Hello, folks,
This might be an incredibly stupid question: my apologies, I am not at all tech-savvy. I'm looking for a stylus + software combination that would give my MBA trackpad some tablet-like capabilities: I want to sketch a bit in GIMP. For software, I've played around with Inklet, which seems reasonable for the price.
Styli are more difficult: the cheapie PogoSketch stylus that's sold with Inklet sounds like it works, but most reviews say that it's not very sturdy or ergonomic. Slightly nicer styli, like the Wacom Bamboo Stylus or the Targus Stylus are marketed for the iPad. While they never explicitly say they would work on, say, the touchpad for a MBA, specs for the Targus do say that it would work on "all capacitive touch surfaces."
And lastly, TenOne, of course, implies that one should only use the Pogo Sketch with Inklet.
Guess it comes down to two questions, then:
1. Would an iPad stylus work on my MBA trackpad/is the trackpad a "capacitive touch surface"?
2. Does Inklet really only work with one brand of stylus? That seems a bit silly to me, but I am incredibly ignorant, tech-wise, and perhaps I expect too much.
I hope all that makes sense and that I haven't posed too silly of a question. Thank you very much!
This might be an incredibly stupid question: my apologies, I am not at all tech-savvy. I'm looking for a stylus + software combination that would give my MBA trackpad some tablet-like capabilities: I want to sketch a bit in GIMP. For software, I've played around with Inklet, which seems reasonable for the price.
Styli are more difficult: the cheapie PogoSketch stylus that's sold with Inklet sounds like it works, but most reviews say that it's not very sturdy or ergonomic. Slightly nicer styli, like the Wacom Bamboo Stylus or the Targus Stylus are marketed for the iPad. While they never explicitly say they would work on, say, the touchpad for a MBA, specs for the Targus do say that it would work on "all capacitive touch surfaces."
And lastly, TenOne, of course, implies that one should only use the Pogo Sketch with Inklet.
Guess it comes down to two questions, then:
1. Would an iPad stylus work on my MBA trackpad/is the trackpad a "capacitive touch surface"?
2. Does Inklet really only work with one brand of stylus? That seems a bit silly to me, but I am incredibly ignorant, tech-wise, and perhaps I expect too much.
I hope all that makes sense and that I haven't posed too silly of a question. Thank you very much!