Pogo Connect

The Pogo Connect is one of several pressure sensitive stylus. These devices are more precise than your finger and transmit, via bluetooth, the pressure you apply to the iPad with the stylus. Not all apps support this feature, though most graphics programs do. The ability to use pressure while drawing adds a third dimension to controling the iPad.

Pogo Connect - pressure sensitive stylus

The Pogo Connect is produced by Ten One Designs and costs around $80. It’s easy to use and setup and there are many programs that support this stylus. My favorite one is Paper by Fifty Three (what is it with this numeric names for companies?). Paper is both elegant and simple. I'm using the combination of the Pogo Conned, Paper and an iPad to learn how to draw.

Different brush tips

SInce I purchased the Pogo Connect, Ten One design has added four more "brush" tips for the Connect. I haven’t purchased any of the other tips, so I can’t comment on their usefulness. But I look forward to trying them out once I gain a little more skill at drawing.

Here is a review of the Pogo Connect by a digital artist. Not sure why she complains about the single AAA battery the device uses. I seems you could get 30 to 40 hours of continual usage and the Pogo Connect is very good at going to sleep when not in use.

My opinion is that anyone looking to draw on an iPad on a regular basis, should own a pressure sensitive stylus and that the Pogo Connect seems to be a good one.

 

Mr. iPad @ SU - looking to learn and teach!