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i wonder where do you attach the pen with magnets? since the device is so thin, i guess not on the edge,but on the left of the screen?
It will hover nearby, and come when called... When I had an iPad Pro, I got the Logitech keyboard that had the pencil holder built in. Loved it!
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I've tried flat pencils and pens. They're actually quite comfortable compared to the round ones. Plus they don't roll around if you set them down.
The :apple: pencil is weighted so it settles on a table, as long as it doesn't have too much tilt. It is a rather elegant piece of machinery. Aside from my previous concern with the charging adapter, that was my other fear (the round roly-poly aspect) that Apple solved.
 
Keynote: 'See how thiiiiin the new Apple Pencil is!'

1 week later, consumer reports conduct tests to find battery life shorter.
 
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Why is Apple diverting its attention from TV shows to this gimmick? Tim Cook should be fired ;)

Seriously though, I personally have little interest in the pencil, but I can see the value for others. Perhaps it's something I might think about buying in the future. Not until it has 64GB of RAM though :D
 
In anticipation of heavy demand for the pencil Apple will make waiting times of at least 6 weeks to pre-order one.
 
What was wrong with the iPhone 7 that they'll release a new iPhone this year? What was wrong with the iPad Pro that they'll release a new model this year? What was wrong with the last iMacs that they'll release new models this year?

You tell us?
 
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.

So your are saying editors at Macrumors don't go out to eat lunch? :)
 
knowing apple the Apple Pencil 2 will only be compatible with the next generation of iPad Pros that they will introduce in March.
 
USB-C instead of lighting, water & dust resistant, jet black, rose gold, gold, the thinnest pencil we have ever made,with a new accessory you need buy to hold the new pencil, only at 59,99 and 69,99 for left handed, with haptic engine and a multitouch display to show emojis and change from italic, underline and bold, we are also releasing a SDK and we are calling it pencilOS SDK.

#GoodMorning #Courage #OnlyAppleCouldDoId #CantInnovateMyA$$ #PracticallyMagic #StayTuned
 
Apple is on the go slow in regards to reducing bezel size and a number of other things. A place to magnetize the pen probably needed to have been included in previous models well ahead of the pen launch but is welcome.
 
If it works on the current iPads and is somehow better than the current pencils consider me interested. I love mine (it lives in a sleeve with a magnet in) it gets a couple of hours use a night..

An increase in battery wouldn't go amiss, even though it doesn't take that long to charge already. I'd take side buttons over an eraser too.. I still don't understand the call for an eraser.. that's clunkier than using the eraser control in whatever app you're in. Unless it's going to be as precise as the front tip it's not worth it?
 
Funny! I orderered that exact item a couple of hours ago!

I think you'll like it :)

True story: I put my old (non-pencil) case for sale on eBay and mentioned "reason for sale: I bought another case with Pencil holder". Promptly someone mailed me, offering apologies and inquiring which case I bought :p
 
What was wrong with the iPhone 7 that they'll release a new iPhone this year? What was wrong with the iPad Pro that they'll release a new model this year? What was wrong with the last iMacs that they'll release new models this year?
Really? its a freaking stylus. A stylus is not in the same league as tech you listed with respect to new processors etc.

It's not like Apple release a new external mouse, trackpad, router, keyboard etc every year.
 
What was wrong with the iPhone 7 that they'll release a new iPhone this year? What was wrong with the iPad Pro that they'll release a new model this year? What was wrong with the last iMacs that they'll release new models this year?
The version numbering is wrong. The snowstorm of Apple beta's now also comprises hardware.
The first Apple Pencil is a 0.5 Beta product (like the AppleWatch, and if you give a tablet running a phoneOS the Pro label, that says enough about your own Pro aspirations)
I may hope the lunatic who designed the ergonomic charging disaster is now fired (or waters Jony Ive's plants, or, if it happens to be Ive himself, condemned to the nearest airfield to introduce that sinister combi as an aircraft marshalling parking beacon)
If the new version doesn't bring a solid holder solution for the Pencil alongside an iPad (and charge it in the meantime, like the competition has been offering for decades), it doesn't deserve the 1.0 label either.
And Phil, in the meantime, can we have that "Find My Pencil app" authorized in the AppStore ?
 
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Yeah, because 12 hours of battery life on a single charge isn't enough. Nor is 30 minutes of battery life from 15 seconds of charging. :rolleyes:

The Surface Pen doesn't offer anything close to what the current Apple Pencil does. The accuracy and functionality isn't even comparable.
No it isn't, not for people who constantly use the Pencil for notes or drawing. And especially not considering the battery life of competing devices.

I never mentioned the functionality, and said the Surface Pen is better in "many ways", I never said it was better in everything. It has more features, but is not as advanced and accurate. But like I said, "many ways" - such as the battery life, not actually having to pair it for simple functionality, the eraser, and buttons.
 
The Bluetooth pairing process (derived from AirPods) will be so quick and easy it'll be called ApplePimp
 
And what would be wrong with having more battery life? Sure 12 hours is good, but imagine having to go days without a charge.

The current 12 hour battery going to 48 hours, or more?

No thanks. I would not want to lug around all that extra weight and extra dimensional bulk to support a battery that would be at least 4X thicker. And with a much greater cost. Larger charger, too, if you cared about charge time.
 
If it works on the current iPads and is somehow better than the current pencils consider me interested. I love mine (it lives in a sleeve with a magnet in) it gets a couple of hours use a night..

