I'm not using the handwriting recognition feature a lot. But I've tried it just now. It did pretty much perfectly, but I also have a pretty legible cursive writing style. The only mistake it made was where I actually mangled the letter a bit.

For the file size, it tells me about 1MB per page.

I let it dry for a couple of minutes and wiped it again in a microfiber cloth. And now the ball runs smoother than it ever was.

I guess I don't need to get into the rabbit hole of building my own Trackball with BTUs after all.

And that reminded me, how I face planted at a friends place right, because she had an incredibly slick spot on the floor after spraying her shoes with some water repellent spray.

I had some of that stuff around, so I sprayed it on a paper towel and wiped the trackball and bearings with it.

Tried some lubrication. I've had some WD-40 around, so I've put the least amount possible on it. It seemed to to help a tiny bit, but the feel was horribly oily on the finger tips. So I cleaned it off again.

Then I remembered what WD-40 stands for: Water Displacement.

I find myself drawn to actually write more, because I like the sensation. The latency is noticeably better. Their obsession with making the screen as close as they can to the point of the pen also paid off in making it feel better.

I've missed the launch too and the 761,60€ price tag all in had me hesitate a couple of days.

As a long time A5 user, I find it to be an improvement in every possible way. Where the A5 was "like writing on paper", the Manta is essentially "writing on Japanese premium paper with a luxury pen".