Premium free for six months. The stylus is specifically designed for several note-taking apps on iPad, including Evernote, Forge, Notes Plus and GoodNotes, each of which can be found on the App Store. Pairing the stylus with an iPad is a seamless, one-time process using Evernote's Penultimate.

Article Link: Adonit Announces New Jot Script Evernote Edition Stylus
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2015/03/31/adonit-jot-script-evernote-edition-stylus/
I'm in a holding pattern to see if force touch is coming to the iPhone and iPad. If so then I can see a stylus with pressure sensitivity with apps such as pixelmator.
 
Hopefully it's quieter than the first one. My god putting that thing to the screen sounded like checking the microphone at a karaoke night.

Also, no company has successfully pulled of the capacitive stylus. Sorry, but the iPad just isn't a note-taking and drawing tool. I realize this may result in my crucifixion for saying this on this site, but get a Surface Pro or Galaxy Note tab to achieve true handwritten notes.
 
iPad Air 2 Stylus Compatibility

However... Considering that the iPad 2 uses a new screen technology for refresh that seriously hampers use of styluses. The ultimate question is, will the new stylus work with iPad Air 2? Apple seems to be very silent on this issue, despite a handwritten letter to Tim Cook, I have yet to hear anything regarding Apple's stance on this issue.
 
i wish i could write on my ipad like on the note but as it stands my writing looks like a 5 year old attempting to write letters ^^
 
Pressure sensitive?

I'm looking for a good stylus to use with Astropad but it needs to be pressure sensitive. I just checked, this is pressure sensitive so there is a chance it will work.

I'll order now.

(and FYI, free ground shipping from Evernote, $7 from Adonis. 2 day and 1 day are cheaper from Adonis, at least for me. YMMV.)
 
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Still no pen clip.

That's my biggest complaint about the original Jot Script. Even emailed them about it. Looks like it still doesn't have one.

Really don't like the way it flops about in my pocket. Needs a pen clip.
 
Has Adonit fixed the problems with their styli and the iPad Air 2? Been holding off in getting one due to it basically being unusable despite a number of updates.

I realise the iPad isnt designed first and foremost for stylus's but they are pretty useful for drawing and note taking.
 
zigadeboo said:
However... Considering that the iPad 2 uses a new screen technology for refresh that seriously hampers use of styluses. The ultimate question is, will the new stylus work with iPad Air 2? Apple seems to be very silent on this issue, despite a handwritten letter to Tim Cook, I have yet to hear anything regarding Apple's stance on this issue.
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SCOLANATOR said:
Has Adonit fixed the problems with their styli and the iPad Air 2? Been holding off in getting one due to it basically being unusable despite a number of updates.

I realise the iPad isnt designed first and foremost for stylus's but they are pretty useful for drawing and note taking.
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I really want to know this as well. As someone who owns the Adobe Ink and Slide (manufactured by Adonit and uses the now previous-gen pixel point technology) and a couple months later bought an iPad Air 2, I haven't been able to fully use the stylus like I could on my old iPad Mini 2 which my wife now uses to run her business. I wanted a bigger display, and loved that the iPad Air 2 has more RAM which means apps crash less often and you can have more layers and higher resolution in drawing apps.

The recent updates to their SDK have improved the wavy line issue, but the disconnection issue is very much present. I have found a work around of keeping one finger from my left hand in the lower corner of the screen while drawing with my right, but this can be annoying if my finger slips off, or if I'm using an app that has a toolbar in the way that constantly gets tapped, or if I'm using an app that doesn't work well with another finger on the screen and glitches out repeatedly.

The whole experience has been frustrating, and considering I spent $200 on it really sours me for trying something else—even if it is much less expensive. I'm really hoping with the iPad Pro Apple releases a branded stylus. I don't care if I have to pay $200 just for that as long as it works. But hopefully they integrate the pressure sensitivity into the display itself, alongside force touch for additional actions (maybe for activating split screen multitasking?), and the pen itself could be made cheaper that way as it wouldn't need to be engineered to such a ridiculous extent just to work.
 
My advice would be to wait for some reviews on this one. As for me, the first-generation JSEE was a disappointment, and I'm certainly not going to spend another $75 to find out if this one is better.
 
This is interesting. At the bottom of the product page, it says this:

iPad Air 2: 30 hours
iPad Air 1: 50 hours
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This makes me wonder if it actually does fix the issue with the iPad Air 2? Like it's having to output a stronger field from the tip to make it register properly on the new display technology that wasn't as compatible? I can't see anywhere that says it has pressure sensitivity, which is the main point of having something like this for me. It seems like the Touch only has that as it's more expensive and lists it plainly on the product page, but I can't find anywhere that it says it works properly with the iPad Air 2.
 
sfwalter said:
I'm in a holding pattern to see if force touch is coming to the iPhone and iPad. If so then I can see a stylus with pressure sensitivity with apps such as pixelmator.
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It will, but not until the next iPad at the least - so why wait? Thats well over 6 months away, this is only $70!
 
macduke said:
...I can't see anywhere that says it has pressure sensitivity, which is the main point of having something like this for me...
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From the website:
Jots work seamlessly with your favorite drawing and writing apps. Our integrated SDK provides your favorite apps with additional features like palm rejection, pressure sensitivity and shortcut buttons.
 
