Adonit’s new stylus attaches to your iPad for charging just like the Apple Pencil… and it costs just $45

The perfect Apple Pencil competitor doesn’t exi… oh wait.

Although third-party styluses almost always end up being trashy substitutes to the Apple Pencil, Adonit seems to have brought out the big guns with the Neo Pro – a stylus that looks and functions as closely to the Apple Pencil as humanely possible. It glides across your iPad’s surface with the kind of precision and grace you’d expect from Apple’s own hardware, and even snaps to the side of your iPad to charge magnetically and wirelessly. The only two caveats seem to be the fact that the Neo Pro doesn’t come with pressure sensitivity, and doesn’t have the tapping feature like the Apple Pencil that allows you to alternate between brush types by double tapping the side of the stylus. For the lack of those two seemingly niche features, the Adonit Neo Pro does make for a rather compelling purchase considering its $45 price tag is more than 64% cheaper than Apple’s own $125 Pencil.

Designer: Adonit

The Neo Pro is just one of Adonit’s many styluses in the Neo series. While the others all magnetically snap onto the iPad and offer a variety of features from palm rejection to the ability to replace nibs to even one with shortcut buttons, the Neo Pro is the only stylus that charges wirelessly off the iPad. It also comes with native palm rejection, replaceable nibs, and even boasts tilt sensitivity – a feature that was only reserved for the Apple Pencil and Logitech’s Crayon stylus.

At the $45 price point, the Adonit Neo Pro is WELL worth its price, and even undercuts the $69 Logitech Crayon. It comes in matte silver and matte grey finishes, has a light on one end that lets you know whether your stylus is connected and functional (the stylus works in conjunction with the iPad via Bluetooth), and even has a battery widget that appears on the iPad screen to let you know the Neo Pro’s battery status, although given that it perpetually sits on the side of your iPad, there’s no reason it wouldn’t be at 100%. The Neo Pro is compatible with the 4th and 5th gen iPad Airs, the 6th gen iPad Mini, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gen iPad Pro 11-inch, and the 3rd, 5th, and 6th gen iPad Pro 12.9-inch, although it’s limited to just those models. If you’re looking for something much more universal that works with other devices too, the rest of the Neo variants are universally compatible with capacitive displays.

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Get Creative with Adonit Adobe Ink & Slide

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iPads already pack enough computing power to run Adobe’s Illustrator Draw and Photoshop Sketch without any problems, but to use the apps to the fullest, you need a couple of creative tools such as the Adobe Ink & Slide.

First announced back in 2013 as projects Mighty and Napoleon, the Adobe Ink & Slide could be regarded as a premium stylus and ruler, but in fact their functionality goes way beyond that. Fit for both budding artists and professionals, the two tools can easily turn an iPad into a digital canvas. In all fairness, drawing on a tablet without at least a basic stylus typically leads to inaccurate shapes where precise lines should be. Adobe Ink and Slide, which are now available in our store, Walyou Deals, can improve the way you sketch on the iPad.

You don’t have to give up on sketching while traveling or commuting, especially if you own an iPad. Pack the Ink stylus with you, to draw smoothly and seamlessly, and the Slide ruler to create lines and curves with impressive accuracy. The combo enables you to draw any shape you want, from straight lines and circles to French curves.

The LED light of the stylus will help you notice whether the Ink is on and connected to an iPad. Setting both of these devices up is really easy, and the entire setup process will take very little of your time. The two gadgets aren’t only highly functional, but they are also very durable, as they are both encased in aluminum, and their bodies feel very sleek. If you’re curious about the dimensions, Ink measures 5.6? × 0.5? × 0.5? and weighs 0.04 pounds, while Slide is 3.9? × 0.9? × 0.4?, at about the same weight.

If you’re concerned about compatibility, then you should learn that the Ink and Slide connect over Bluetooth 4.0 to iPad 4 or newer, all models of iPad Mini, including Retina, and the first generation iPad Air. If you decide to use Ink and Slide with non-iPad devices and non-Adobe software, you’ll only have access to stylus functionality.

Adobe Illustrator Draw and Adobe Photoshop Sketch, the two apps that the Ink and Slide were designed for, can be downloaded for free from the iTunes Store. On top of that, you can use these two items with a Creative Cloud membership. There is a free option for this, too, so you don’t have to worry about spending any additional money besides what you’re paying for the accessories.

