Stylus, evolved: Evernote upgrades the Penultimate handwritten notes app for its custom stylus

It’s been a long time, but Evernote has finally managed to marry its digital note-taking tools with traditional handwriting.

A month after introducing the Adonit Jot Script Evernote Edition stylus, unique for its slim 1.9 millimeter pen-shaped tip, Evernote today announced that it has updated its Penultimate app with new features to support its penultimate app. new gadget.

Evernote calls the Jot Script the “first true precision-tipped pen on the market” (although I’m sure Microsoft would dispute that claim, because its Surface Pro Pen is also incredibly thin). It’s available for $ 75 on the Evernote store and will start shipping around November 11.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JtMiBzf__0

Most styluses (styli?) Have tips of around 6 millimeters, which makes writing with them much more difficult than a regular pen. Evernote claims that the thinner tip of the Jot Script allows for a more traditional writing experience. The stylus also supports Bluetooth 4.0, although it’s unclear how Evernote will take advantage of this technology. Technically, detecting the pen tip on the screen should be sufficient for handwriting recognition.

The news comes just after Livescribe unveiled its latest smart pen, which features a capacitive stylus on one end for digital note taking (in addition to storing your standard handwritten notes). An Evernote rep tells us that news from Jot Script doesn’t change its relationship with Livescribe, which allows its latest pens to send notes to Evernote.

So why would you spend $ 75 on a fancy stylus? Major updates to Penultimate, a note-taking app purchased by Evernote last year, could be incredibly appealing if you take a lot of handwritten notes. Evernote has upgraded the app to support zooming (just pinch to zoom in on a specific section of a note), and the screen also “drifts” with you when you write in zoomed mode, you don’t so do not have to readjust the screen any longer Notes. The company also added wrist protection to the app, so that it doesn’t register your wrist when using the stylus.

As the video above shows, there is always a slight lag when using the Adonit Evernote pen, but it’s inevitable when you have a layer of glass between your hand and a writing surface. While most people don’t have to worry about digital handwriting (probably typing faster than they write), Evernote’s pen and Penultimate app could be a good solution. for students and professions where you need to jot down things like diagrams and formulas.

I’ll be taking a look at the Adonit Jot script soon, so watch for full impressions later on VentureBeat.