iPad Pro: Apple Pencil
The Smart Keyboard isn’t the only official Apple accessory for the iPad Pro. As mentioned previously, the Apple Pencil was heavily rumoured, but given Steve Jobs’ famous dismissal of the technology no-one expected Apple to actually make it happen. Under Tim Cook’s leadership, however, that doesn’t seem to have been a problem.
Apple Pencil is a white digital stylus that follows Apple’s typical minimalist design, with a digitiser in the tip and a Lightning connector on the other end. It should last ‘for hours’ on a single charge, but when you’re out of power you can plug the Pencil into the iPad Pro’s Lightning port to draw some extra juice from your tablet.
Again, the Apple Pencil is an entirely optional accessory, but it’s easy to see graphic designers, artists and other media professionals will be keen to pick one up. It should cost $90 in the US, meaning UK customers can expect to pay around £75 when it arrives in November.
