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Apple Event on May 7 Has Six Artistic Logos as Tim Cook Hints at New Apple Pencil
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What if… this is going to be an event for the Pencil only? 😆
“But there is… one more thing. Or would be but the iPads aren’t ready yet.”
“But there is… one more thing. Or would be but the iPads aren’t ready yet.”
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2018's 371 pics as gif - slow vs. fast:
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1. Anyone downloaded the Cook X/Tweet video? Done, 720 × 720:
2. Anyone good at doing separate logo's of the SIX new ones, preferably to match the 2018 ones (which are all at 1424 × 1056)?
2018's 371 pics as gif - slow vs. fast:
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2. Anyone good at doing separate logo's of the SIX new ones, preferably to match the 2018 ones (which are all at 1424 × 1056)?
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I feel exactly the same way. Personally, I rarely use the pencil and when I do it's only to sign something or to annotate on a map screenshot - then again I am not an artist so this iPad use case never really applied to me.
It does makes sense though for Apple to lean into the pencil/artist/graphic aspect of iPad because that really is the differentiating use case for iPad vs. iPhone and Mac.
Maybe with emulators now having officially blessing in the App Store, Apple will consider offering a gaming controller accessory to add another great use case to iPad.
but....
I was a little sad that the lean into Pencil likely means there isn't some amazing productivity boost coming to iPad with a new Magic Keyboard bringing a "pro" mode with a more Mac-like interface.
Maybe something like that is coming at WWDC but then again we've been waiting for something amazing for iPadOS at EVERY WWDC since the 2018 model released.
But wouldn’t you have to show the pencil in action? Whatever that squeeze gesture is rumoured to be.
And presumably, these only work with the new iPad Pro’s.
I can’t see them saying this Pencil is available in a few months with the new iPad that we are launching later at WWDC.
Plus this event is 2 hrs long.
That pencil looks shorter, considerably shorter actually. It looks wider, but that's probably just optics. There was mention of it being shorter in a previous article. No way that the dimensions would be off with that graphic, assuming it's not a reproduction error.
Some people already complained about that rumor. Personally, I found it a little on the long side; exaggerated
Some people already complained about that rumor. Personally, I found it a little on the long side; exaggerated
Did I miss something or are you talking about the Pencil in that pretty heavily stylized animation?
I’m not sure if that’s really much to go by except for “there’s going to be a be new pencil.”
Also, the Pencil USB-C is slightly shorter than the Pencil 2. Maybe they’ll just bring the new one in line with that.
There was reference to it being shorter in a previous article. I suppose it's possible that it's a distorted animation, but I think unlikely. After all, those things tend to be puzzles, where features are revealed.
I think we may see a shorter pencil, but we shall see.
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Hopefully whatever they do they can finally call it an Apple Pencil Pro, and then just stick to 1 version of the existing/current Apple Pencil, instead of a selling a confusing array of 3 versions/generations.
Sure, right thru the Vision Pro device which totally covers their eyes...?
Just please FOR THE LOVE OF GOD no more pencil fragmentation. This pencil needs to be backward compatible with ALL iPads that support the Pencil 2. If Apple is selling 4 versions of the Apple pencil on May 7th all of which work with different versions of iPad THAT APPLE CURRENTLY SELLS...I will lose my ****.
At the very least, these new iPads coming out better still be compatible with the Pencil 2.
At the very least, these new iPads coming out better still be compatible with the Pencil 2.
They already have, because it should have worked on the MacBook Pros the whole time. Then, at least, there'd be a payoff for the defectively oversized trackpads on Apple laptops. The trackpads are bigger than a small Wacom tablet.
LOL, oh look an official Apple announcement versus the “expected” iPad drops that were supposed to happen within the last few months. LOL then people got mad when it didn’t happen at the end of march and April
It seems like they've added some kind of an image capture/scanner sensor type of lens on the tip of the pencil.
Something that can scan, pick colors and also capture images at a microscopic level.
If so it will be an awesome accessory for the iPad as well as the VisionPro.
Something that can scan, pick colors and also capture images at a microscopic level.
If so it will be an awesome accessory for the iPad as well as the VisionPro.
I don’t think so. How many people have bought an iPad in addition to their Mac only because it has Pencil support and not for any of the other reasons such as its portable size/form factor, longer battery life, simpler/intuitive UI, and touch UI (because I don’t see Apple adding touch support to Macs because that would require redesigning all current Mac software). Whatever that number is, I’m willing to bet it would be insignificant. I have both Mac and iPad (and Pencil) and would continue to have both if Macs gained Pencil support. It’s more likely that Apple just doesn’t see a big enough market for Mac Pencil support to bother. But that could always change.