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I bought a stylus for taking notes. I tested Evernote, Classic Notes Lite, Freenote, Genial Writing and Handwrite Note. But in the end I was quite disappointed. Either the Nexus 7 touchscreen is not sensitiv enough or my stylus sucks, but all the handwriting looked a lot worse than on paper and the apps offering handwriting recognition succeded only in 50% of the times.
How are your experiences?
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I bought a stylus for taking notes. I tested Evernote, Classic Notes Lite, Freenote, Genial Writing and Handwrite Note. But in the end I was quite disappointed. Either the Nexus 7 touchscreen is not sensitiv enough or my stylus sucks, but all the handwriting looked a lot worse than on paper and the apps offering handwriting recognition succeded only in 50% of the times.
How are your experiences?
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Typically the rubber tip cheap styli suck . I remember I got a metal mesh tip stylus for my transformer, worked wonders
THIS. IS. NEXUS.
Thanks for your input. Yes the ruber tip seems too big and too clumsy in order to be accurate enough for handwriting. I hope an expensive one will solve this issue since it would be really create to take notes.
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red_12 said:
Thanks for your input. Yes the ruber tip seems too big and too clumsy in order to be accurate enough for handwriting. I hope an expensive one will solve this issue since it would be really create to take notes.
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The S pen that comes with the galaxy note would be a good choice. I may get one seems like a really good pen and it works with more than just the Note.
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The S pen that comes with the galaxy note would be a good choice. I may get one seems like a really good pen and it works with more than just the Note.
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i've tried to use that stylus on my Galaxy S3, but it doesn't work.
haven't tried to use it on my Nexus 7 tho.
as for the rubber stylus, mine ripped after a few years old, and so it doesn't work anymore.
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i've tried to use that stylus on my Galaxy S3, but it doesn't work.
haven't tried to use it on my Nexus 7 tho.
as for the rubber stylus, mine ripped after a few years old, and so it doesn't work anymore.
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That wouldn't work.works with the proprietary wacom digitizer of the note.
THIS. IS. NEXUS.
Note taking is the one thing I REALLY miss coming from a Thinkpad Tablet. The foam/rubber stylus are a piece of poop in comparison. The closest I've come is the Jot Pro Stylus or the GoSmart Stylus. They're not perfect in comparison to an active pen and tablet but they do the job a heap better than the other cheaper ones.
Those look awesome. Anyone try either of them?
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limbot said:
Note taking is the one thing I REALLY miss coming from a Thinkpad Tablet. The foam/rubber stylus are a piece of poop in comparison. The closest I've come is the Jot Pro Stylus or the GoSmart Stylus. They're not perfect in comparison to an active pen and tablet but they do the job a heap better than the other cheaper ones.
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The gosmart seems to be better reading amazon reviews. The jot seems to be less responsive according to reviews. I may just have to pick me up a go smart 200 series.
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The naked Teflon coated tip on the Gosmart feels a bit better writing on the screen than the plastic disk on the Jot and makes less of a tap, tap noise. The GoSmart feels "lighter" and smoother on the screen and more responsive.
Be warned though that I'm not brave enough to consider taking the 300 series Gosmart in my airplane carry on if I travel, it just looks and feels "dangerous"..
Jule from The Gadgeteer has tried a good selection of capacitive stylus (alebit on an iPad). Here's her reviews on the GoSmart and the Jot.
As I say they're never going to be as good as an active digitiser/pen combination though
I ordered Gosmart. Seems like the best and fairly reasonable.
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I have the jot pro.it came in the mail today. This does not work with a screen protector. It almost sticks to the screen. I tried it on Bonnies galaxy tab 2 without a screen protector and it glides better but worries me about the edge of the disk digging in. So I put it back in package and got a email. Its going back to amazon in the morning.
I will try the other mentioned above.soon android will have active stylus support and manufacturing will start making something worthy for us.
I had a note 10.1 stylus was good. But not as great as my intuous 4 wacom. Its also not quite completable with many higher end apps.
So conclusion is there is no real solutions YET BOOHOOO
I read a review that gosmart was fine with a screen protector...ill let you know when I get mine.
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I have a generic matte screen protector on mine and that may be why the Gosmart feels better. Less drag due to lower surface area without the solid plastic disc
Try the "amPen Hybrid Stylus" off of amazon. Just got mine and it works wonderfully. Its pretty economical too.
Question guys, has anybody tried a Galaxy Note S Pen?
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Question guys, has anybody tried a Galaxy Note S Pen?
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Will not work. The Galaxy Note has an Active Digitiser and the S Pen is an active pen. Same goes for the Thinkpad Tablet.
