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tomsem · 05-10-2019, 12:26 AM

Well, I went and bought the new iPad mini. Really liking it. It will be much better for most reading than my iPad Air 2 (2016?) is.

Also got Logitech Crayon. I have Apple Pencil I’ve been using with iPad Pro if I want to use it with the mini.

The crayon is similar to Adonit styluses I have used in past (button to turn it on, charge up) except it does not work with anything but the latest generation iPads (does not function as capacitative stylus as the Adonit does). For the advanced features (pressure sensitivity, programmable buttons) apps had to integrate with Adonit SDK (many drawing apps do). The Crayon charges with Lightning cable which is convenient.

It seems other 3rd party styli might copy some of these features (instant pairing, charge with Lightning), capacitative tip, and add custom buttons and pressure-sensitivity via SDK as before.

I should see if my Adonit works with this, seems it should.

05-10-2019, 12:26 AM	#46
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,478 Karma: 26425959 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Well, I went and bought the new iPad mini. Really liking it. It will be much better for most reading than my iPad Air 2 (2016?) is. Also got Logitech Crayon. I have Apple Pencil I’ve been using with iPad Pro if I want to use it with the mini. The crayon is similar to Adonit styluses I have used in past (button to turn it on, charge up) except it does not work with anything but the latest generation iPads (does not function as capacitative stylus as the Adonit does). For the advanced features (pressure sensitivity, programmable buttons) apps had to integrate with Adonit SDK (many drawing apps do). The Crayon charges with Lightning cable which is convenient. It seems other 3rd party styli might copy some of these features (instant pairing, charge with Lightning), capacitative tip, and add custom buttons and pressure-sensitivity via SDK as before. I should see if my Adonit works with this, seems it should.