It is absolutely as responsive as Apple claims – try the Notes app or Procreate. It's just Adobe's implementation that's lacking.
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First Apple Pencil Orders in the U.S. Now 'Preparing for Shipment'
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It is absolutely as responsive as Apple claims – try the Notes app or Procreate. It's just Adobe's implementation that's lacking.
It would nice if the pencil worked on the new magic trackpad, means I could bin my old Wacom!
Though the iPad Pro has been widely available in Apple retail stores since its launch last Wednesday, supplies of the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard have been much more limited. At launch, there were no Apple Pencils or Smart Keyboards available for purchase in the U.S. with in-store pickup, and the first online orders listed delivery dates of November 19 at the earliest, more than a week after the iPad Pro became available.
As of today, pre-order customers with some of the earliest upcoming estimated delivery dates are seeing some movement with their orders, receiving notifications that their Apple Pencils are now preparing for shipment. MacRumors reader Jose's Apple Pencil is preparing to ship with an estimated delivery date of November 20 to November 24, and there are a few other reports of Apple Pencil shipment changes on Twitter.
With orders already preparing for shipment, it's likely customers who managed to pre-order right around midnight on November 11 will start receiving their shipments later this week. A few customers in the United Kingdom have already received their Apple Pencil orders.
Customers who order an Apple Pencil online right now will not be able to receive the device until mid-to-late December, and the same goes for the Smart Keyboard, which is equally scarce. After the iPad Pro's midnight launch, delivery estimates for the Apple Pencil and the Smart Keyboard quickly slipped from late November into December.
Some Apple retail stores around the country have been receiving small Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard shipments on a daily basis, but as Apple is not allowing in-store pickup for the Apple Pencil, it's not possible to use Apple's website or app to determine which stores have stock. Instead, customers hoping to get an Apple Pencil before December are having to visit their local Apple Stores on a daily basis hoping to get lucky with shipment timing.
The Apple Pencil, which enables pressure sensitive drawing on the iPad Pro, retails for $99. The Smart Keyboard is priced at $169.
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Actually, it'll let you surf the multiverse. Everyone will be pissed that Rumplestiltskin factory is the source of string delays.
A replacement Wacom Stylus for their Cintiqs and other tablets is over $80. They own the patent on battery free active styluses, the Galaxy Notes, Surface Pro 1&2, and a bunch of other Tablet PCs license this tech... But only an older version that doesn't detect angle, and has a lesser amount of pressure sensitivity than their flagship tablets.
Apple had to build their pencil from scratch with brand new tech, which does require power, has a better footprint that the Wacom Pens, and really is only there for artists. So not including it with every iPad Pro makes sense.
Also while the Pencil by 53 is 40 dollars cheaper, it also won't be as accurate as Apples, plus doesn't detect angle.
From what I understand, Apple's pencil is far superior. How can you complain about apple's price when it is so much better. Sheesh.
It was primarily a light-hearted way of saying $99 seems on the pricey side for a stylus. I don't doubt it's a very nice stylus, and I personally agree with Apple making it a separate accessory rather than adding cost to the iPad Pro, but still, there is something inherently funny to me that a product called 'pencil' costs $99.
Furthermore I was making the implicit point that as technology and our use of it develops, it's notable that we return to the basic essential forms and basic essential functionality of familiar items that have been around since before the digital age. I'm typing this on my iPad on a virtual keyboard, but it's based on the same layout a mechanical typewriter used. I think that is something worth thinking about, even if only briefly. And so my joke about a piece of string is, whilst mostly made jokingly, also contains a little germ of serious intent. Who is to say that in 15 years' time Apple won't introduce a tiny, string-like product that could do things we haven't even thought of. Maybe some kind of communication device, or health monitor, or flexible technology that you can tie or wrap anywhere for some kind of benefit...
Just because I chose to express my points condensed through an attempt at humour, it doesn't mean I'm not saying something equally valid as those not chosing to express their view through an attempt at humour.
So in my view I'm not trolling at all. Hope that answers your query.
it's twice the price of some stylii but once you use one you'll see the comparison is pointless as it is so great
Looks good, but I'd prefer just something to work with a Magic Trackpad.
Actually, I wasn't drawing with Photoshop; I was using Sketch. Maybe it's the implementation in that software but when I'd draw a simple swirl, the line would appear a few inches behind the Pencil. If I moved the Pencil slowly, the rendering would keep up. But for quick sketches, it was really laggy.
I think he's not trolling
great reply, I'll add that 2000 was the time of iMac DV and Mac Os 9, something that some kids around here can't rememberIt was primarily a light-hearted way of saying $99 seems on the pricey side for a stylus. I don't doubt it's a very nice stylus, and I personally agree with Apple making it a separate accessory rather than adding cost to the iPad Pro, but still, there is something inherently funny to me that a product called 'pencil' costs $99.
Furthermore I was making the implicit point that as technology and our use of it develops, it's notable that we return to the basic essential forms and basic essential functionality of familiar items that have been around since before the digital age. I'm typing this on my iPad on a virtual keyboard, but it's based on the same layout a mechanical typewriter used. I think that is something worth thinking about, even if only briefly. And so my joke about a piece of string is, whilst mostly made jokingly, also contains a little germ of serious intent. Who is to say that in 15 years' time Apple won't introduce a tiny, string-like product that could do things we haven't even thought of. Maybe some kind of communication device, or health monitor, or flexible technology that you can tie or wrap anywhere for some kind of benefit...
Just because I chose to express my points condensed through an attempt at humour, it doesn't mean I'm not saying something equally valid as those not chosing to express their view through an attempt at humour.
So in my view I'm not trolling at all. Hope that answers your query.
Well, considering that the stylus from the company 53 costs $60...um, the Apple Pencil isn't overpriced. Reviews are pretty unanimous that it's the best stylus ever made for a tablet for drawing. I think most people just hear the word "pencil" and have a knee jerk reaction.
I don't find the pencil shockingly overpriced. It's difficult to judge not knowing exactly how it is made. However, the iPad pro back and cover case at $140 is criminally overpriced.
Isn't that just basic economics? They sell at a price people are willing to pay. It's not like they are the sole provider of medicine for sick people or something.
Unbelievable that you think $100 is such a high price. The higher end 3rd party bluetooth styli for older iPads which work 1/2 as well are around $80 and up. And the tech in the Apple Pencil seems to be at least as "advanced" as any of those (and of course works better since the tablet itself was designed for it).
The Apple Pencil by itself is $99. The iPad Pro comes separately. If you're considering the Pencil, I'd recommend springing for the iPad Pro accessory, because as a standalone Pencil it doesn't work very well.
I think that's why I hate apple pencil even more. There is no reason why apple couldn't have made it capatible with the ipad air 2. Useless pencil for a unnecessary tablet(ipad pro).
The Adonit Jot Touch, a Bluetooth Stylus that has nowhere near the performance of the Apple Pencil retails for $99. So I think the Apple Pencil is quite fairly priced considering the competition.
I'd have loved one for my Air 2. But considering that it doesn't have the required screen technology it's understandable why it's not backwards compatible.
If they'd made it work with the old iPads it wouldn't be as responsive as it is.
Sketch is Adobe, too. And it is absolutely just their implementation. Do yourself a favor, go back and try the Pencil with the Notes app; huge difference.