Makes me wonder if it'll work on other computers. Not as slickly of course, but it'd probably still function, except maybe for the software (if any)...
Small touch targets is true, but with how expansive UIs have gotten since Windows Mobile it's FAR less of an issue and I've used it just fine in the past (external touch display). The most difficult target is usually the window close button, but the consequences for missing that are nearly zero, and practically everything else is more than large and space-buffered enough if you don't close your eyes before reaching for the screen. And that's before liquid glass redesigns.
I mostly agree though, Wacom is far from the cheap option.
The baffling thing is that Apple hasn't made the Pencil work on its laptops' (defectively) oversized touchpads: https://imgur.com/gallery/another-baffling-missed-opportunit...
You just naturally get used to using it for reading documents/email/slack when you are using the laptop portable.
It's specially good when you are on a couch/shit surface where you would normally use the touch pad awkwardly, it's also great when you are "one hand" holding the laptop and then scrolling/showing someone something. I found it also great in the small ass meeting rooms for zoom calls.
I wish the MacBook had it.
It's one of those situations where the more seamless they make the experience, the quicker the user will end up totalling either the laptop screen / hinges or the touchscreen. Given the position of the connector and how people generally close laptops, it's the perfect lever to crack something.
iPad and Macbook should've already converged at this point.
I say that even as a very happy user of a Macbook with the fancy non-reflective screen coating that wouldn't be a thing on a touchscreen.
I expect the new cheap Macbook that's rumoured will be a hybrid.
Nicer windows laptops have had this for a long time and it works great, other than the janky OS and app support. Just being able to lazily scroll content is worth it some of the time, and there are no downsides. Just like having built-in 5G networking, it's a bizarre blindspot for Apple.
My old-ass Chromebook Pixel (retired due to Chrome no longer having worthwhile adblocking) had a perfect form factor for hybrid tablet/laptop use, though not the software - Beautiful 180 degree hinge, 4:3 aspect ratio.
No thanks. Unless you mean the iPad should also be running a general purpose operating system fully under the device owner's control...
Not even a hint of a price region as well. Can't imagine anyone really asking for this. Just get an iPad.
Edit: Correction on the no price thing, it's relatively cheap for Kickstarter.
Does anyone know of a similar product that would work with actual computers (Windows, arbitrary monitors), not just fruits?
If this is exciting because of the EMR stylus but you want a project instead of a product for a Macbook: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46537489, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igVscvWAR1s
NSPG911•21h ago
razingeden•20h ago
I never liked Wacom tablets or the (Fujitsu) touchscreen on my laptop. worked in design and graphics environments that gave me a few of them for free and it wasn’t for me.
This is one of the ideas I wish worked well for me but I loathed it. And would maybe revisit.
Still clutching to the mouse and still clutching to photoshop 30 years later, I’d change either one out if I enjoyed their replacement.