Comments on: Inking iPad App Penultimate Gets Palm Rejection

By: fentohudds

fentohudds — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:21:46 +0000

I use this software with the dagi pen (or the cheaper HTC rip off). It works really well. I have a Pogo pen but it is useless. It is very hit or miss if it picks up and the large tip makes it feel like writing with a piece of chalk. Give the dagi style stylus a go.
I just want this wrist ignore technology on Sketchbook pro now.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sun, 30 May 2010 13:40:53 +0000

Pretty nifty app – would be great if they incorporated character recognition so you could turn all those hand written notes into text.

By: Roypierce

Roypierce — Sun, 23 May 2010 08:28:23 +0000

For note taking like we are used to do with pen and paper, this application is the best right now on the iPad.
But if the following points are also important to you, you can try Fastfinga. With Fastfinga it is possible to: use different pen colors; different pen styles; insert new lines; insert new words; cut, copy and paste words; and more. Another advantage is the fact that a page can contain more text. This is because the text is written on te bottom of the screen. After a push of a button, or automatically if a time interval is set, te written text is transferred (smaller) in te real text page. Also the words wrap automatically when the right side of the page is reached. Later, when the ‘real’ page is filled with words, the actions stated above can be performed on the text. The drawback can be that the writing is less natural because you only write at the bottom of the screen, but I think it is a very useful application.

Further, after using a pogo stylus and a dagi stylus, I prefer the pogo. The disadvantage of the dagi is that it should be kept in a specific position to write well with it. Also it makes a ticking sound on the screen when you write. With the pogo it feels like I have more writing control like a real pen.

By: Jeff Programmer

Jeff Programmer — Sun, 23 May 2010 06:39:07 +0000

There is a pogo stylus that works well on the iPad. As another poster indicated, go to the pogo Website and read up. As for Penultimate, I am pretty impressed with their latest upgrade. It is the most impressive handwriting note taking tool available on the iPad and it is quite good. It proves that a number of folks who claimed that a capacitative screen cannot deliver effective note taking were wrong again. Don’t listen to folks who say what cannot be done; many of them do not understand software design, but claim to do. As long as demand is strong, Penultimate or some other program will eventually offer an impressive handwriting note taking program for the iPad. The hardware is not a limitation.

By: HG

HG — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:08:19 +0000

Yes SmartNote does inking and with latest update it has a palm rejection, but doesn’t work like Penultimate does. You have select a area for the palm rejection and doesn’t work smooth. Also the inking is not as nice as Penultimate. Yes it does have more features but I always use Penultimate for note taking. And now with the latest update I will be using it even more.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sun, 23 May 2010 04:28:26 +0000

I couldn’t see that smartNote even does inking at all. Are you sure about that?

By: ppdagi

ppdagi — Sun, 23 May 2010 02:25:53 +0000

dagi stylus
pogo stylus

By: Navarre

Navarre — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:57:42 +0000

I believe smartNote has palm rejection as well. It has a lot more features than Penultimate as far as I can tell. I still don’t plan on replacing my Fujitsu tablet as OneNote and pressure sensitivity are great. The two extra hours of battery life aren’t worth it (I usually get 6-8 hours on my Stylistic 5011).

By: Bryan Leonard

Bryan Leonard — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:22:30 +0000

Yes…I actually tried writing both left handed and right handed. Right handed I had no trouble (other than the normal issue of not being right handed). As a lefty…I also tend to write a little more “upside down” (watch President Obama write for an understanding of that) and it just really wouldn’t work at all. Although writing more “normally” lefthanded caused the same problem. From a programming point of view it is probably harder to remove previous scribbles AND the wrist pressure than just wrist pressure and a blank area.

By: Fernando

Fernando — Sat, 22 May 2010 23:00:35 +0000

This update works really well. Penultimate is coming close to being a killer inking app. It needs inks of different colors and thickness, the ability to select/cut/paste ink, maybe some HWR. Good job so far. I am glad I got it.