Hi all,
Can anyone recommend a non-Apple stylus for an iPad Pro 9.7? I use a stylus exc;isively for navigating the screen and selecting text, filling in logon screens. I don't do any note taking or drawing. Finger tipss don't work every time, and there is a delay before the operation continues. I wish I had not bought the iPad Pro because of the screen needing the Apple Pencil.
Should I look for an electric and / or Bluetooth stylus?
Thank you,
Ed
Any plain old, capacitive stylus will work for simple navigation with any iPad, even the iPad Pro models.
If you just need it for tapping and selecting things,then you do not need any stylus that uses Bluetooth.
The Bluetooth Apple Pencil and other "smart" Bluetooth stylii are simply to be able to take abvantage of other features like pressure sensitivity, stroke velocity, special stylus control operations, etc.
If you do not need any of this stylus functionality, then any ole' cheap capactive stylus from any retail store that sells mobile electronics devices will work.
Buy what you like.
Good Luck!
Another thing
For selecting and manipulating text and bodies of text there is a trackpad feature of the iOS onboard keyboard.
iOS has an insertion point "I" beam cursor that can now controlled by invoking the iOS software keyboard and then do a two-finger single tap to turn the entire software keyboard area into a giant trackpad area.
You can place insertion "I" beam anywhere you want, then use the delete key to delete a letter and/or replace a letter in a word.
If you use two-finger double tap within the keyboard area, you can highlight words, lines of text or entire paragraphs for editing.
Getting familiar with your new iPad.
iPad User Guide for iOS 10 by Apple Inc. https://itun.es/us/Cf0Odb.l
Good Luck!
I have used 2 different soft tip styluses but the response is hit or miss. I was hoping a stylus with a narrow tip would make a difference.
Thank you,
Ed
I'll try this. I wish Apple didn't assume all Apple device users are very experienced Apple users. This is my third Apple device, but the other 2 went back. The learning curve feels like 90 degrees for a PC user.
Thank you,
Ed
I have a third party smart stylus, but I just tried my older soft tip stylus on my large screen iPad Pro and it worked fine on my iPad Pro.
If the soft tip is too big, there are other capacitive stylii that have either soft or harder tios that are smaller in diameter.
The soft tip stylus I have has a smaller diameter tip on it.
I do not know what your budget is but capactive stylii can get expensive, too!
If you are looking for something cheap, then any of these types of stylii can be found in any office/electronics stores.
If you want a capactive stylus with some additonal quality, you can find these online.
I like Adonit Stylii and here is their link to their website.
They have many quality capacitive and fine point stylii
http://www.adonit.net/
Wacom is another company that makes quality stylii
http://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/stylus
Tablet devices are not full blown computers with a full featured operating system.
Tablet computers, especially Apple iPads and all iDevices are mobile computing devices with a less powerful, mobile operating system, iOS, that works much differently from any standard computer OS.
I understand. But I do expect the iPad to work similar to my Samsung S6. The iOS seems to hide most of its features from users. The iPad may not have the capabilities of a smart phone.
Thank you and apologies for being negative.
Thank you,
Ed
My iPad Pro is a 9.7 model. It's possible it had a defective screen.
Thank you,
Ed
Most of Apple's iPad lineup do not have all of the iOS features found in Apple's flagship iPhone lineup.
The iPhone will have significant features that an iPad won't.
iPads are not smartphones, per se, but iOS has a phone version and an iPad version.
Unlike Android, which still, to this date, uses only one version of its mobile OS that is simply scaled up and stretched out for use on Android tablet devices. Android looks awful on tablet devices.
The iPad version of iOS will not have some features of iOS for iPhone and vice versa.
iPads, at this time, are lesser versions of a laptop computer.
iOS does not have or hides its file system structure.
Data is not saved in folders, but within apps, instead.
Read the iPad Users guide to get more familiar with how your iPad works.
Good Luck!
I have a problem with my fingers and my iPad Pro; but, I also had a problem when I purchased an Apple trackpad some time ago. It would rarely respond to anything but a tap, so I took it to the nearest Genius Bar and learned something: they used the trackpad and it worked like magic - then they watched me trying to do whatever and it would not respond. This had them baffled and three of them were trying to figure it out until a fourth one came up and opined that it was my skin composition coupled (possibly) with my hand lotion.
So, sometimes my iPad Pro reacts as it should and other times it does not - when it doesn't, I have a cheap stylus I use to click the "play movie" arrow (for instance) and it will respond immediately. I've come to the conclusion that the Genius was correct - something about my skin and/or lotion does not play well with the iPad.
Best non-Apple stylus - iPad Pro