I've been waiting for reviews for this pen for a while. I don't see any third parties selling it yet either... I found one review, but it was in Japanese (which I can read) and wasn't very helpful in terms of the purpose I would be using it for. Particularly, the artwork...
I'm curious, is it really any different than the s-pen or is it just about the form factor?
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I've been waiting for reviews for this pen for a while. I don't see any third parties selling it yet either... I found one review, but it was in Japanese (which I can read) and wasn't very helpful in terms of the purpose I would be using it for. Particularly, the artwork...
I'm curious, is it really any different than the s-pen or is it just about the form factor?
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I'm curious about it too. I currently have a Samsung ET-S200EBEGSTD S-Pen with eraser which works and feels great. Will the Bamboo Stylus Feel actually feel better than the Samsung branded S-Pens? I'll wait for those reviews as well.
Looking thru and it does looks good. Any tried?
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Looking thru and it does looks good. Any tried?
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I confirmed with Wacom, it has no eraser. Made me lose all interest.
I ordered 2 on the 7th. I got them yesterday. My wife is an artist and the Samsung stylus was to thin. She really likes the feel of it. Its really light though, and it feels like rough ceramic. I cant say that it writes better than the stock one. But it is easier to use. All they had was the white version that day. I do wonder if the $80 black carbon fiber pen would have been better. It has double the weight.
I need to use it a bit more before I can review it. Mainly because I put an anti-reflective screen protector on my tablet the day before.
Best Buy now has Bamboo Stylus
Titles says it all!
Ok, I was using it this morning after doing the OTA update. I didnt like it at all. I thought it might have been this matte screen protector. Just to double check, I grabbed my wifes Bamboo stylus and used it. It worked great! Mine was slow and didnt work half the time, but hers works better than the Samsung stylus. Now I have to figure out how to return mine. Its defective.
Using my wifes, there is something I didnt like about it. The button sits flush with the body and it feels the same. So its hard to find. I use it a lot because I have it set to erase.
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Titles says it all!
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Link? I looked and couldn't find it... I found several Bamboo Stylus, but none for the Note 10.1. I do like the look of the carbon stylus on the Wacom Website.
This is where I got mine. Directly from the Wacom store.
https://www.wacom.com/store/bamboo-stylus-feel
Thanks for the link. I just ordered one. (White). I was gonna get the samsung based version, but this thickness might be perfect for. I hate how expensive they are. I wish they were half this price and then i could buy multiple pens.
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Ok, I was using it this morning after doing the OTA update. I didnt like it at all. I thought it might have been this matte screen protector. Just to double check, I grabbed my wifes Bamboo stylus and used it. It worked great! Mine was slow and didnt work half the time, but hers works better than the Samsung stylus. Now I have to figure out how to return mine. Its defective.
Using my wifes, there is something I didnt like about it. The button sits flush with the body and it feels the same. So its hard to find. I use it a lot because I have it set to erase.
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Is setting the button to erase only for the Wacom stylus or can the stock s-pen do it as well? Care to share how? Thanks
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Just to share, any Wacom Penabled (Tablet PC) stylus will work with the Note series. I have three from my Tablet PC days and they all work with my Note 10.1 and Note II. Search in Google or Amazon and you can find a large range of styles and prices.
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The app you use has to have the option. The app I use most is Lecture Notes.
[Settings/handling/one time eraser] sets it to erase once after each time the button is pressed. Very handy.
I have noticed that the built in apps like SNote and Kno lack a useful setting menu. It would be nice if they gave us more options.
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Just to share, any Wacom Penabled (Tablet PC) stylus will work with the Note series. I have three from my Tablet PC days and they all work with my Note 10.1 and Note II. Search in Google or Amazon and you can find a large range of styles and prices.
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Work? Yes. Work well? Maybe. I have one from a slate, and it's about 1/4" off when writing. Too annoying to be useful. I'm not saying yours don't work well, I'm saying that not all penabled stylus will work well.
I have a bamboo create tablet and the pen for that thing does not work on either my Samsung 7 Series or my Note 10.1. The S7S pen do work on the Note 10.1 and visa versa tho. The eraser work as well; haven't tried the eraser on Sketchbook Pro tho.