I bought the first Jot Touch, with pressure sensitivity and the silly clear puck. Tried it with many drawing programs, not too great. Enter Adonit's new app, Forge, custom-made for the Jot Touch. Wow, now there is a good use for the old stylus! I imagine this new one would be even better for drawing on the iPad. As far as note-taking goes, I really wouldn't know. Don't use it for that.

All I say is, if you want a stylus for sketching on an iPad, this is quite a good combination. When I refresh my iPad, I will refresh my stylus to this, probably.
 
I'm waiting for the next ipad that finally has real 1:1 track on these pens


Doesn't matter how good the pen is, the tech isn't there with the iPad. Compare it with a galaxy tablet or surface and you'll see how stylus writing is 100x better experience because of the 1:1 response
 
bushido said:
i wish i could write on my ipad like on the note but as it stands my writing looks like a 5 year old attempting to write letters ^^
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Same here. And actually, I tried the Surface and I still preferred pen and paper. Until something is actually better than pen and paper, I'll stick to the traditional way of handwriting notes (and scan notes into Evernote!).

Maybe the iPad Pro will move things forward, but it will only interest me if it's actually as good as or better than using a pen and paper.
 
brinary001 said:
Hopefully it's quieter than the first one. My god putting that thing to the screen sounded like checking the microphone at a karaoke night.

Also, no company has successfully pulled of the capacitive stylus. Sorry, but the iPad just isn't a note-taking and drawing tool. I realize this may result in my crucifixion for saying this on this site, but get a Surface Pro or Galaxy Note tab to achieve true handwritten notes.
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Goodnotes plus the Jot Touch 4 works surprisingly well though. I have written a lot of notes with that combo. The Air 2 doesn't work with fine tip styluses but it works just fine with regular ones. The Touch 4 even works well with a screen protector.
 
I have the first generation "Evernote Edition" Jot Script and if you're looking to take notes with it on an iPad Air (first gen), I'll save you the time.... it's completely useless. I've tried PenUltimate and ZoomNotes... horrible. I can never get it accurately capture my handwriting, even at the slowest speed. Certainly not anywhere close to what you see here in the official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JtMiBzf__0
 
fenjen said:
Goodnotes plus the Jot Touch 4 works surprisingly well though. I have written a lot of notes with that combo. The Air 2 doesn't work with fine tip styluses but it works just fine with regular ones. The Touch 4 even works well with a screen protector.
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I think it depends too on the context of the note-taking. I am a college student and all I do is take notes everyday. If there is a day that lands during any semester, at least half of it was probably spent taking notes. The iPad + Adonit + good note-taking app will probably fit the bill for those on-the-fly notes.

Personally, I despise Samsung. But their Galaxy Note 10.1 is a stellar pad. Picked one up on eBay recently for a couple hundred bucks or so for all my note-taking needs and it's proven itself quite well so far. If that iPad Pro with pen support comes to fruition, then I will pounce on that in a heartbeat.
 
fredr500 said:
From the website:
Jots work seamlessly with your favorite drawing and writing apps. Our integrated SDK provides your favorite apps with additional features like palm rejection, pressure sensitivity and shortcut buttons.
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Yeah but there's nothing on the blog page announcing it, nor the product page that you click through to learn more. You clicked on the "learn more" about apps button on the product page that takes you to this page:

http://www.adonit.net/jot-ready-apps/

Which seems to be general information about apps that work with all of their pens since they share an SDK. The pen image featured on this page is the pressure sensitive Touch which I believe uses the older tech which seems to have problems with the iPad Air 2. I remember when I was originally ordering my stuff, the differentiating factor between the Script and the Touch (aside from aesthetics) was that the Script was for note taking with no pressure sensitivity and the Touch was for drawing with pressure sensitivity. I'd love this to not be the case, but hopefully they will just update the Touch as well. I also wouldn't mind a discount considering I spent $200 on the ink which is now priced at $125 and has been mostly useless with losing contact with the screen repeatedly.
 
macduke said:
...(T)his makes me wonder if it actually does fix the issue with the iPad Air 2?... I can't find anywhere that it says it works properly with the iPad Air 2.
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This is exactly my frustration. In January, Adonit posted on their Blog that they were working on the issue regarding the Air 2, and it sounded like a fix was imminent. Since then, silence...
 
Mliii said:
This is exactly my frustration. In January, Adonit posted on their Blog that they were working on the issue regarding the Air 2, and it sounded like a fix was imminent. Since then, silence...
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Well they actually did update their SDK. If you try apps like Adobe Draw it has the new SDK and the wavy line issue is much reduced. Just the disconnect issue remains, which in that app can be mitigated without too much trouble by keeping a finger on the corner of the screen. But this doesn't always work very well in other apps, especially ones that have their own weird palm rejection algorithms, and is an annoyance for sure.
 
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