The new Lenovo Active Pen for Miix 700 and Yoga 900s lists for the same price as the Thinkpad Pen Pro but includes three replacement tips and an extractor ring
Nothing about tablet PC pens is simple, but when it comes to Lenovo it seems like the manufacturer goes out of its way to confuse consumers.
Microsoft yesterday released a series of fixes to its Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book Touch and Pen drivers that appear to have resolved a long-standing problem with pen stroke tapering and smoothing.
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UPDATE 7/7/16: Since its release last week, Serif has posted two updates to the public beta. Version 1.5.0.5, which addresses a long list of bugs, was released this morning...
Chinese manufacturer Cube has released the low cost Cube i7 Book, a Skylake-powered refresh of the popular Cube i7 Stylus. (And don't let the unfortunate name fool you: the Book, like the Stylus are powered by Core M processors, not Core i7s).
Ryan and Miles Harris (center and right) demonstrated Sketchable at Build 2016
If you're a regular reader of this site, you'll know that I'm a fan of Silicon Benders' Sketchable, one of the few Windows Store apps that properly shows off the power of the Surface Pro and Windows pen computing.
An all new version of Autodesk SketchBook designed specifically for Windows 10 tablets. SKetchBook for Tablets features optimized multi-touch gestures, 100K canvas sizes, streamlined UI elements, and a host of sKetchBook tools that our users know and love. Download SketchBook for Tablets now on the Windows store http://autode.sk/win10sb
An all new version of Autodesk SketchBook designed specifically for Windows 10 tablets. SketchBook for Tablets features optimized multi-touch gestures, 100K canvas sizes, streamlined UI elements, and a host of SketchBook tools that our users know and love.
Taking aim at inefficiencies that slow down the creation process, Adobe today launched major updates to its flagship Creative Cloud tools and services.
Leonardo creator Henning Tegen says his experience with a Surface Pro 3 led him to reorient the software towards users of Windows tablets.
One of my favorite perks of running this site is encountering dedicated and creative developers like Henning Tegen. I hadn't come across his paint application Leonardo until last week but I was immediately impressed by its clean design and smooth operation.
Six months after it was first announced, the first "universal" Active ES pen is available in the US from Wacom
When Wacom announced its Bamboo Smart stylus "for select tablets and 2-in-1 convertible devices" at CES back in January, it was big news. Until that point, only a handful of OEMs' Active ES pens had hit the market and they seemed to be incompatible with one another.
