Pogo Connect – Pressure Sensitive Bluetooth Stylus
iPads have a touch-graphical interface and many collaborative programs are a shared whiteboard. These facts point to drawing becoming an important way to use an iPad to communicate.
When it comes to drawing on an iPad, a stylus is much better than your finger. A stylus is more precise, helps preserve the oil resistant coating on your iPad and keeps you from getting your iPad’s screen greasy.
All real-life drawing tools respond to pressure, so a pressure sensitive stylus comes even closer to a lifelike drawing experience. The Pogo Connect along with compatible software does a good job of simulating a real world drawing experience.
Not all programs can make use of this extra information, but more and more do. However, there isn’t a standard for supporting pressure sensitive stylus. So… this means you need to consider the software and the stylus together. Do you pick the stylus first and see what software it supports or do you pick the software and look for a stylus?
The Pogo Connect has it’s quirks. It’s not perfectly reliable, however, the few times it’s gotten funky have been resolved by turning the bluetooth off and on at the iPad. Also my first Pogo Connect had a hardware failure when the magnet inside the stylus broke. To Ten One’s credit they replaced it, no questions asked and I had a new one, with improved firmware, in two days.
The Pogo Connect costs $80 and different tips cost $10 each.
For me, the Pogo Connect has been a worthwhile investment in learning to drawing on the iPad.
When it comes to drawing on an iPad, a stylus is much better than your finger. A stylus is more precise, helps preserve the oil resistant coating on your iPad and keeps you from getting your iPad’s screen greasy.
All real-life drawing tools respond to pressure, so a pressure sensitive stylus comes even closer to a lifelike drawing experience. The Pogo Connect along with compatible software does a good job of simulating a real world drawing experience.
Not all programs can make use of this extra information, but more and more do. However, there isn’t a standard for supporting pressure sensitive stylus. So… this means you need to consider the software and the stylus together. Do you pick the stylus first and see what software it supports or do you pick the software and look for a stylus?
The Pogo Connect has it’s quirks. It’s not perfectly reliable, however, the few times it’s gotten funky have been resolved by turning the bluetooth off and on at the iPad. Also my first Pogo Connect had a hardware failure when the magnet inside the stylus broke. To Ten One’s credit they replaced it, no questions asked and I had a new one, with improved firmware, in two days.
The Pogo Connect costs $80 and different tips cost $10 each.
For me, the Pogo Connect has been a worthwhile investment in learning to drawing on the iPad.
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