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hey it's Alice with the verge so a lot of stylus is out there claim to be the best for writing drawing and sketching on tablets the company 53 whose founders worked on Microsoft's near-mythical courier prototype has long been known for its iPad drawing at paper but this is the first Hardware device the company is made and it's aptly called pencil the stylus comes in two colors walnut and graphite and starts at 49.95 the walnut model is the only device with magnets to stick it to your iPad however and it has some rather novel functionality thanks to Bluetooth Low Energy pairing is easy and done within the paper app itself unlike with most Alice's which ask you to screw around in the settings menu in terms of features here's what makes it stand out imperative pencil of the paper app can now do actual palm rejection knowing to ignore your hand as you lean on it there's also blending capabilities you can smudge color with your fingers and perhaps shading at some point in the future pencils flashiest feature you can flip it over to erase pencil lasts about a month on a full charge 53 says and takes about 90 minutes to juice up completely using any conventional USB port pencil is expensive for a passive stylus but cheap for a Bluetooth stylus it inhabits an interesting space between the two categories that could feel just right for some people pencils up for pre-order today and ships in early December alongside an update to the paper app with its first Hardware product 53 is set a pretty high bar now that the company controls both the hardware input and software and paper I'm excited to see what functionality they come up with next you