Just when I retrieve I had seen all that there was to see in the iOS stylus market , Adonithas come out with something that took me by surprisal . And in the coming month , I imagine the troupe will be surprising a whole bunch of other people , too .
On Wednesday at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas , I was prosperous enough to test - drive a paradigm of the caller ’s Modern pressure - sensible style , theJot Touch . Even with modified draftsmanship time , I come away with incredibly cocksure impression .
Adonit ’s Jot Touch
Adonit’s Jot Touch
Like the Jot Pro , the Touch has a brand - and - gumshoe dead body with a little plastic disk for a bill . This stylus , however , will be in full press sensitive , thanks to a built - in Bluetooth antenna , smaller - diameter spring gratuity , and free software program maturation kit for app execution .
The pen provides up to 200 levels of pressure from a combining of computer hardware and software , harmonize to Adonit principal marketing military officer David Sperry . The Touch ’s free SDK will be available to all app makers upon the stylus ’s release ; it tolerate writing and draw apps to take reward of the air pressure levels and ribbon rejection algorithm , and program the penitentiary ’s two side - push button . Currently , Adonit has been work with both ProCreate and Sketchbook Pro on SDK implementation . ( My time with the penitentiary was spend using ProCreate . )
But unlike some of the fake - atmospheric pressure solutions of the past times , the hardware component is just as important as the software system : The Jot Touch pass along the level of pressure from the spring - tip to your iOS twist via Bluetooth , no sorrel connexion need . The pen institutionalize magnetically through a lilliputian USB dongle . Sperry estimate that the pen should last 12 hours on a exclusive electric charge under Bluetooth 3.0 , with that estimation probable to double once Apple implements the Bluetooth 4.0 banner .
This all sound impressive , sure , but does the pen hold up where it really matters — when drawing or written material ? My quick test riposte a resonating yes . While the Adonit team is still tweak the accurate balance between how heavily you press to make the resulting line , even their early image works as advertised . The new , lively nib not only makes it feel like you ’re drag and tapping on an actual aerofoil , rather than a screen — the lines do n’t lie . When I traced the pen over the screen thinly , I received a thin , pale phone line ; contribute air pressure , and the line darken and widened . It ’s not quite like working with a Wacom tablet , but it ’s insanely close .
Adonit is target for the Touch to be out in March , with a damage tag less than $ 100 .
