(Note: It works perfectly well with other tablets–I tried it with a Motorola Xoom–but Android tablets in particular lack good sketchpad apps.When it comes to digital drawing and note-taking, the feel of a fine-tipped pen on paper is hard to beat.
For quick sketches, the Bamboo Stylus works pretty well you’re not going to be creating masterpieces with the Bamboo Paper app, but the stylus works great with, for example, the Brushes sketchpad app. Students could type notes on the iPad’s keyboard, for speed and readability, but draw arrows connecting ideas, scribble notes in the margin, or circle important passages with much more ease than using a finger. But I’m also not going to write it off, and I think in certain settings, especially for students or visual artists, the Bamboo Stylus is pretty great. I actually love handwriting, and was looking forward to being able to jot down notes, but it turns out it’s just not as efficient on an iPad as typing. I’m not completely sold on the iPad as a digital sketchpad. The Bamboo Paper app is free, and can be used with any capacitive stylus (or with your finger, for that matter). The Wacom Bamboo Stylus retails for $30, about twice the price of other capacitive styli. There have been capacitive styli before, to the point where there are both brand name options ( Targus and Boxwave make well-reviewed styli) as well as ultra-cheap generic styli, but Wacom is by far the biggest name to get in the game. That’s mostly great, since it enables very precise touches with minimal pressure, as well as extra functionality like multitouch, but it means the only styli you can use with capacitive screens are specialized products that mimic or conduct that electrical charge. Capacitive screens operate by sensing a small electrical charge given off by human skin, which is why you can’t use your iPhone with gloves on. But does that make them good? What’s NewĪ quick primer: Capacitive screens, of the type used in the iPad (as well as 99% of the smartphones and other tablets on the market) can’t be prodded with a simple piece of plastic, like the older resistive screens used in gadgets like the Nintendo DS. Hence the Bamboo Stylus and Bamboo Paper app for the iPad, which I can safely say is the best stylus and the best stylus-using tablet app I’ve ever used.
But a different kind of tablet has recently taken hold, and Wacom doesn’t want to miss the boat on the iPad or the various other tablets hitting the market these days. Wacom is well-known for their artist’s tablets, smallish touch-sensitive squares that graphic designers use as digital sketchpads.
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