Useless fact Surface Pro Stylus works on the Samsung ATIV

[jhoff80]

I have an Intuos 3. I'll see if it works tomorrow.

I can tell you right now that it's not going to. Across tablet PCs that use a Wacom digitizer, yes, all pens are intercompatible. They all use the Wacom "Penabled" technology, which Wacom has recently re-branded to "feel IT". The Intuos ones won't work, and there were two Cintiq pens that worked (15X and the 18SX, I believe), but those aren't sold any more. So yes, the S-pen, and the Surface Pen, and the new Wacom Bamboo Stylus Feel (but not the Bamboo Stylus, which is a capacitive pen, and not any other Bamboo pen either, because they screwed up the branding by naming it the same as a previous product) will all work on the Pro, or a Galaxy Note, or the Ativ SmartPC. Other Wacom digitizer pens will not work, however.

Also, to the person who said that you can use a Wacom pen on any capacitive screened tablet provided that drivers are available, that is completely false. There needs to be a Wacom digitizer layer there. However, Wacom does sell the Bamboo Stylus, as mentioned, which is just a standard capacitive stylus and doesn't give nearly the same accuracy.

 

[Reflexx]

Bummer. I was hoping for a middle-mouse click.

 

[jhoff80]

There are two-button (plus eraser) Penabled / Surface Pro compatible pens, but the second button is useless anyway until we get Wacom drivers.

 

[Reflexx]

One of the main reasons I chose the Surface Pro is because of a pressure sensitive stylus.

I hope that more graphics apps het on board and fully support the pressure sensitivity. And then I hope we get a wider variety of pens made available.

 

[Johnnycat13]

From what I've read on various boards the only pens that work from Wacom are the "Bamboo Feel" series ones. The older or more complex (airbrush style etc) will not. Also the Samsung s-pens will work no problem. Now to figure out where to buy a feel in Canada...

 

[sketchaholic]

Yeah, I can't find anywhere in Canada that sells the Bamboo Stylus feel... Is it in short supply or is Wacom just ignoring Canada?