A very cool item for iPad users that was in my iStore goodie bag was the Pencil made by a company called FiftyThree. This is a Bluetooth stylus that was designed to work seamlessly with an app called Paper for iPad by delivering an experience that feels closer to “the real thing” than any other styli. It’s battery powered and charges via a USB port in 90 minutes. Now I don’t have an iPad so to test this I had to find someone who did. Enter Mark Taylor. He’s a registered massage therapist and lover of all things Apple, including having an iPad. I handed it over to him and here’s what he thought of it:
The Pencil is a user-friendly device to compliment your tablet. I own an iPad 2 with some apps that require sketching and coloring and I found the Pencil simple to use. I downloaded the Paper app by FiftyThree and it is user friendly and straightforward to use, especially with the Pencil. The tutorial is simple to understand and helps you get a better idea of what the Pencil is capable to doing. The Pencil is sleek and extremely comfortable to hold. Very convenient that one can use either end of the Pencil for whatever they’re sketching or erasing. It seems that FiftyThree has taken a green approach with their packaging, with how they compact the Pencil, replacement tips, and user guide in a slim, paper container.
The one improvement I may suggest is being able to adjust the sensitivity perhaps through an app as I find the accuracy can sometimes be off when tapping specifically. Other then that, I would definitely recommend this product for everyone!
Paper goes for $70 CDN and clearly Mark thinks that this is something that most iPad users would use. Thus I’d take a look at it to give yourself a new way to use your iPad.
Review: Pencil by FiftyThree
Posted in Commentary with tags FiftyThree, iStore on September 2, 2015 by itnerdA very cool item for iPad users that was in my iStore goodie bag was the Pencil made by a company called FiftyThree. This is a Bluetooth stylus that was designed to work seamlessly with an app called Paper for iPad by delivering an experience that feels closer to “the real thing” than any other styli. It’s battery powered and charges via a USB port in 90 minutes. Now I don’t have an iPad so to test this I had to find someone who did. Enter Mark Taylor. He’s a registered massage therapist and lover of all things Apple, including having an iPad. I handed it over to him and here’s what he thought of it:
The Pencil is a user-friendly device to compliment your tablet. I own an iPad 2 with some apps that require sketching and coloring and I found the Pencil simple to use. I downloaded the Paper app by FiftyThree and it is user friendly and straightforward to use, especially with the Pencil. The tutorial is simple to understand and helps you get a better idea of what the Pencil is capable to doing. The Pencil is sleek and extremely comfortable to hold. Very convenient that one can use either end of the Pencil for whatever they’re sketching or erasing. It seems that FiftyThree has taken a green approach with their packaging, with how they compact the Pencil, replacement tips, and user guide in a slim, paper container.
The one improvement I may suggest is being able to adjust the sensitivity perhaps through an app as I find the accuracy can sometimes be off when tapping specifically. Other then that, I would definitely recommend this product for everyone!
Paper goes for $70 CDN and clearly Mark thinks that this is something that most iPad users would use. Thus I’d take a look at it to give yourself a new way to use your iPad.
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