Do you like tablets? Do you like pens? Are you a tablet owner who likes pens? This is the product for you. The practical ballpoint pen here is also capable of making precise pixels and smooth navigation with its dual stylus tip. At the drawing board, you can transition from pen to silicon stylus or precision stylus in the blink of an eye. Made from lightweight aircraft-grade aluminum and with its shock absorbing tip, it’s the most ergonomic and easy-to-use dual purpose stylus…. period.
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In an effort to bring designers and illustrators even closer to the tech design interface, Wacom has introduced a new, professional-grade stylus to make the on-the-go connection all the more natural. Wacom’s ,…
At MAX, Adobe’s annual creative conference, the brand announced its exploration into the world of hardware development. Today, Michael Gough—Adobe’s VP of Experience Design—took the announcement one step further….
We are well aware that Adonit is set on making tools that help creative people stay creative, even on the go. With our increased dependency on tablets like the iPad and innovative apps, drawing and sketching on using technology is a natural extension of who we are now. The latest Jot 4 Stylus overcomes many of the obstacles that were posed earlier, thanks to innovative solutions like Palm Rejection.
With the goal to remove barriers that limit thought and creation, Adonit strives to make drawing on the iPad, as natural as possible. One of the problems that most users faced was the inability of the iPad to allow the resting of the palm on the screen while drawing. This is mainly because the iPad is designed to be used by stubby fingers and not precise tools like the Adonit Jot. To overcome this hurdle and make sketching as intuitive as possible, Palm Rejection has been introduced. What this means is that the Jot Touch 4 lets you rest your hand on the screen as you work. The only thing that will make a line is your stylus. It’s time to draw like you’re used to.
In fact the Jot 4 is the first stylus to get 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity on the iPad. With Bluetooth 4.0, this new Jot Touch helps delivers the best looking and most natural lines. The fine tip gives you accuracy that rubber nibs can’t and the precision disc lets you see exactly where your mark is being made. If you ask my honest opinion, then the Jot is the most precise stylus I have used thus far. The the ballpoint precision and quality is something that Adonit Jot Styluses are known for!
Here is a list of Jot Touch compatible apps that keeps growing even as we speak! One last thing… when paired with Bluetooth 4 devices, the new Jot Touch gets up to 1 month of battery life on a single charge!
Introducing Flaxus, the world’s first flexible fashion stylus! Merging style and practicality, the design allows the user to wear their stylus on the wrist like a bracelet, keeping it handy to operate any touch-screen devices. The silicone material, available in a spectrum of bright colors, makes it comfortable to wear and gives it a soft, tactile grip for enhanced ergonomics.
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Photographer Jill Greenberg presents a mystifying new collection in “Horses,” a photography book that showcases equine majesty. Greenberg will be familiar to regular CH readers for her other series, which range from crying babies to bears and monkeys. Her style is marked by heavy post production, which in the…
The role of the tablet has transformed from being just a reading device to one that allows you to use it creatively. Many a designers now rely on the iPad to do random sketches, pursue inspiration and follow their thoughts. To compliment their intuitiveness we have Adonit striving hard to empower them with the right tools. This Friday stand a chance to win two Adonit Jot Touch Pressure Sensitive Styli.
Jot Touch has the distinction of being the first pressure sensitive stylus for the iPad. Adonit’s goal was to give artists more than the expected precision from a Jot stylus, but also the freedom to create everywhere with powerful tools. Using Bluetooth, Jot Touch also provides the user with shortcut buttons for quick changes such as “undo” or brush switching. Partnered with Jot Ready Apps, Jot Touch is the most powerful iPad stylus around.
by Leen Al-Bassam Building on the already impressive Jot, which brought us the market’s most accurate stylus with a precision disc and ballpoint mechanism, Adonit has upped the ante with the Jot Touch. The newest addition to the Jot family marks the first Bluetooth pressure sensitive stylus, and the first…
We have been tracking Adonit for quite a while now and we love the innovative Bluetooth Pressure Sensitive Stylus for iPad. Christened the Jot Touch, Adonit has its hand on the pulse of what people want in terms of writing equipment using digital mediums. It is the first real pressure sensitive stylus that addresses the requirements of a professional artists. Basically it transforms your iPad into a sketchbook and gives you a surreal experience.
