Lenovo's newly announced Active Pen 2 (Wacom ActiveES) features prominently in many of the company's CES 2017 announcements.
New Thinkpad X1 Yoga, Thinkpad X1 Tablet and Miix 720 all feature support for the Active Pen 2 UPDATED with product videos!
UPDATED INFO! It's not an all-in-one. Instead it's a multi-touch, Wacom EMR pen-enabled display.
Why didn't anyone think of this sooner?
The original Wacom Bamboo Stylus feel Black (above top) and Carbon were the last Wacom EMR pens to work with the Surface Pro 1 and 2 before Microsoft's switch to N-Trig with the Surface Pro 3. That was at least six months before Wacom's similar Active ES tech was ready for market.
There will soon be a Bamboo option for recent Surface devices.
Dell's first 3:2 tablet PC also sports a new pen (sold separately).
An active stylus provides a human-computer interface that is natural and familiar. USI's active stylus solution is the only solution to deliver the same experience across platforms.
Although Wacom and prominent OEMs like Lenovo and Dell are USI members, Microsoft hasn't signed on to the specification.
It's unclear from the information provided whether the HP Sprout Pro supports the HP Active Pen or the Adonit Jot Pro which may be pictured here and is referenced in the Sprout Pro's educational site.
The unique HP Sprout Pro gets a hardware refresh at CES 2017.
The Lenovo Active Pen 2 is the first announced Wacom ActiveES Gen 13 pen
Lenovo and Wacom's new ActiveES pen promises to double your pressure, double your fun.
The Portégé X20W is the latest entrant in the increasingly crowded field of Wacom AES equipped convertible laptops.