Gallery: Meet Pencil: The Best iPad Stylus Yet, From the Makers of 'Paper'
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Paper is the first piece of hardware from FiftyThree, makers of the beloved iPad sketching app paper. *Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WIRED*
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It's available in walnut and aluminum. *Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WIRED*
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Most iPad styluses are passive, meaning they use a simple conductive tip to trick your iPad into thinking they're a finger. *Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WIRED*
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Pencil's an active stylus. Both tip and eraser are essentially highly-sensitive buttons--Bluetooth tells your iPad when either end is being depressed. *Image: FiftyThree*
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Pairing Pencil with your iPad requires nothing more than tapping the stylus's tip on screen--the company calls it "Kiss to Pair." *Image: FiftyThree*
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Some clever magnets in the wood version let you tote Pencil on your iPad's magnetic hinge. *Image: FiftyThree*
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The battery is in the back, so the stylus doesn't feel top-heavy. *Image: FiftyThree*
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The wood version is $60, the aluminum $50. Both versions unlock all of Paper's in-app tools. *Image: FiftyThree*
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The Jobs era, co-founder Georg Petschnigg says, was about teaching us to touch. “Now we’re at a point where we’re maturing past that. It’s not just about touch. It’s about touch and tools coming together.” *Image: FiftyThree*
