Por mi trabajo y por comodidad llevo desde hace tiempo utilizando lápices en el iPad para tomar notas en clase y también anotaciones en reuniones con algunos clientes. Sin embargo, el iPad no está realmente preparado para ser utilizado con estas herramientas, sino con los dedos, debido a la tecnología capacitiva que emplea su pantalla.
The problems with this are that the surface area necessary for the iPad to detect a press is much larger than that of, for example, a sharp pencil, and precisely for this reason it is very difficult to obtain accuracy when writing or drawing. However, it’s all a matter of practice and better and better pencils are coming out, with a finer tip and that make the experience of writing on something more pleasant, like the Wacom Bamboo Stylus, which we will compare with what has been my tool until now: a Pogo Sketch.
I started using the Pogo Stylus (about these lines) because it had some good reviews on the Internet and it was very useful when taking notes in class (I want to emphasize that notes are not notes. Currently it is impossible to take notes with the iPad because the tip of all the pencils is too big and therefore the precision is very limited) and also in meetings with clients to write down project requirements and send them directly to the computer to file them in the meeting minutes, avoiding having to transcribe everything again.
Despite being happy with it, the Pogo Sketch has shortcomings that can make it an uncomfortable pencil, such as its small size, being extremely thin or its 5mm diameter tip. So when Wacom announced that it was going to release a stylus and see its features, I thought it could be a very good purchase alternative.
The Wacom Bamboo Stylus (above these lines), is a little thicker than a Bic pen and similar in length. Like the Pogo Stylus, it has a black and silver metallic finish similar to the iPad, but its construction is noticeably more elaborate. Where the Pogo has a tip made of a conductive material similar to a scouring pad and 5mm in diameter, the Bamboo has a smaller size and interchangeable rubber tip, which slides more smoothly.
In terms of writing comfort, the Bamboo Stylus wins by a landslide because it has both the size and weight of a normal pen and although the precision is still not as good as I would like because although the tip is more advanced than the competition, it is not like writing with a pen, although since the tip is interchangeable, it may be the case that some finer ones appear in the future.
In short, if I had to choose a stylus right now, I would without a doubt choose the Bamboo despite being a tad more expensive than the competition (€29.90). In addition, there are applications that work perfectly with this pen, such as Penultimate, GoodReader or Adobe Ideas.