![]() ![]() All Bluetooth 4.0 iPads and iPad minis are supported, as are iPhones starting with the iPhone 5. Pairing and de-pairing are handled on an as-needed basis by apps, rather than iOS’s Bluetooth settings menu, reducing battery drain by eliminating the need to maintain a persistent connection with iOS. You load a compatible app, most notably Adonit partner Evernote’s Penultimate (but also GoodNotes 4, Noteshelf, or Notes Plus), and a pairing screen has you touch Jot Script 2’s tip to a dot, bonding the stylus to your iPad. You’ll need to self-supply a USB extension cord, or plug the dock into a USB wall charger like the ones that come with iPads and iPhones. I personally really like Adonit’s docks, and have found them easy to use with MacBooks’ side-mounted USB ports, but they’re a challenge for the rear-mounted ports on desktop Macs. Adonit made no promises about the prior model’s run time - it turned out to be between 10-15 hours - but the new model runs for around 20 hours between recharges, accomplished via the included magnetic charging dock. Jot Script 2’s 0.38″ thickness is now directly comparable to a standard pen, whereas its predecessor was around 0.1″ thicker to accommodate a single AAA battery. A matte plastic ring in the middle has a silver power on/off button with a multi-colored (red/green/blue) status light that’s it. Like its gunmetal-colored predecessor, the silver Jot Script 2 is comfortable to write with, mostly thanks to a grippy metal top and smooth-finished bottom. Jot Script 2 sits in the middle of the pack: it uses Bluetooth 4, incorporates the company’s smallest writing tip, and comes with a USB recharging dock, but doesn’t have shortcut buttons or pressure sensitivity. Entry-level Jots are not electronic at all, while the top Jot styluses include Bluetooth 4, 1.9mm pen-like tips, pressure sensitivity, shortcut buttons, and rechargeable batteries. 1.9mm tip offers pen-like accuracy and feelĪdonit has released many Jot styluses over the past few years.Rechargeable battery lasts ~20 hours, refueled with USB dock.Stylus measures 5.5″ long by 0.38″ thick, around 0.1″ thinner than its predecessor.Beyond adding iPad Air 2 support, it has a thinner body, and a rechargeable battery rather than a disposable one, all at the same price as last year’s model… As the sequel to Adonit’s 2013-vintage Jot Script Evernote Edition, it borrows a lot of its predecessor’s design and functionality, but also improves upon it in several ways. ![]() Stylus developers quietly acknowledged that new hardware would be needed.Īdonit’s new Jot Script 2 ($75, aka Jot Script 2 Evernote Edition) is the first digital stylus I’ve tested with full iPad Air 2 compatibility. Developers including Adonit took over two years to develop electronic iPad writing tools that were thinner-tipped than fingers and rubber-domed styluses, but they succeeded, enabling iPads to serve as notepads and sophisticated canvases for artwork. Then the iPad Air 2 came out, subtly changing the touch-sensing technology that digital styluses relied upon, breaking some and reducing the accuracy of others. Up until last year, digital styluses - ones with electronic parts inside - worked pretty well across multiple iPad models. ![]()
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