An increase in battery wouldn't go amiss, even though it doesn't take that long to charge already. I'd take side buttons over an eraser too.. I still don't understand the call for an eraser.. that's clunkier than using the eraser control in whatever app you're in. Unless it's going to be as precise as the front tip it's not worth it?
I think artists are used to using pencils without erasers so the lack of an eraser is not a big deal to them. Those who use the pencil for note taking probably have a different perspective and would like to have the eraser as it is quicker and more intuitive than having to tap an eraser icon and then tap back on your writing tool. I fall in the middle. It is a nice to have but not a necessity. As regards buttons, those would also be nice as long as they are incorporated in an elegant fashion. I don't like styluses that have big clunky buttons on the sides.
 
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You can't see what you're drawing, though.

Personally, that's the most baffling thing about the TouchBar. Why not give the trackpad a display instead? It's larger and is already multitouch sensitive. Then you could use it for drawing, and Apps could show more complex tools with more advanced options.

I think that is ultimately what is going to happen, and then it'll live alongside the touchbar as one of 3 displays. That will be the future of the laptop - I mean, the biggest strength of touch-screens is that their controls are driven by software, so they are adaptive to the application you are using (that's the reason Steve Jobs preferred them over a fixed keyboard for the original iPhone). The laptop of the future has to learn from that - the Touchbar is a very minor way to do it (in a way, beautiful in its conservatism), but with trackpads that take literally half the body of the machine as they do in the new MBP, it's absurd not to make better use of that prime easy reaching-distance space.

Idk, I think a lot of drawing tablets don't have a display so it wouldn't bother me. They just show where the cursor is floating on the main display and you draw, or edit accordingly. We'll see though, its probably a pipe dream haha. Fingers crossed.

I agree though, on the 15" especially, there is so much real estate there to go crazy with on the trackpad!!
 
Interesting. This isn't the type of accessory I expected to get major updates, though I do think they may expand support for it, perhaps to a special iMac if the Surface Studio takes off.
The one employee working on it is a bit of a coffee addict.


Mike
 
No it isn't, not for people who constantly use the Pencil for notes or drawing. And especially not considering the battery life of competing devices.

I never mentioned the functionality, and said the Surface Pen is better in "many ways", I never said it was better in everything. It has more features, but is not as advanced and accurate. But like I said, "many ways" - such as the battery life, not actually having to pair it for simple functionality, the eraser, and buttons.

The iPad Pro itself only lasts 10 hours on a charge. Why is there a huge need to have it last longer than the device it'll be used on? Is it really that hard to charge it when they charge their iPad too?

Show me someone who works 12 hours straight without any breaks and doesn't set their pencil down at all in that time.

The truth is, the battery life of the current pencil is more than sufficient for 99.9% of users. I haven't heard a single complaint about it from countless graphic designers, artists, and others that use it frequently in their daily work.
 
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Hopefully becoming more like the Surface Pen in many ways.
And they need to get rid of the current charging... it should charge wirelessly from the side of the iPad and the battery life should be longer. That should allow them to implement an eraser.

Do you believe the surface pro pen is better?....just curious

I am hopeful for an eraser. The charging for me is awesome...I haven't plugged it into the power cord since the first week I owned it.
 
Not a MS fanboy anymore than Apple. I've got iPhones, Apple Watches, and an Apple TV in this house. Also, the hard drive in my wife's Surface Pro 4 just broke a week out of warranty, costing me a fortune to replace, so I'm salty on that right now. But the design of their Pen is definitely more practical... and it should be after 4 generations.

I agree that there are aspects of both that could combine to make one standout device. Not sure what changed from the surface 3 to 4 pen, but I used a surface 3 pen for a while. It was fine, but I ultimately like the feel of the pencil better (though maybe a little too slippery), along with better sensitivity, tilt, etc.

With the surface 4, have they fixed the jittery line issue when drawing slowly?

I feel that the Surface Studio is a Mac Pro competitor, not an iMac competitor. It might "take off" but at a starting price of $2999 it's a big ask.

If you're only comparing prices, then yes. But those devices aren't competitors.

Kind of wish Apple made a place for the pencil to go in the ipads like with the note.

I keep seeing this suggestion, but how would that actually work? The iPad is a very thin device, and the pencil is much thicker. I don't want some super thin stylus that would be awkward to use for long periods of time.

If it works on the current iPads and is somehow better than the current pencils consider me interested. I love mine (it lives in a sleeve with a magnet in) it gets a couple of hours use a night..

An increase in battery wouldn't go amiss, even though it doesn't take that long to charge already. I'd take side buttons over an eraser too.. I still don't understand the call for an eraser.. that's clunkier than using the eraser control in whatever app you're in. Unless it's going to be as precise as the front tip it's not worth it?

When working on a canvas that takes up the full screen, without button or menu overlays, it would be much easier to flip the pencil over to do some quick erasing. Having to exit full screen mode, switch to the eraser tool, then switch back to a brush tool, then enter full screen mode again gets annoying. It may not sound like a big deal, but it disrupts the workflow.

No it isn't, not for people who constantly use the Pencil for notes or drawing. And especially not considering the battery life of competing devices.

I'd certainly welcome a higher capacity battery if it doesn't affect size or weight, but I'm still trying to see the big issue here. Certainly these people who are constantly taking notes or drawing have to charge their devices at some point since I'm pretty sure they'll run out of power before a fully charged pencil, right?
 
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