Better than passive stylus versions

I bought the Bamboo Fineline Stylus (in orange), because he promises to write as good as a real pen on the iPad. This feature was missing for a long time on the iPad - had already tried, so to buy a Samsung touch. The hope, therefore, that I know the Bamboo Fineline Stylus saves this purchase.

From design and a processing perspective, the pen leaves little to be desired. Especially the pin shape is a matter of taste and therefore not generally be assessed. Only the labels applied, the information on the CE, waste and other regulations and certificates is distracting and would in my opinion be better placed on a package insert. (Perhaps this is but a legal requirement so.) But it can be removed.

The use is intuitive at first. The pen can be used immediately with the iPad (retina have the version). However, when such use occurs immediately the weak point of the pen dramatically in appearance: The positioning accuracy. It is then that very bad - the pin painted several millimeters (3 or 4) adjacent to the point where it meets the iPad.

Thank God can this phenomenon but this fight that one with matching Apps "paired", so couples the pin. The so far I could only test with the Wacom-own "Bamboo Paper app" that I previously took for some time. One procedure is followed:
Once you have placed in pairing mode the stylus by pressing the button (2 seconds) (built-in LED flashes blue), you start the Bamboo app and opens in a book with a character page. There one uses the pairing icon at the top of the drawing area and click, if necessary turn on the pairing icon (if the battery status is displayed). On the then appearing round gray area is pressed with the stylus until the coupling has been confirmed.

Now the stylus is coupled and increases the character accuracy significantly. It is now, however, still depends on the attitude of the pin. The best is the accuracy when the pen is held at about 45 ° inclination to the canvas.
I have tried to influence the optimal degree of inclination, as I have typed in the coupling with the pin in a different angle of inclination on the coupling surface, but that did not change. It seems as if the pin has no Calibration possibility. Possibly can the still through improved firmware upgrade (Wacom, you read with? :) here).

The pressure sensitivity of the pen is in the Bamboo Paper app, depending on the drawing tool used very different but well understood.

The other currently existing disadvantage of the pin at the present time: I was next to the Bamboo Paper app find any other app that supports the stylus. Apps that support other Wacom Stylus versions do not work with the Bamboo Fineline. You have to wait so until the promised integration of the pen has taken place in the Apps, the Wacom announce on its website. I hope that in addition to the note apps mentioned there also signs Apps implement the integration as soon as I expect a significant improvement right here.

The palm rest recognition within the Bamboo Paper app works quite well, but only if you turn off the multitask operation in iOS, so the ability to switch with 4 or 5 fingers by wiping the app.

Conclusion:
The pen is the best handwriting input option I've found so far. No 100% donor set (also wg. The angular dependence of positioning), but still very usable, especially for notes. It is desirable and is to be hoped that more apps support this pin, because without app support is the positioning accuracy to be able to work well poorly order. Because of the necessary but missing app support is currently only 4 stars.

Supplement 09.12.14:
Meanwhile I respect. Of App support has become a little smarter. Clearly, for the Bamboo Fineline more App support only for some note Apps planned. The support for other character apps like Autodesk SketchBook Pro or ProCreate is scheduled to Wacom's web site for the Intuos Creative Stylus 2. Apparently, the Bamboo Stylus is not for Fineline Painting / Drawing Apps thought! To me that's very sobering. What is this restriction? Technically, the two devices only minimally (1024/2048 pressure values ​​1/2 buttons), so this could be abghandelt by the driver software and would be settled by a single app-integration software differ.
Or should that actually be prompted by Wacom, to paint me a second pin to buy? Absurd. I very much hope that the painting / mark-app developers go beyond the planned integrations addition, that the Bamboo Stylus Fineline also integrate Wacom supports this project and does not slow down here. Otherwise Wacom makes implausible - for me would it look like pure wonâ.

Supplement 09.20.14:
Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with the Wacom support and the product manager - yes, I had the Contact offer is accepted in the comments. The most important thing for me result of the conversation was that the app integration will work in parallel to both the Bamboo Stylus Fineline and for the Intuos Creative Stylus 2. My fears from 9/12/14 seem therefore not to be true. When the then folds (eg integration in SketchBook Pro is the next few days will be available), there are also of my 5 points.

Supplement November 2014:
Meanwhile, an Autodesk SketchBook app is available that provides an integration of this stylus. Unfortunately, the fine tip of the stylus reveals any sign of trouble app on mercilessly, see comment on this below.
From my present perspective a good stylus for precise times and rapid notes is not enough alone. The app, which is operated with the stylus, has here a say a word belonging, at least as the integration is realized today:
- The palm rest recognition is apparently cause the app and work in many apps more than inadequate. Here apparently cooks each app its own thing with its own Intelligenzu and uses apparently not the possibilities of the individual pins (eg. Pressure detection), which one can clearly detect whether the pen touches the tablet or not. Based on the time allocation of newly detected contact point on the iPad and the pressure detection on the stylus would Stylusaufsetzpunkt quite clearly be determined, I think.
- The speed with which follow the Apps of gesture is different, sometimes quite slow, sometimes deliberately delayed in order to smooth the solid lines subsequently have to round /. That's on the one hand for precise drawing hindrance to other even more a problem at a brisk note-taking. What a pen brings problems to paper, which I tested touch apps can not be transferred fast enough on the iPad and there is a right Doodle. Since here the Bamboo Paper app makes no real exception, I'm not sure if this the stylus itself also plays a role (sampling, etc.).
Since I can not assign one hundred percent the cause for these problems (app or Stylus), I want to keep my rating at 4 points. For me, the goal is to draw precisely, accessible with this stylus just not 100%, even if it is not possibly the stylus itself.