Stylus
Apple Pencil’s Battery Gains 30 Minutes of Use From 15-Second Charge
When Steve Jobs announced the original iPhone at Macworld 2007, he famously dismissed the need for a stylus when introducing multi-touch on the device. "Who wants a stylus? You have to get them, and put them away, and you lose them. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus. So let’s not use a stylus.” On Wednesday, Apple...
Patent Reveals Apple’s Concept of a Stylus for Rumoured Larger iPad
Last week, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had predicted in an investors note that Apple will launch a hardware stylus to enhance the user experience of its long-rumoured 12.9-inch 'iPad Pro’. Today, a new Apple patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office titled "Superheterodyne Pen Stimulus Signal Receiver”, has revealed what kind of improved pen-based input technology Apple is...
Martin Hajek Posts Renders of Apple’s Rumoured 12-inch iPad Pro with Stylus [PICS]
Designer Martin Hajek has posted concept images of Apple’s long rumoured 12-inch iPad Pro and its companion stylus. The renders shown below are based on photos published by Japanese Apple magazine “MacFan” in December 2014. The back of the larger device is similar to the current iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3. The front of...
KGI: Apple Likely to Launch Simple Stylus Alongside 12.9-inch ‘iPad Pro’
According to a report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will likely launch a hardware stylus to enhance the user experience of its long-rumoured 12.9-inch “iPad Pro.” The Cupertino-based company is expected to launch a stylus in the second quarter of this year to compliment the larger iPad. In his report, Kuo wrote: “Given...
Apple Awarded New Patent for Capturing Digital Versions of Handwritten Notes
Today, Apple was awarded a new patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for capturing digital versions of handwritten notes. The patents details a new type of digital stylus that translates a user’s handwritten note into a digital version when connected to a smartphone or tablet. The stylus could also have various exchangeable...
Apple’s iPhone Has The Ability to Track The Position of a Magnet [VIDEO]
A new YouTube video posted by Ivo Leko, an iOS developer, shows off a feature of Apple’s iPhone that you probably didn’t know about. Leko shows that an iPhone can track the position of a magnet on a piece of paper both in 2D and 3D space. The feature combines the iPhone’s magnetometer, accelerometer, and...