This is a new arrival on the play store and I thought I would chime in with my thoughts on it. First of performance world's pretty smooth, more smooth them I thought it would for a vector type app. It does lah a bit when zoning in our out, not so much on the zoom it self but the redraw. Second the interface, it's very close to Sketchbook pro but needs some work there is no save option witch could be confusing but it does save your work when you either go to the galley or create a new piece of work. When it comes to saving your world there is no other option other then png, and is not transparent, you cannot merge layers. It can save images up to 100+ mega pixels. There is no pen pressure sensitivity, which really blows but I have heard rumors autodesk has plans to release one for the Samsung app store. Over all I think it a pretty decent app, it need some polishing. If there is any questions you would like to ask please feel to ask
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketchbookink_gen
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This is a new arrival on the play store and I thought I would chime in with my thoughts on it. First of performance world's pretty smooth, more smooth them I thought it would for a vector type app. It does lah a bit when zoning in our out, not so much on the zoom it self but the redraw. Second the interface, it's very close to Sketchbook pro but needs some work there is no save option witch could be confusing but it does save your work when you either go to the galley or create a new piece of work. When it comes to saving your world there is no other option other then png, and is not transparent, you cannot merge layers. It can save images up to 100+ mega pixels. There is no pen pressure sensitivity, which really blows but I have heard rumors autodesk has plans to release one for the Samsung app store. Over all I think it a pretty decent app, it need some polishing. If there is any questions you would like to ask please feel to ask
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketchbookink_gen
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The autodesk website mentions a version being released via the samsung app store which supports pressure...but it isn't listed in the US store yet :-/
Well I purchased it and will give it a go. Looks good, hope pressure sensitivity comes soon.
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Wow, sorry - but this really isn't a very good app yet.
First off - no pressure sensitivity. Given that they have it in their Sketchbook Pro app, it seems weird not to include it here.
Second, while the UI is similar to the one in Sketchbook Pro, it's definitely not as polished or refined. For example, no easy way to erase lines. Of course, since pen support isn't there - you can't use the eraser end of a pen (Wacom pen-enabled pens work with the Note 10.1 and give you eraser end - which actually works on most Note pen apps).
I would STRONGLY recommend Sketchbook Pro over this. It's not much more money - but it's a lot more feature and capability.
Just to let you know It is pressure sensitive see picture.
Also in don't mind that it doesn't have an eraser, have you ever been able to rub out ink on paper?
The only thing missing for me is a water will or opacity settings.
Oh and it is available in the Samsung app store atleast the aussie one.
Wait, so is it or is it not pressure sensitive?
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Wait, so is it or is it not pressure sensitive?
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As I said above it is pressure sensitive, oh just so I'm clear I got my foot from Samsung app store just incase it makes a difference I don't see why it should though
There is only one pen for sensitivity and it's the top one, all the others haven't got it
I'm going to try to use it with sketchbook pro, as if I first do something with pro but want to add more detail to it I'll then upload my work to ink and carry on with it as ink you can zoom in more
It's really just basic at the moment
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There is only one pen for sensitivity and it's the top one, all the others haven't got it
I'm going to try to use it with sketchbook pro, as if I first do something with pro but want to add more detail to it I'll then upload my work to ink and carry on with it as ink you can zoom in more
It's really just basic at the moment
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My apologies your right It is only the top brushing
Downloaded this as soon as it came out on Samsung's app store (is there really a difference with the one released on Google Play?). But i haven't tried it out yet since i have a few projects lined-up on Sketchbook Pro.
Quick question though. Is this app raster or vector-based? It doesn't really say.
About to try it out, I got My Copy From google.
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Downloaded this as soon as it came out on Samsung's app store (is there really a difference with the one released on Google Play?). But i haven't tried it out yet since i have a few projects lined-up on Sketchbook Pro.
Quick question though. Is this app raster or vector-based? It doesn't really say.
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Before Sketchbook removed the commentary on their website , it said that the version available in the Samsung Store was vector based, hence the detailed zooming (I supposed).
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Just to let you know It is pressure sensitive see picture.
Also in don't mind that it doesn't have an eraser, have you ever been able to rub out ink on paper?
The only thing missing for me is a water will or opacity settings.
Oh and it is available in the Samsung app store atleast the aussie one.
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The one on Google Play is definitely NOT pressure sensitive.. I have a copy of it on my Note and I've actually *tried* it - so pictures or not, you're wrong.
It simulates pressure sensitive inking, but isn't actually pressure sensitive.
As for not needing an eraser - this isn't *really* paper - paper is that hard dry stuff made from pulped wood. Your tablet isn't actually made of paper. Why do you assume it should work just like 'real' paper?
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There is only one pen for sensitivity and it's the top one, all the others haven't got it
I'm going to try to use it with sketchbook pro, as if I first do something with pro but want to add more detail to it I'll then upload my work to ink and carry on with it as ink you can zoom in more
It's really just basic at the moment
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Are you sure it's pressure sensitive? I'm trying the top pen right now and it's just giving me a static width line no matter how hard or lightly I press. Same as pen two. The other ones simulate pressure, but don't actually respond to pen pressure at all.
