iPad pro - Page 2

rfog · 03-26-2016, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

What other functions do people use the pencil for besides art? Thanks!

I ought to use it for replacement of my finger to not to fill the screen with grease. To annotate PDF (with GoodReader, I read a lot of facsimile old books and some nagazines) and captured-to-PDF Web pages (1), make handwritten notes (with GoodNotes and iOS notes), and use a handwrite recognition keyboard called MyScript.

(1) After a lot of try with a lot of iOS-to-PDF 3rd party tools I use to "Send to iBooks as PDF", then email me the PDF from iBooks (the only avail option) and then open it with GoodReader and save it to iOS Notes. (BTW, if someone knows a good Safari-to-PDF tool that worked well please tell me).

Althelney · 03-26-2016, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

What other functions do people use the pencil for besides art? Thanks!

Hmm, well, to be honest I bought the Pro & Pencil because my tablet broke... So my primary use is for art. (;-.-) it's really really good for art, though!

But, I definitely find myself using it for pretty much everything... even typing! That's what I'm doing right now, lol.

When it's in your hand it feels really natural to use, even better than fingers. I'd compare it to the difference between using a DS (or 3DS) with a stylus and with a finger- strictly speaking you don't NEED to do it, but it makes things a lot easier. So, I guess navigation in general.

For things like highlighting passages, it's a lot easier to see what you're doing. Also note-taking with it is nice; I've tried other handwriting apps and iPad styluses and was never able to do much with them, but pencil finally renders things readably, and without frustration. Drawing diagrams is also easier- I was watching basketball with a friend and asked what a "pick'n'roll" was, and the friend (who isn't much of an artist and had never used the Pencil before) was able to grab the iPad out of my hand and draw a diagram in about 30 seconds, as easily as with paper!

Bookworm_Girl · 03-26-2016, 11:25 AM

Thank you! I will have to investigate some of these other apps. I have ordered the 9.7 iPad Pro and was debating whether to get the pencil. I read a lot of technical PDFs with GoodReader so I can see some benefit there and also the idea of drawing out diagrams and technical sketches.

pwalker8 · 03-28-2016, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

Thank you! I will have to investigate some of these other apps. I have ordered the 9.7 iPad Pro and was debating whether to get the pencil. I read a lot of technical PDFs with GoodReader so I can see some benefit there and also the idea of drawing out diagrams and technical sketches.

For me, the Apple pencil was a why not purchase. I'm no artist, so I use the pencil for technical sketches and instead of my finger. I like using it.

rfog · 03-28-2016, 11:13 AM

Each time my mind figures a person drawing or scribing with his finger...

Oh, men, even the Neanderthals painted with stylus at the back of the caves!

And finally now seems Apple is reaching its adulthood.

DaleDe · 03-28-2016, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by pwalker8

For me, the Apple pencil was a why not purchase. I'm no artist, so I use the pencil for technical sketches and instead of my finger. I like using it.

I would expect it would be good for precise drafting as well. Anybody have experience using it with a drafting program? Having pixel resolution is important for precise measurements.

Dale

DaleDe · 03-28-2016, 11:53 AM

I have merged the new iPad Pro into the wiki page so that the two can be compared. It would seem that the 9.7" made some significant improvements and now there seems to be a need for a new 12.9" model.

markom · 03-28-2016, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DaleDe

I have merged the new iPad Pro into the wiki page so that the two can be compared. It would seem that the 9.7" made some significant improvements and now there seems to be a need for a new 12.9" model.

and also a need for a new 9.7" model, for those who instead of 2 GB RAM need a 4 GB in their pro device, as in 12.9" model.

DaleDe · 03-28-2016, 06:46 PM

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and also a need for a new 9.7" model, for those who instead of 2 GB RAM need a 4 GB in their pro device, as in 12.9" model.

Do you know of an actual need for 4GB of RAM?

Dale

ChristopherTD · 03-29-2016, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DaleDe

Do you know of an actual need for 4GB of RAM?

Dale

I don't know if the 12.9" model needs it for headroom when running the larger display, but it certainly makes a difference to the performance when switching between apps frequently. With the extra RAM they are more likely to have remained in memory rather than being swapped out. Not a huge advantage, but some apps are slow to start from scratch so this is helpful.

johnnyb · 03-29-2016, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rfog

and use a handwrite recognition keyboard called MyScript.

That sounds interesting, does that work well?

rfog · 03-29-2016, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyb

That sounds interesting, does that work well?

For Spanish, more than perfect. Better than Surface Pro 3 handwriting recognition.

I think for English will be even better.

ChristopherTD · 03-29-2016, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyb

That sounds interesting, does that work well?

I use it all the time and it is very reliable. It doesn't support the Pencil's palm rejection, so occasionally you can trigger one of the buttons underneath the writing area. Hopefully they can address this, but it may be a limitation of custom keyboards not being able to call certain things.

Where it works well for me is when I have my IPad on the desk to the right of my computer at work, then I can write easily using MyScript, whereas typing would be harder because of offset. Minor thing, sure, but handy.

DaleDe · 03-29-2016, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ChristopherTD

I don't know if the 12.9" model needs it for headroom when running the larger display, but it certainly makes a difference to the performance when switching between apps frequently. With the extra RAM they are more likely to have remained in memory rather than being swapped out. Not a huge advantage, but some apps are slow to start from scratch so this is helpful.

It may also be likely that the 12.9" will do more split screen stuff with two apps running at once.

Dale

johnnyb · 03-30-2016, 06:27 AM

Thanks rfog and Christopher! Tested it myself (with an old Bamboo pen on the iPad Air)!and it is not bad at all!
Wish Apple would think of ways to implement this in an even more seamless way Being able to use the entire screen for all text field entries would be great, hope they feel they have recovered from their Newton image, it seems that the tech has advanced quite a bit...

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03-26-2016, 11:25 AM	#18
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36536965 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	Thank you! I will have to investigate some of these other apps. I have ordered the 9.7 iPad Pro and was debating whether to get the pencil. I read a lot of technical PDFs with GoodReader so I can see some benefit there and also the idea of drawing out diagrams and technical sketches.

03-28-2016, 11:13 AM	#20
rfog Guru Posts: 696 Karma: 2383012 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Schiedam (The Netherlands) Device: Lots of eInk devices and iOS stuff	Each time my mind figures a person drawing or scribing with his finger... Oh, men, even the Neanderthals painted with stylus at the back of the caves! And finally now seems Apple is reaching its adulthood.

03-28-2016, 11:53 AM	#22
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	I have merged the new iPad Pro into the wiki page so that the two can be compared. It would seem that the 9.7" made some significant improvements and now there seems to be a need for a new 12.9" model.

03-30-2016, 06:27 AM	#30
johnnyb Cloud Reader Posts: 1,136 Karma: 4273668 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Boox Note Air 4C, Remarkable PP Move, iPad Pro 11	Thanks rfog and Christopher! Tested it myself (with an old Bamboo pen on the iPad Air)!and it is not bad at all! Wish Apple would think of ways to implement this in an even more seamless way Being able to use the entire screen for all text field entries would be great, hope they feel they have recovered from their Newton image, it seems that the tech has advanced quite a bit...