Using Bluetooth technology, Touch communicates with Jot Ready apps to give you a deeper experience.
Two programmable shortcut buttons makes it easy to undo a mistake or change tools. Even if an app is not Pressure Sensitive, you still have the most accurate stylus around.
The pressure-sensitive stylus adjusts the line weight based on the pressure applied to provide a more complete digital drawing experience.
Jot Touch incorporates the same precision disc as the rest of the family.
It even adds a dampening tip that simulates the natural contact of writing with a pen on paper.
Popular apps like Procreate, Sketchbook Pro, Art rage and Clibe have already integrated the SDK (Software Development Kit).
The latest ways to enhance game play with your smartphone or tablet
With additional reporting by James Thorne
Realizing that competing with the popularity of smartphones and tablets is a game they’ve already lost, toy manufacturers are finding ways to incorporate apps and devices into their product experience. New options range from simple tactile cases to QR codes and elaborate augmented reality board games. We’re really impressed by the breadth of the examples we discovered at the 2012 Toy Fair in New York City this week, even if more often than not the concept is more impressive than the execution. This is a space in which we expect to see a huge amount of innovation, and look forward to seeing how large companies and startups jockey for position in the growing market.
The simple foam design of this ball opens the gaming experience to loads of new opportunities. By combining motion sensors, app-based games and TV visualization, the toy from Phyiscal Apps is able to dramatically expand the capabilities of your smartphone simply by securely wrapping it up in a foam ball. Experience bowling by watching the game on your TV and roll the ball against the wall to simulate bowling, for example.
A range of games from Hasbro slated to appear this year are swapping out traditional game boards for iPads. Old favorites like Life and Monopoly are among the ranks, although we were most excited by the company’s plans for Battleship. The strategic two-player game has come a long way since pegs and model ships ruled the board. The game leverages an app and is supplemented by placing battleship pieces on your iPad’s screen. For the game of Life, significant “moments” trigger relevant videos, from graduations to wedding ceremonies.
iBounce is reminiscent of treadmill televisions, giving kids an interface to play along with as they engage in physical activity. Currently accompanied by an eBook, the story prompts children to jump along with RompyRoo on his adventures. Apps are already in the works.
Age-old card games like Hearts, War and Solitaire aren’t left out of the appcessory world. The standard decks are enhanced by QR codes on some of the cards, which can be ignored offline or scanned to instigate new ways of play. For example, one scanned during Hearts may say to draw more cards, or to throw cards out. It’s a simple, clever way to engage those who are interested without modifying the game experience for those who aren’t.
Touted as “huggable learning”, these adorable smartphone holders give children something to grab on to as they learn through educational app play. The stand also serves as a charger.
This quiz game app and is created for family play, and leverages a dish that holds and counts tokens, and shields your screen-based entries from other players. Answer questions displayed on the screen by putting your colored pieces in the corresponding dish. Correct entries are then collected in the basin below without the need to manually tally responses. The company makes several other appcessories, including game show style buzzers for question-based games.
The original Eye Know card game has been enhanced with a free app component. Scrambled images gradually become clear, and players win points depending on how fast they can guess the person, place or thing coming into focus.
Featuring several different games, this triptych board by Identity Games uses the iPad as the central interface surrounded by two panels for real-world movement. Several two-sided inserts are included with the game board. Play is enabled by rotating the die in the holder, each face corresponding to a different game. Character pieces help keep kids involved as the integrated apps track progress, keep score and provide instruction. A version for smartphones is on the way, too.
The world of tablet styluses is given a natural kid-friendly counterpart with this “crayon” styled stylus by Dano. While not a game, it facilitates both drawing and game play. The triangle-shaped stylus teaches correct grip as users draw on the screen of the tablet, engaging with their app of choice.
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