This year software companies do not release a few hardware, are embarrassed to tell people that they are IT companies

This year software companies do not release a few hardware, it seems to be embarrassed to tell people that they are IT companies, soft and hard combination is becoming a major trend.

From the Adobe website, Adobe officially sold two hardware devices. The two hardware devices on sale are the electronic Pen project Mighty and electronic ruler Project Napoleon, which was unveiled last May. Two equipment must be purchased at the official website, the price is 200 U.S. dollars.

Electronic pen Project Mighty is bluetooth-enabled, sensitive to pressure, can draw lines of different widths, adjust colors, and invoke other tools. The electronic ruler Project Napoleon is used to project different lines and plane shapes to the screen to make it easy for the user to draw the exact lines and edges for the construction project.

Adobe has also specifically developed two supporting mobile-end applications for two hardware: Adobe sketch and Adobe Line. Two applications are targeted at different groups of people.

(pictured above for Adobe sketch screenshot)

Sketch is a social, entertainment application that offers a complete set of simple tools (including pencils, pens, mixed marks and erasers) that users can freely play. Users can create their own, you can also call Creative cloud in the picture and then strokes, and then hide the original image. User-drawn pictures can either exist in mobile devices or can be shared by Creative Cloud, which other users can comment on.

(pictured above for Adobe Line screenshot)

Line is inclined to produce sophisticated drafts and drawings, for the construction engineers and designers. Line provides a ruler, T-squares and shape templates and other traditional tools, but also provides virtual three-dimensional space of the horizontal line, to facilitate the designers to draw. However, these two applications do not support the function of filling color.

Adobey has been committed to building itself into a maximum image service platform. This time Adobe made a big update to Adobe Creative Cloud products, in addition to the formal release of two hardware devices, but also released 5 mobile end of the new application, updated 14 desktop applications, launched the Creative SDK.

In addition to the Adobe sketch and Adobe Line described above, the 5 mobile apps released include Photoshop mixes, Lightroom for iphones and Creative Cloud for IPad and iphone.

Updated 14 desktop applications include: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Lightroom, and Premiere Pro, and the updated software productivity and performance will be greatly improved.

Adobe also launched the Adobe Creative SDK, a software database that facilitates developers to create mobile apps that are temporarily open only to partially screened users. The beta version will be officially available in a few months.

At the Adobe Max convention last May, Adobe announced the abandonment of the Creative Suite, the flagship paid-subscription Creative Cloud, and the service-oriented route. This time, Adobe has launched a dedicated cloud service for businesses and organizations that will be integrated with marketing Cloud, Acrobat, and Digital Publishing suite. At the same time, Adobe announced a 9.99 dollar/monthly photography bundle plan, which includes Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5, and is open to all users.

Currently, Adobe Creative Cloud single product starting at 49.99 U.S. dollars a month, the old users can enjoy a monthly discount of 29.99 U.S. dollars, students only need 19.99 U.S. dollars. By the first quarter of this year, Adobe Cloud Services paid subscribers to 1.84 million, who contributed a lot to Adobe's revenue.