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Here's a hands-on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzIx0InzJIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzIx0InzJIw

by personlurking 13y ago

muyuu 13y ago
It still lags enough to be distracting (at least to me). It's nice that they are pushing the tech forwards though.
- onthiscarousel 13y ago
  I beta tested it and it was so slow and cumbersome that I gave up on using it because it just got in the way of trying to do anything. It was super light and cool but it's so damn big and fragile feeling that it didn't feel safe putting it into a bag. It was just one more thing to carry around. You had to connect it every time to transfer files on or off of it, could not even email it out. Supposedly the only service it was going to work with via wifi was Evernote. We asked for dropbox but that didn't seem like an option. Felt like the future in concept but more like using a palm pilot.
  - muyuu 13y ago
    Speaking of which, I love the tech in Palm Pilots. To this day I'd take the monochrome screen that lasts forever and is extremely responsive. But seems like people prefer burning batteries that need daily recharging, or input lag.
    - onthiscarousel 13y ago
      Screen and OS is more like the black and white kindles, it loads an image to the screen and records what you draw on it. It's not live or fluid. There was a distinct screen flash when it updated new content.
      - muyuu 13y ago
        If you mean the product linked in this post, then yep. Palm Pilots had nothing of that though :'(
crusso 13y ago
It looked like the guy giving the demo was very careful to not rest his wrist on the tablet. Writing without resting your wrist rarely gives good results, in my experience. I wonder if wrist pressure confuses the tablet about where the pen is?
- sschueller 13y ago
  being able to rest your wrist on the device is vital. I find that to be the biggest anoyence on my galaxy note 3. However there is one app that Samsung includes where you can wrest your hand on the device and it does not start drawing blobs on the page but sadly it's not the app I want to use to take notes.
  - fumar 13y ago
    This is where the Surface Pro excels. I use to take notes everyday at work. The stylus bundled with the Pro is less than ideal. I recommend the Wacom Feel. http://www.wacom.com/en/us/everyday/bamboo-stylus-feel http://www.wacom.com/en/us/everyday/bamboo-stylus-feel
    - slantyyz 13y ago
      I've been looking for a second pen for my Surface Pro, but I can't get myself to buy the Feel because it doesn't have an eraser end. I find myself using the eraser all the time. The Feel is a pretty looking pen though.
- danmaz74 13y ago
  For the price, I would hope the pen to be inductive...
  - joezydeco 13y ago
    If they're claiming 30 days of battery life, inductive might not be a design choice.

Here's a hands-on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzIx0InzJIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzIx0InzJIw

muyuu 13y ago

It still lags enough to be distracting (at least to me). It's nice that they are pushing the tech forwards though.

onthiscarousel 13y ago
I beta tested it and it was so slow and cumbersome that I gave up on using it because it just got in the way of trying to do anything. It was super light and cool but it's so damn big and fragile feeling that it didn't feel safe putting it into a bag. It was just one more thing to carry around. You had to connect it every time to transfer files on or off of it, could not even email it out. Supposedly the only service it was going to work with via wifi was Evernote. We asked for dropbox but that didn't seem like an option. Felt like the future in concept but more like using a palm pilot.
- muyuu 13y ago
  Speaking of which, I love the tech in Palm Pilots. To this day I'd take the monochrome screen that lasts forever and is extremely responsive. But seems like people prefer burning batteries that need daily recharging, or input lag.
  - onthiscarousel 13y ago
    Screen and OS is more like the black and white kindles, it loads an image to the screen and records what you draw on it. It's not live or fluid. There was a distinct screen flash when it updated new content.
    - muyuu 13y ago
      If you mean the product linked in this post, then yep. Palm Pilots had nothing of that though :'(

crusso 13y ago

It looked like the guy giving the demo was very careful to not rest his wrist on the tablet. Writing without resting your wrist rarely gives good results, in my experience. I wonder if wrist pressure confuses the tablet about where the pen is?

sschueller 13y ago
being able to rest your wrist on the device is vital. I find that to be the biggest anoyence on my galaxy note 3. However there is one app that Samsung includes where you can wrest your hand on the device and it does not start drawing blobs on the page but sadly it's not the app I want to use to take notes.
- fumar 13y ago
  This is where the Surface Pro excels. I use to take notes everyday at work. The stylus bundled with the Pro is less than ideal. I recommend the Wacom Feel. http://www.wacom.com/en/us/everyday/bamboo-stylus-feel http://www.wacom.com/en/us/everyday/bamboo-stylus-feel
  - slantyyz 13y ago
    I've been looking for a second pen for my Surface Pro, but I can't get myself to buy the Feel because it doesn't have an eraser end. I find myself using the eraser all the time. The Feel is a pretty looking pen though.
danmaz74 13y ago
For the price, I would hope the pen to be inductive...
- joezydeco 13y ago
  If they're claiming 30 days of battery life, inductive might not be a design choice.