Apple’s new Pencil Pro is nice, but it falls short of the iPad’s true promise

Today Apple announced an update to the Apple Pencil—the first in nearly six years. The Apple Pencil Pro (available for $129 today) is cool, and artists will love its updated features. But it fails to fulfill the eternally elusive iPad promise of become a truly satisfying drawing and painting simulator. [Photo: Apple] The new Pencil comes with a handful of great new tricks. You can now double tap near the tip to trigger actions without even touching the screen. You can also squeeze...