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Second-Generation Apple Pencil Rumored for March of 2017
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Wow, you can take a rumor about nice improvements to an already great Apple product and douse it with your bitterness. Impressive.
I got the iPad Pro 12.9 inch when it was released, and as soon as I could get the Pencil I did. I was excited about it.
I think it has been more than a year since I used the Pencil. I'm not saying it's not a great piece of kit, but I overestimated my likelihood of using it. The iPad Pro itself has been a great tablet for me.
It's kind of like all the PDAs I bought, thinking I could get my life organized with them, only to end up with a drawer full of PDAs. It wasn't until the iPhone that the PDA concept finally worked for me.
I had a lot of disposable income, so I don't really regret all the purchases. If I hadn't bought those, I'd have spent the money on something else. (I also saved and invested enough to retire early.) Now that I'm retired I expect to buy fewer toys when I don't know exactly how they will work for me.
I think it has been more than a year since I used the Pencil. I'm not saying it's not a great piece of kit, but I overestimated my likelihood of using it. The iPad Pro itself has been a great tablet for me.
It's kind of like all the PDAs I bought, thinking I could get my life organized with them, only to end up with a drawer full of PDAs. It wasn't until the iPhone that the PDA concept finally worked for me.
I had a lot of disposable income, so I don't really regret all the purchases. If I hadn't bought those, I'd have spent the money on something else. (I also saved and invested enough to retire early.) Now that I'm retired I expect to buy fewer toys when I don't know exactly how they will work for me.
I agree, i currently still use Pencil by 53, and it's great to use, too thick though...
yes i think that was the idea for those larger trackpads...to add input for the pencil
I really like the feel of the Pencil, but would welcome an eraser on the back. I've seen a lot of criticism of the charging through the iPad's lightning port, but I haven't heard a more elegant alternative. I'd like to see Adobe step up and really port Photoshop over to the iPad. It has the power so I don't think we have to still do Photoshop light
They even did it on early Macs for the Front Row remotes! Just not sure how practical it would be in regards to traveling with the pencil as it would probably fall off.
Finally! Apples version of the No.2 Pencil and can be used for standardized testing!!
Hope they don't get sued for copyright infringement.
Hope they don't get sued for copyright infringement.
No problem with the lighting charging, but it would be cool if the next smart covers offer a "pocket" in which you safely place the pen, maybe charging.
I heard that it's going to be like a real pencil in that there is a limited supply of 'led', once that supply is gone you will have to subscribe for monthly refills.
No, but sometimes we accidentally miss typos and other small errors. It happens. I fixed a typo that was in the post, please let me know if I missed another.
Tied to the ipad, so basically garbage. My canvas at 2.5lb i can do corrections on AdobeCC and sketch comps all in one. Apple just needs to make an actual pro tablet.
Before you post next time, maybe ask yourself if it truly adds anything to the discussion.
Most reviewers tend to say the Apple Pencil beats the Surface Pen when it comes to the important stuff: pressure sensitivity and fine detail work and palm rejection.
They actually pretty much described the 2016 MacBook Pro update.
I haven't used the Surface pen for an extended period of time, but I tried it out at a Microsoft Store and came away unimpressed when compared to the Apple Pencil/iPad Pro combination. I think the Apple Pencil is one of the best products Apple has produced in a long time. Upgrades will be welcome.
I'm getting into photography, so this might help with editing. I just wish it would work on an iPad Mini. I like the size of the Mini; the 9.7 & 12" iPads are just too big for my liking. Would like an eraser option as well.
And if things go similarly as with AirPods, general availability will start somewhere around late 2018.
Maybe Apple can make a transgender pencil. Push on the male portion, and it retracts into the body, creating a female connector. They can call it the AC/DC edition.
Or better yet make it charge FROM the Airpods and they can also act as a holder for it.
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I just want Apple to demo how you charge the pencil with your iPad on stage again. That is hilarious.