Bamboo (Small) Pen Tablet Review
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February 13th, 2009
Summary
Add your own distinctive touch. Change the face of your communications by handwriting notes, making quick sketches, and adding your personal signature to digital documents. With the natural feel of pen-on-paper, Bamboo makes it quick and easy for you to get your point across.
Express yourself. Combine Bamboo with Mac Inkwell or Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 to jot notes, handwrite email, mark up documents, and enter handwritten text anywhere typed text is accepted. Bamboo gives you precise pen control with 512 levels of pressure sensitivity.
Move around your desktop quickly and easily. Bamboo helps you select files, switch views, and open applications with a flick of the pen. Unleash new pen-specific features and capabilities that help you find your way when you combine Bamboo with Mac Inkwell or Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007.
Bamboo is a more comfortable and natural way to work, giving you a supplement to keyboard input and helping reduce mouse-related stress on your hand and wrist. ExpressKeys provide shortcuts to your most commonly-used keystrokes, and the Touch Ring allows you to zoom and scroll with the touch of your finger.
Specs
Box Contents - Bamboo pen tablet, Bamboo pen, Pen stand, USB cable, Quick start guide, Installation CD
Active Area - 5.8 (W) x 3.7 (D) (21 square inches)
Works with new handwriting recognition, inking and pen features in Windows Vista (all editions but Home Basic) and Apple operating systems (OS X)
Supports widescreen displays and has a textured work surface for a natural pen-on-paper feel
High resolution and report rate for outstanding accuracy