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Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro by jcl on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @09:11PM (#10195639)
The stylus is interesting in that it's a total about-face for Apple. So far as I can tell, no Apple store has ever stocked an iPhone- or iPad-compatible stylus -- not the cheap capacitive ones nor even the iPad-exclusive pressure-sensitive Wacom stylus for artists, despite stocking Wacom tablets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YY3MSaUqMg

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Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro by MengerSponge on Thursday September 10, 2015 @03:24AM (#10196553)
Ahem: http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HHVE2ZM/A/pencil-by-fiftyt...

It's more than a year old now.

And you're deliberately misinterpreting that keynote. Unlike the devices that basically were on the market, you don't need a stylus to navigate the OS or use the device at all.

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Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro by jcl on Thursday September 10, 2015 @12:31PM (#10199022)
Ah, I wasn't aware of this. Looks like it was first stocked in Apple stores in January (despite it and other styluses being available well before):

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/21/pencil-available-apple-s...

I guess I hadn't asked in a store since then. :)

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Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro by 2muchcoffeeman on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @10:40PM (#10195902)
Didn't Jobs publicly bash flash-based music players and then they released the iPod Nano?
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Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro by aflinik on Thursday September 10, 2015 @03:42AM (#10196609)
That's far from true, I bought my FiftyThree Pencil at Apple Store.
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