Adobe Ink & Slide are available as a set on Walyou Deals, where you can save 85% off the retail price. In other words, you will only pay $29.99 instead of $200, but for that you’ll have to hurry, as the offer expires in 6 days. All sales are final, and shipping is free to continental US addresses. Deliveries are expected to take place between February 12 and 15.

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The Pixelpoint Pleasure

Creative people who love sketching can rejoice as Adonit bring us a brand new stylus: the Jot Touch with Pixelpoint. It is essentially a new stylus that combines a discless fine point tip with features like pressure sensitivity and shortcut buttons. Recommended for digital artists, the biggest advantage is its fine point tip.

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As we all know Adonit recently partnered with Adobe, so this stylus is also the first third-party stylus that’s Creative Cloud connected. This is quite a feather in their cap and an industry first too.

  • Basically you will be able to access your files saved on your Creative Cloud, copy and paste between devices and take advantage of Adobe’s color palette utility, Kuler.
  • The Pixelpoint technology has allowed Adonit to create an incredibly precise, uncommonly small fine point tip.
  • When paired with a Jot-Ready App on any Bluetooth 4 iOS device, the Jot Touch with Pixelpoint offers pressure sensitivity and shortcut buttons that put key features within easy reach.

Designer: Adonit [ Buy it Here ]

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Freedom To Draw, To Create, To Rest My Hand On The iPad

We are well aware that Adonit is set on making tools that help creative people stay creative, even on the go. With our increased dependency on tablets like the iPad and innovative apps, drawing and sketching on using technology is a natural extension of who we are now. The latest Jot 4 Stylus overcomes many of the obstacles that were posed earlier, thanks to innovative solutions like Palm Rejection.

With the goal to remove barriers that limit thought and creation, Adonit strives to make drawing on the iPad, as natural as possible. One of the problems that most users faced was the inability of the iPad to allow the resting of the palm on the screen while drawing. This is mainly because the iPad is designed to be used by stubby fingers and not precise tools like the Adonit Jot. To overcome this hurdle and make sketching as intuitive as possible, Palm Rejection has been introduced. What this means is that the Jot Touch 4 lets you rest your hand on the screen as you work. The only thing that will make a line is your stylus. It’s time to draw like you’re used to.

In fact the Jot 4 is the first stylus to get 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity on the iPad. With Bluetooth 4.0, this new Jot Touch helps delivers the best looking and most natural lines. The fine tip gives you accuracy that rubber nibs can’t and the precision disc lets you see exactly where your mark is being made. If you ask my honest opinion, then the Jot is the most precise stylus I have used thus far. The the ballpoint precision and quality is something that Adonit Jot Styluses are known for!

Here is a list of Jot Touch compatible apps that keeps growing even as we speak! One last thing… when paired with Bluetooth 4 devices, the new Jot Touch gets up to 1 month of battery life on a single charge!

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Adonit – Create, Empower and Excel With The Perfect Tools!

The uncanny thing about the perfect gift is that the receiver will never want to part with it. So be honest, this holiday season do you want to shop for gifts that people may end up returning or exchanging? Or do you want to get the Perfect Gift!

Adonit is perfect. They have creative solutions for an iPad friendly person. If you know someone who owns a touchscreen smartphone or a tablet; then Adonit has you covered.

As a special gesture to empower our lovely Yanko Design readers, Adonit is offering a 10% off on its range of products. This offer runs from 12th Dec 2012 to 14th Dec 2012. Redeem with the promo code: EGGNOG

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Friday Giveaway: 2 Adonit Jot Touch Pressure Sensitive Styli

The role of the tablet has transformed from being just a reading device to one that allows you to use it creatively. Many a designers now rely on the iPad to do random sketches, pursue inspiration and follow their thoughts. To compliment their intuitiveness we have Adonit striving hard to empower them with the right tools. This Friday stand a chance to win two Adonit Jot Touch Pressure Sensitive Styli.

To Win Adonit the Jot Touch Answer This Question:

  • How will pressure sensitivity help you on the iPad?

Contest Rules:

  • 2 Winners will be announced
  • Contest Closes 16th September – midnight PST
  • Contest Open Worldwide
  • Standard Contest Rules Apply
  • Only One Entry Per Person

More about the Jot Touch:

Jot Touch has the distinction of being the first pressure sensitive stylus for the iPad. Adonit’s goal was to give artists more than the expected precision from a Jot stylus, but also the freedom to create everywhere with powerful tools. Using Bluetooth, Jot Touch also provides the user with shortcut buttons for quick changes such as “undo” or brush switching. Partnered with Jot Ready Apps, Jot Touch is the most powerful iPad stylus around.

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