Sure, the Surface Dial might not be for everyone, but it’s both really weird and really cool. On its own, it can be used to adjust system volume, rotate images, and scroll seamlessly through options in professional creative suites like Adobe Photoshop. The Surface Pro doesn’t have the same screen real estate, but the Dial is still a worthy companion for Microsoft’s 2-in-1 PC.
Have you ever adjusted the volume on a high-end stereo system and experienced that ever-so-slight resistance and smooth scrolling action? Microsoft had the crazy idea to put that kind of user experience into a unique peripheral designed for its high-end Surface Studio desktop. One emulates the frictionless glide of a ballpoint pen, while another provides the crisp and slightly resistant drag of a number two pencil.
The Surface Pen Tip Kit allows users to customize the friction and drag of their Surface Pens, based on use or just personal preference. Plus, it’s a handy kit to keep around just in case you lose your Surface Pen’s tip.
With this optional tip kit, however, it comes remarkably close to the real thing. On its own, the Surface Pen is a versatile tool for note-taking or artistic endeavors, but it’s still not quite as tactile as a real pen or pencil. But with the Surface Pen, it’s a mobile sketchpad, notebook, and professional-grade artistic suite. Without it, the Surface Pro is a powerful Windows-based tablet. Bluetooth audio in the Surface Pro 9 seems no better or worse than it is in most devices I use.The best desktop computers for 2023: Dell, HP, Apple, and more But they're reliable and predictable, two adjectives that don't belong in any conversation about Bluetooth audio unless you put an "un-" in front of them.Īnyway. I do still use wired headphones sometimes, and I can't say that I miss having a wire dangling around and catching on everything.
I’ll just say that, as the number of headphone jack-less devices in my life has increased, so too has the amount of time I’ve spent cursing Bluetooth and related technologies.Įvery time my phone declines to connect to my earbuds because they’ve instead connected to a computer on the floor above every time I run out of batteries in the middle of something every time a bud falls out of my ear and onto the floor or sidewalk, I question whether we have really improved things or if we've just exchanged one set of problems for another, more expensive set of problems. If I were to list every device in the last two or three years that has been released without a headphone jack, we would be here all day. One other change you might notice is the headphone jack, which has disappeared to wherever headphone jacks (that would totally fit on a device but no longer do for some reason) go when they die.
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