![]() ![]() I assume third-party manufacturers are working on Kickstarter projects as I type, but as nice a business venture it is for them, I'm still a tad irked Apple didn't put something on the Pencil itself. ![]() The magnets are too weak and the cap too flimsy, which led to my first heart-stopping moment of vacation: I moved the Pencil and my things off our bed onto a rug to make the bed, and when I returned to the Pencil, it was missing its cap.įriend of iMore Myke Hurley wrote in his review that he'd also like to see a pen clip on the Pencil, which I wholeheartedly agree with. ![]() I'm pleasantly surprised that Apple put breathing holes in the top (in the event of accidental ingestion by small child or pencil-chewer), but that's about where my praise of it stops. The tip is just spongey enough for me not to feel like I'm click-click-clicking away on the screen, but retains control for precision movements. The feel of the Pencil is still great, as is the way it draws in Notes and Paper, the two apps I've primarily tested it with so far. But there are still bits Apple could improve. It's the best 1.0 product Apple's put out in a long, long time. Short version: If you couldn't tell from the above section, I'm still obsessed with the Pencil. It's another bit that adds to the feeling of "natural" drawing, and I love it. I've turned it at all sorts of odd angles to shade, fill in detail, or even draw upside-down. Trying to spin your tablet like you might a sketchbook was a non-starter. This may not mean much to folks who haven't tried to draw digitally in the past, but on Cintiqs and other Wacom tablets, you can only rotate the canvas, not the device itself. One thing I noticed on the plane ride that made me downright giddy: You can turn the iPad Pro while you draw on it. These tools are making me love to draw again, and moreover, making it easy to draw again. In a 3.5 hour plane ride, where I'd normally get maybe one or two illustrations done, I drew three. In an hour and a half with the Pencil and 53's Paper app, I made this: On the iPad Pro, I needed one tool: the Pencil. When I bring a sketchbook and markers, I inevitably leave one of my tools behind-because working in full-color necessitates markers and inks and pencils, and someplace to put said tools (usually in my seat pocket), and praying you didn't bring the markers that smell on the plane because you don't want to be a bad seatmate. ![]() Sketching on the Pro in-flight was wonderful. Paired with the 6s Plus and my Apple Watch, I have three gadgets with all-day battery life-and I am loving it. I've waited years to have a laptop I only have to charge at night, and I finally have one. I was able to draw several fully-illustrated pictures, browse the internet, watch an episode of Star Wars Rebels, write an article, and came off the plane with 40 percent battery life. I don't have to worry about plugging it in or charging it-if that option is even available on my flight-and the Logitech case lets me quickly swap from using the Pro with a hardware keyboard to having it lie flat in my hands.Īlmost a week in, the Pro's battery life still astounds me. On the plane, it feels a lot less intrusive than a laptop. I just feel more comfortable, in general, working with the Pro. In part, that's due to form factor-I can hold the iPad's display in one or two hands and still use it, whereas a laptop's a bit harder to pull out in the middle of a ticketing line. I've been noticing this all week, but traveling with a Pro reinforced it: It is a hundred times easier to pull out an iPad on the go than a laptop. Given all the extra goodies I inevitably take on trips, I don't expect that pack to ever be "light"-though I opted not to take my extra camera lenses this time around, so that's something. about as weighty as it was with a MacBook Air. ![]()
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