I have been trying to find a stylus to use with my iPad. I have tried a few, and they have been generally disappointing. I like to use my iPad to draw pictures and it’s hard to do with my fingers. But styluses are generally not very accurate.
I’ve been recommended the Wacom Bamboo stylus from a couple of people. So I thought I’d get one and try it out. And I must say its probably my favorite stylus available for the iPad. The balance and weighting on it is very good. It feels like you are using a real pen. Additionally, the nib on it is probably about 20% smaller than most other styluses so it feels more accurate.
I tried it out on my two favorite drawing/writing applications; Adobe Ideas and Penultimate. It works great in both applications. Adobe ideas is great because of the vector art it creates in the app, and the bamboo pen feels much more accurate and detailed compared to other styluses. And Penultimate still has that slight lag when you write in the app, but you feel like you have more control over your writing.
I also tried the native Bamboo app that the stylus comes with, and it’s excellent. Somewhat lacking in features, but the actual writing ability and the performance of the ink coming off the pen is probably the best of all the apps. It feels the most natural and the thickness of the ink based on the speed of the pen on the iPad is a nice touch.
This would be my choice of stylus if you are looking for a stylus to use with your iPad. It’s the closest thing you are going to get to a real pen and paper experience. Finally I have to call out to Steve Jobs that unfortunately, there are times that you really need a stylus….