Apple Pencil vs Metapen Pencil A8

December 13, 2025 | Comment

I’ve recently bought a new iPad A16 to use for watching films, reading magazines and for help with my family history research. My existing iPad, an M1 iPad Mini, has served me well and I will continue to use it as a Kindle but I wanted something with a larger screen.

When I bought the iPad Mini I also bought an Apple Pencil to go with it which I used along with the Goodnotes app to jot notes for both professional and home use cases. It wasn’t something that I used often but was useful occasionally. I decided that … Read the rest

Bringing Handwriting to the 21st Century

April 12, 2016 | Comment

Over the years I have had all manner of tablets and writing devices but I have never come across one that did the trick for me. Most styluses either have a big fat end which is fine for replicating your finger but no good for emulating handwriting. Or there are the more “active” styluses that only work with certain apps, or have calibration issues, or have terrible palm rejection. In most cases they suffered from all three issues.

And then along came the Apple Pencil…

I have to admit that I was pretty skeptical about how accurate the Pencil … Read the rest