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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
You may also wish to look at the Supernote A5X. Kobo devices use active pens with batteries, and their writing latency is very slow, which some people may find annoying. Not only does the Supernote use a passive pen, but you can also get one with a ceramic nib that never spends and thus never needs replacing.
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Totally misleading! The latency is not slow on the Kobo and all serious devices use active pens. Both kinds of Wacom pen are powered by the host digitiser and the battery life of the Kobo pen (or 3rd party versions) is huge. The Kobo Sage is faster than the Wacom on reMarkable or on Lenovo X201 touch screen laptop/tablet. The Elipsa is a little slower than the Sage, but still superior to the three Wacom systems I tried. The Apple Pencil (rechargable so much shorter life than AAAA cell in Kobo/MS*) on an iPad using Nebo app is also superior to all 3 Wacom tested (Bamboo, X201 and reMarkable).
The only real passive pen systems use a resistive screen which cuts brightness and is poor resolution. I doubt anyone uses them now. They were 1980s to 2008 approx.
[* there are also 3rd party pens without the BT magic button for OneNote etc on Surface for MS Surface that work on Kobo and are rechargeable for disposable battery haters.]