MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPad Air and Rock Paper Pencil Kit From Astropad For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with Astropad to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an M2 iPad Air, an Apple Pencil Pro, and Astropad’s best iPad accessory, the Rock Paper Pencil. Rock Paper Pencil is an all-in-one kit that features a textured screen protector and ‌Apple Pencil‌ tip. The two components of the kit make writing and…

Astropad Launches ‘Bookcase’ for Turning an iPhone Into an E-Reader Astropad, known for the Luna Display, Rock Paper Pencil, and Astropad Studio app, today launched a new accessory called Bookcase. Bookcase adds handles to the iPhone or another smartphone to make the device more comfortable to hold when reading. With Bookcase, Astropad is aiming to turn the ‌iPhone‌ into an e-reader. The accessory provides a mo…

Astropad Studio Gains Support for Apple Pencil Pro Controls Astropad today announced a major update for the Astropad Studio app, introducing new features that work with the Apple Pencil Pro that Apple launched earlier this year. Astropad Studio is designed to turn the iPad into a drawing tablet that can be used with PC and Mac creative apps. The 5.4 version of Astropad Studio supports Squeeze Gesture Sh…

Astropad Slate iPad App Lets You Control Your Mac With Apple Pencil Astropad today announced a new iPad app called Astropad Slate, which can be used to control the Mac with an Apple Pencil. Astropad Slate is available as a public beta, and because it’s still in testing, it is free for everyone. There are several Mac functions that can be performed with the ‌Apple Pencil‌. It works as a cursor for controlling th…

Astropad Debuts Screen Protector and Apple Pencil Tip for a Realistic Paper Feel on iPad Astropad, the company behind the Luna Display and Astropad Studio app, today announced the launch of Rock Paper Pencil, a new screen protector and Apple Pencil tip kit that are designed to mimic the feel of writing with a pen on paper. According to Astropad, Rock Paper Pencil is meant to have “unmatched realism” thanks to the combination of the…