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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
The new Surface Pro 3 drops the Wacom pen for an N-trig - that's not such good news for artists.
In a decision probably completely unrelated to competitor Samsung's announcement that it's purchased a piece of Wacom Technology, Inc., Microsoft has unveiled an all-new and larger 12-inch Surface Pro 3 that no longer features Wacom-based pen technology but instead features N-trig active pen/Duosense technology. The decision to move to N-trig is probably a factor of reduced licensing and manufacturing costs and potentially a marketing bullet point as 90% of business-based buyers have no clue who Wacom or N-trig are, but will respond to "bigger, faster, more new!" with glee.
This post has moved to a new blog dedicated to the Microsoft Surface Pro 3:
This post has moved to a new blog dedicated to the Microsoft Surface Pro 3:
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