Selokhu kwakhululwa i-iPad yokuqala ngo-2010, ingxoxo mayelana nokuthi iyiphi ithuluzi elihamba phambili lokudwetshwa kwedijithali noma inhlanganisela yamathuluzi iye yaba nzima kakhulu ngokuhamba kweminyaka. Phakathi kwalabo abathole impumelelo ngokusebenzisa i-Microsoft Surface yakamuva kubamukeli bokuqala be-Wacom Cintiq Companion, inkulumo-mpikiswano ihlale yehlela ekutheni yini okusebenzela kangcono “wena” nokuthi mangakanani amandla owadingayo kuthebhulethi yakho.
Kodwa kulabo abangenaso isithakazelo ekutholeni ithuluzi lokudweba ledijithali elingu-$1,000+ noma nini maduze, ukunikezwa kwethebhulethi okutholakalayo bekuthembisa, kodwa kunomkhawulo - okungcono kakhulu. Izinhlelo zokusebenza ezihlukahlukene zokudweba ithebhulethi kusukela ku-Paper by FiftyThree kuya ku-Autodesk's Sketchbook franchise zanelise abanye abasebenzisi, kodwa abaningi basala befuna amandla engeziwe nokuvumelana nezimo okwengeziwe kunalokho okungahlinzekwa yi-iOS.
Ihlose ukudala okuhlangenwe nakho okufana ne-Wacom kubasebenzisi abakhetha ukusebenzisa ama-iPads abo, i-Astropad isanda kukhipha uhlelo lokusebenza olusha lwe-iOS olubonisa ngobuhlakani isibonisi sekhompyutha somsebenzisi ku-iPad yabo ukuze uthole inhlanganisela yesibonisi esibukweni + nesipiliyoni sokufaka sesikhathi sangempela. Uma ibhangqwe ne i-stylus esekelwe, uhlelo lokusebenza empeleni lunikeza umsebenzisi eduze kokuhlangenwe nakho kwe-Cintiq ngangokunokwenzeka kuma-iPad anamuhla.
“Sahlangana e-Apple ngo-2007 lapho u-Matt asebenza khona ku-QuickTime kanye no-Giovanni ku-Mac OS X. Njengonjiniyela bakudala be-Apple sisebenzisa ulwazi lwethu ukuze sakhe amathuluzi okudala angochwepheshe asebenza kuyo yonke i-Mac, iPad ne-iPhone yakho.”
Yize lokhu kungenzeka akuzange kuqale eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ukutholakala okubanzi kwe-stylus ezwela ukuthinta 'kuyenza ibe inketho esebenzayo kulabo abangakalungeli ukubheka ithebhulethi ye-Pro okwamanje. Ingasaphathwa-ke into abanayo egijima ngaphansi kwesivalo kuhle dang slick.
Akudingeki ukuthi, i-Wacom Bamboo, Intuos noma i-Cintiq surface ebhangqwe nepeni le-Wacom zisazonikeza imiphumela engcono, kodwa ngo-$49.95 ($19.95 yabafundi), akusona isixazululo esibi kulabo abahlala besendleleni futhi bengakwenzi. angifuni ukuthwala ihadiwe nezintambo ezengeziwe.
Yizame mahhala futhi uthole okwengeziwe ku- I-Astropad.
