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Apple Pencil
DeveloperApple Inc.
TypeDigital stylus
Release dateNovember 2015
Introductory priceUS$ 99[1][2]
Websitewww.apple.com/apple-pencil/

Apple Pencil is a digital stylus and input device, designed by Apple Inc. to work exclusively with the iPad Pro tablet computer.[3] Thus, it will not work with any Apple products released before Fall 2015.[4] Apple Pencil was announced on September 9, 2015 and will be released in November 2015.[5]

Description

Apple Pencil features pressure sensitivity and angle detection.[6] Apple Pencil is a Bluetooth device that can communicate simultaneously with the screen and the system underneath it.[4] Apple Pencil detects force, allowing, for example, darker or lighter strokes in a drawing app depending on how hard the user presses. The reduction of latency allows smooth drawing while using Apple Pencil.[7] iPad Pro also allows simultaneous use of Apple Pencil and one's fingers, while rejecting input from the user's palm.[8][9] One end of the Apple Pencil has a removable cap. Underneath this cap is a male Lightning connector, which allows the Pencil's battery to be recharged.[10]

Purpose

Apple Pencil is designed for the creative work done by professional artists. It makes electronic drawing on iPad Pro more feasible. However, multitouch finger input is still the primary input mechanism for iPad Pro.[11] During the September 2015 Apple Event, Apple demonstrated drawing in the Adobe Creative Suite of mobile apps[12] and document annotation in Microsoft Office apps with Apple Pencil.[13][14]

Steve Jobs' opposition to styluses

Since Steve Jobs became Apple's CEO in 1997, he has made several comments about styluses on resistive touchscreens. When Steve Jobs discontinued Apple Newton, which used a stylus, he said:[15]

"God gave us 10 styluses. Let's not invent another."

Steve Jobs stated his opposition to a stylus as a primary input mechanism for the iPhone at the 2007 MacWorld Conference keynote presentation preferring multitouch finger input instead.[16]

"Who wants a stylus? You have to get 'em, put 'em away, you lose 'em – yech! Nobody wants a stylus. So let's not use a stylus."

In 2010, he further explained his stance on styluses as "if you see a stylus, they blew it."[17] The iPad Pro has a capacitive touchscreen and Apple's position on styluses has significantly changed from Steve Jobs' comments in the past.[18]

Third-party iPad styluses

A number of third-party accessory makers have produced styluses for iPad in the past. However, there has not been a consistent technology for pressure sensitivity, palm rejection, or angle detection leading to delayed reaction times and inaccurate strokes. Each third-party manufacturer has implemented their own hardware and software approaches resulting in a fragmented market with styluses and apps with differing functionalities. For instance, a particular stylus may be designed to offer pressure sensitivity, but any given app must implement such functionality for it to work. All have been limited by previous iPad hardware, which had higher latency than iPad Pro. FiftyThree, Inc. produces an unrelated stylus, also known as Pencil, for use with its Paper drawing app for iPad.[19] Other popular styluses include products made by Wacom and Adonit.

See also

References

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  19. ^ "Pencil Stylus for iPad & iPhone". FiftyThree.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.

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