I purchased an ipad air 2 for drawing but found that there are hardly any pressure sensitive stylus that work with it. Does anyone have any idea if the new apple pencil for the ipad pro will work for ipad air 2?
The answer is it depends. While the Apple Pencil for iPad Pro will work with iPad, iPad 2, The New iPad, iPad with Retina Display, iPad Air, iPad Air 2 and iPad 2017, the features such as palm rejection, shading will not work. You would simply use the Apple Pencil as you would with a normal stylus. You would also require an iPad Pro in order to charge te pencil, as only the iPad Pro lightning connector has both power output and input.
I do not believe that the Apple Pencil works, even as a passive, capactive stylus on any other iPads or iDevices other than the 12.9 and 9.7 inch screen iPad Pro models.
In order for a run of the mill capacitive to work, it needs to be made out of aluminum to help conduct the electrical impulses from your fingers/fingertips.
The Apple pencil is made of plastic, not metal.
So, I really think the Apple Pencil doesn't work, AT ALL, with any other iPads models other than the Pro models.
The only active, smart Bluetooth stylus that WILL work on just about every iPad, except the iPad 2, and more current iPod Touch and iPhone models is the Adonit Pixel smart Bluetooth stylus.
Found here.
Luka_Fon wrote:
The answer is it depends. While the Apple Pencil for iPad Pro will work with iPad, iPad 2, The New iPad, iPad with Retina Display, iPad Air, iPad Air 2 and iPad 2017, the features such as palm rejection, shading will not work. You would simply use the Apple Pencil as you would with a normal stylus. You would also require an iPad Pro in order to charge te pencil, as only the iPad Pro lightning connector has both power output and input.
No, you are incorrect. I have an iPad Pro and an Air 2 and I can assure you, the Apple Pencil does nothing, nothing at all, on any iPad other than the Pro.
I stumbled on this "old" thread, and it certainly has a lot of interesting posts. I seem to remember hearing that Steve Jobs once said of the iPhone (or was it the Apple Pencil), "If you need a stylus, you've already failed." That being said, I am anxiously awaiting delivery of my Apple Pencil tomorrow to use on my iPad Pro 10.5".
(I'm wondering if Steve Jobs made that quote prior to the popularity of apps for note taking, sketching, etc.)
Adonit Pixel works on all of these iDevices.
Apple is not here.
If you wish to let Apple know your opinion then try posting at http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html where they will read it.
No. If you would have listened to the Apple Event this morning, you would have heard about all of this hardware that was put into the iPad Pro to make the Apple Pencil operate. Needless to say that is not in the iPad Air 2.
I had the same question in my post entitled “Stylus”. Apparently, the answer is no. I was waiting and hoping it would be, so, Surface Pro it is. I find nothing attractive regarding iPad Pro (especially considering the OS X / iOS folly).
OS X/iOS folly? How is this any different than the iPad Air 2?
How do we know the technology in the iPad Air 2 isn't the same as in the Pro? Maybe that's the reason no pressure-sensitive stylus like Wacoms or Jot touches work with the new Air 2 screen. We do know that Apple "changed the touch technology" in the Air 2. Who's to say it didnt get the Pro tech first, or at least a precursor to the tech in the Pro?
We also know this:
"Due to the new touch sensor on iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 and updates to iOS 8, users have experienced poor performance from the Intuos Creative Stylus 2 and Bamboo Stylus fineline." -Wacom Support
and this:
The iPad Air 2 was released with a brand new screen technology. Developers weren’t aware of the effects of this hardware change until the iPad Air 2 was released to the world. The change has caused some interference with both fingers and styluses interacting with the screen. Unfortunately, this especially affects active (Bluetooth-connected) styluses. The entire stylus industry is working hard to correct the issue." -Adonit Support
http://www.adonit.net/blog/archives/2014/11/19/improvements-underway-ipad-air-2/
Anything beyond the information Apple has released is conjecture which is not allowed on the Forum. I'll take Apple at their word on this one.
Maybe Pencil will work with old iPad's as simple stylus without all new pressure features??
I would highly reccommend the Pencil by 53 as an alternative to the apple pencil. It has many features such as palm rejection, surface pressure, erase and blend and and works with Works on iPad 3, 4, Air (all), mini (all), and iPhone 4S and above. However, the apple pencil is designed with a hard tip which allows for a more natural expression of your sketches, and the Pencil by 53 tip can wear out depending on use.
Will the apple pencil work on ipad air 2
