After 8 years of Android folding screens being on the market, Apple has finally released their folding screen iPhone Duo. Of course, Apple’s reality distortion field is going to earn Apple a lot more press and hype than random Android phone makers, and that much is certainly true. Unfortunately, the iPhone Duo release has revealed many problems with the iPhone Duo’s design and quality control. Scrolling through any social media platform right now will show …
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For the past 10 years or so I’ve mostly been using pen displays for graphics and retouching work… well, actually I like to use pen displays for everything. The Wacom Mobile Studio Pro was one of my favorite pen display tablet PCs, while working at a desktop I used the Wacom Cintiq a lot as well. However, back in the 1990’s those kinds of things didn’t exist, so I started with the cheapest 4×5 Wacom …
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Most smartphones these days have an array of camera lenses and sensors on the back of the phone. It’s rare to see just one camera since we love having the flexibility of multiple focal lengths. However, there’s a lot of diversity in the layout of those camera lenses and sensors. Some companies put them all in a raised rectangular hump like the iPhones do. Some have each lens raised up individually like the Samsung Galaxy …
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In my experience, printers have always been the most annoying tech product to deal with. The moving parts, managing the ink levels, loading paper, connecting computers, installing software drivers, getting the settings right. It’s always been a complicated affair. Does the HP Envy 6500 series make things easier? Maybe a little. Read on to see how the HP Envy 6500 series printer holds up. What’s in the Box The packaging includes the printer, quick start …
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I’ve been using Wacom tablets for computer graphics since I could afford the cheapest one they made in 1997 as a broke college student. Since then, I’ve used many graphics tablets, tablet PCs, and pen tablet displays. Wacom is still the industry standard, and still my favorite, and now I’ve been able to test their latest innovative pen display; the Wacom Movink. This one is a significant departure from the thick and heavy pen displays …
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While consumer grade tablets like the iPad are great for larger screen couch pen computing, sometimes you really need the power and robust software capabilities of a real computer, but still with that precise pressure sensitive pen interface for excellent creative control. Well, that’s what pen displays are for! My first computer pen interface was the Koala Pad on an Apple II in the 1980’s and as a computer arts student growing up I always …
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