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The one on Google Play is definitely NOT pressure sensitive.. I have a copy of it on my Note and I've actually *tried* it - so pictures or not, you're wrong.
It simulates pressure sensitive inking, but isn't actually pressure sensitive.
As for not needing an eraser - this isn't *really* paper - paper is that hard dry stuff made from pulped wood. Your tablet isn't actually made of paper. Why do you assume it should work just like 'real' paper?
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Are you sure it's pressure sensitive? I'm trying the top pen right now and it's just giving me a static width line no matter how hard or lightly I press. Same as pen two. The other ones simulate pressure, but don't actually respond to pen pressure at all.
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Yeah I notice it's not actually paper Thanks for pointing that out. :good:it is however an ink on paper simulation so for me personally I don't mind the app not having an eraser that is all.
As for pressure sensitivity I'm sorry but if you pay attention to the picture I posted earlier in this thread it shows that the top brush atleast is pressure sensitive not all brushes just the top one. I also did mention I bought it from Samsung apps not Google play so I can't answer for the Google play version.
This is a screenshot from the samsung apps version and has the pressure sensitive top brush which is seperate from the rest of the brushes.
I'm thinking if this one is different than the one from google play store then does that mean the sketchbook pro for note featured in samsung apps is also different from the google play one?
If so then it is wrong to charge again for something I already have bought
I've also noticed that on my 10.1 it's this is called galaxy note ink
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There are 2 versions of Sketchbook Ink. The one in the Play Store is not pressure sensitive. It seems Autodesk released a Note specific version to the Samsung app store. The problem for US buyers is only free apps are available from the Samsung app store currently and Sketchbook Ink for Galaxy Note is a paid app. Autodesk is aware of the issue and working on some resolution.
I emailed them saying that people who bought the android versions should get free upgrades to the note versions, it really isn't right otherwise.
There are also two versions of sketchbook pro for note 10.1
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I emailed them saying that people who bought the android versions should get free upgrades to the note versions, it really isn't right otherwise.
There are also two versions of sketchbook pro for note 10.1
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Just wondering did you hear back from autodesk?
Autodesk hasn't updated the support thread. I'm from the US and was able to download the app by setting the Samsung Apps country to Australia. It worked and I paid without issue.
In all honesty, sketchbook ink for note only has 1 pressure sensitive tool. The rest of the tools don't use pressure. So you really don't gain much with this version.
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Autodesk hasn't updated the support thread. I'm from the US and was able to download the app by setting the Samsung Apps country to Australia. It worked and I paid without issue.
In all honesty, sketchbook ink for note only has 1 pressure sensitive tool. The rest of the tools don't use pressure. So you really don't gain much with this version.
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Some pressure is better then no pressure
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What's the best stylus for drawing on the nexus 4?
I don't like the squidgy tip ones as they seem to be fairly bad and not very precise or responsive so I want something that's good
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I don't think you are going to be very happy with any stylus on the Nexus 4. It has much less touch sensitivity then a typical tablet, something I prefer with a phone, but styluses take a lot of pressure with it and are not very comfortable to use.
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I don't think you are going to be very happy with any stylus on the Nexus 4. It has much less touch sensitivity then a typical tablet, something I prefer with a phone, but styluses take a lot of pressure with it and are not very comfortable to use.
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I couldn't agree more.
Invest in a Galaxy Note tablet if you want to use a stylus for drawing.
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Yup thats the only kind of stylus you get for a phone with usual capacitive screen
So I need a tablet to, shame u can't plug in a wacom tablet into the phone lol
Is there no good capacitive styluses then?
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I see there are third party S-pens on eBay for like 2-3$. Will these work like the stock S-pen, or are they just crap?
I haven't used any of them but I doubt they're usefulness. The S-pen is a nice piece of engineering and since it is made to be recognised by Wacom sensor you get the point.
Of course you can always buy one and let us know. Good luck
Look for wacom compatible pens. https://store.wacom.com/us/accessories/pens/
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Wacom seem more expensive than Samsung original? Kind of defeats the purpose.
That depends on your expectations. If you need cheap pen from eBay it will only work in capacitive mode (same like touching screen with finger). If you need high accuracy, pressure sensing and full size pen then price go much higher.
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I see. I guess I'll just get a Samsung OEM pen if I find a good deal down the road.
bought some for my note 2 long time ago , they looks and feels like real oem s-pen , but they dont function as s-pen
button doesnt work.
dont waste your money and time with it.
Thanks mate.