It also stands out with its built in stylus and
apps supporting pen input.
The new Sticky Notes
app supports pen input and offers reminders and other «insights», thanks to Cortana.
Not exact matches
You do however remain a bit locked into their ecosystem if you want many drawing
apps with good active
pen support.
Think of it of a Nexus 10 that gets S -
pen support, and all the S -
pen enabled
apps — although without stock Android, and probably fewer updates as well.
Not only does the S
Pen provide excellent
pen - input
support, but the Galaxy Note 8.0 itself also comes with a handy host of
pen - enabled
apps, as well as multitasking features unavailable on most other Android tablets.
At this point, I'm not sure that it would work for all
apps, but I believe that it should work with most pre-loaded
apps, and
apps that are
supporting the Samsung
pen SDK.
The keyboard is backlit and features a glass - covered precision touchpad with
support for touch gestures, while the
pen is a 22 grams 1024 pressure levels sensitive active digitizer with clip - on and buttons that can be used as mouse buttons, eraser, highlighter, or
app activation buttons.
Fortunately, the
pen can work just like your finger to tap the keyboard and icons, so you can use it even on
apps that don't explicitly
support it.
Not all drawing
apps support the Yoga Book's
pen properly, but Autodesk Sketchbook and Bamboo Paper do, for instance.
The HTC EVO View 4G and Flyer both
support pen input, but it's limited to their notes
apps.
Users will be able to navigate the device with the
pen as a cursor and the on - board note - taking
app, Notes Mobile, will
support handwriting recognition, two features not found on the other Android
pen tablets, the EVO View 4G and HTC Flyer.
It's still not as good as using
pen and paper, and we really wish you could use it more effectively outside of Samsung's stylus - friendly
apps, but you won't find better stylus
support on any other tablet.
While the HTC Flyer has a capacitive touchscreen display and responds to fingertip input, the tablet also
supports pen input with the included stylus and features special software called HTC Scribe which lets you draw notes in many
apps, or use stylus gestures for navigation.
It's still not as good as using
pen and paper, and we really wish you could use it more effectively outside of Samsung's stylus - friendly
apps, but you won't find better stylus
support on any other tablet.
A great selection of Android drawing and writing
apps have been updated to work with Chrome's
pen support and the experience is actually quite good.
Currently, the Ink Workspace lists the recent
apps you've been using with the
pen, and there is a list surfacing
apps you can download from the Store that includes
pen support.
Microsoft is now investing fully in both, but it hopes developers will take advantage of universal
apps for the better touch,
pen, and modern capabilities like head - mounted display
support.
Press a button on your
pen — if your
pen has a button — and you'll see a list of
apps that
support ink input so you can quickly start writing or drawing without fumbling through desktop windows.
Like the other
apps in this roundup, GoodNotes
supports writing and drawing with the Apple Pencil — along with a number of third - party stylus options — using two different digital writing tools: a digital fountain or ball
pen in a preset or custom color spectrum.
The Apple Pencil fixes this problem by including
support at the OS level, meaning it should be much easier for developers to add
pen support into their
apps.
The clips range from a general look at Windows 10 and its universal
apps platform, to more specific subjects such as migrating current Windows 8.1
apps to Windows 10, how to include
support for the built - in Maps
app, and how
apps can be creature to capture
pen and ink output.
Note: scrolling with
pen is currently only
supported for UWP
apps, however we're working on adding it for Win32 as well (like File Explorer).
While we still don't know much about the device, we do know it'll feature
pen support, run Windows Store
apps, and have a dedicated journal
app for note taking and more.
The
pen support within
apps is required to get the maximum benefit from this feature.
Microsoft's video demonstration of the new design scheme offers a very brief glimpse of a number of its desktop
apps reimagined with Fluent Design, including the Windows 10 home screen, Mail client, calendar, clock, and
pen support for Bing.