The iPad Pro may be the ultimate digital sketchpad when you pair it with Apple’s Pencil, but it doesn’t really look like an old-school sketchbook with its fancy aluminum back and sleek glass front panel. For those of you who long for your well-loved sketchbook, but enjoy the the convenience of creating digital art on the iPad Pro, there’s a fun new PU leather case that looks just like a wire-bound sketchbook and even has a slot for your Apple Pencil.
The front and back covers of the case are made out of three layers of material. PU leather covers the outside of the sketchbook case for a classy look and there’s a microfiber lining on the inside of the case. In between these two softer materials lies a hard, shock-absorbent plastic core, which protects your tablet from harm. The case comes in black, brown, gray, and cream color options.
The wire that binds the two covers together is made out of cold-formed steel, which is 1.35mm thick, making it much stronger than the thin wire that holds your average cardboard-covered sketchbook together. The case also sports a wide elastic strap like a Moleskin to hold it closed properly. The end result is one fine looking iPad case, which more closely resembles one of those expensive leather-bound sketchbooks you’d find at a high-end art supply store.
On the inside of the cover next to the wire spiral, there’s a slot that holds the Apple Pencil, so you never lose your precious digital drawing utensil. When you open the case and flip the front cover to the back, the side of the front cover reveals a fold-out stand that can prop up your iPad Pro in landscape or portrait mode when you’re drawing. It’s also available for the iPad Air and iPad Mini, if you don’t have the iPad Pro.
Longo Case has been making cases for more than 10 years, and it’s all set to get these Sketchbook cases shipped to backers by March 2016, assuming it makes its $5,518 goal on Kickstarter. At the time of writing, the Sketchbook case was nearly halfway to its goal.
Although the first early bird offer is gone, you can still get a case for £18 or $26, which is fairly reasonable for an iPad case. After that level expires, it’ll go up to £20 or $30. If you’re interested, you can pick on up on Longo’s Kickstarter page.
Affinity’s new all-in-one creative app is finally coming to the iPad, nearly a year after Canva launched the redesigned desktop version for Mac and Windows. Creatives have been asking for the iPad release ever since, especially because files created in the new Affinity app cannot be opened in the older V2 iPad apps.
Affinity already has Photo, Designer, and Publisher apps on iPad, but the new release combines those tools into the same unified app that Canva launched on desktop last year.
Touchscreen laptops have been around for years. You can get them in all sizes and shapes. Just not from Apple. For years, the Cupertino giant has treated the idea of a touchscreen MacBook the way I treat a meeting that could have been an email: with open contempt. However, Wednesday looks like the day the company could finally change its mind.
The latest Apple invite puts the “Pro and Tell” showcase in Los Angeles at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) on October 28, 2026. Instead of a regular live-streamed keynote, it is an invitation-only, hands-on event for a handful of press and creators (similar to what the company did for the MacBook Neo earlier this year).
Apple has just launched its latest iPad mini with a notable set of upgrades, including an OLED screen, improved speakers, and a more resilient build. It also gets a new chip, and the whole package costs $200 more than its predecessor. But if you look closely at Apple’s online store, you’ll realize that $699 isn’t enough to get you the most powerful version of the A20 Pro chip inside this tablet. In fact, even if you pay $800 for the 256GB model, you still won’t get the beefiest variant. Only when you jump to the 512GB trim, which costs an absurd $999, do you get the most powerful flavor of the A20 Pro.
The $999 model gets more than extra storage