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Wacom shows off new tablets |
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Written by Network News Journal Staff
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 |
TABLET MAKER WACOM is set to display its new line of Bamboo tablets with multi-touch at its booth during the CES trade show this week in Las Vegas.
Bamboo tablets are USB peripherals that deliver natural and intuitive input to desktop or laptop computer users. Wacom has combined multi-touch (finger-based input) with pen input to deliver an entirely new standard in human-computer interaction.
Wacom's Bamboo family includes five distinct tablets: touch-only, pen-only and three versions of the pen and multi-touch combination. Bamboo offers choices to give end-users the freedom to work by going beyond current mouse and other input solutions by adding the power of multi-touch gestures such as zoom, scroll, pan and rotate.
Bamboo Touch ($69 USD) provides an exciting way to work with the computer for computer users looking to replace a mouse or augment integrated laptop input.
Bamboo Pen ($69 USD), like the name implies, is a pen-only tablet and well suited to end-users who would like to employ the pen for digital ink and creativity. The pen delivers accuracy and pressure-sensitive control and allows the user to customize two side buttons within the Wacom Tablet driver software.
Bamboo Pen and Touch ($99 USD) provides amazing flexibility by offering pen and multi-touch input in a single device. This tablet is geared to users seeking an input device for the office or home that allows them to navigate with their fingers or use Bamboo’s patented battery-free and cordless pen technology for pen-specific work. Users can alternate between the two input methods easily and quickly. Simply, if the finger is in contact with the tablet surface, touch becomes the primary input. If the pen tip is brought into proximity to the tablet surface, touch is automatically turned off and pen input controls the cursor. For example, one could easily use multi-touch to select icons and scroll through a document and conveniently switch to the pen when an annotation or quick sketch is needed.
Bamboo Craft ($129 USD), offering pen and touch input and included software, is ideally suited for today’s scrapbooker and crafter. Bamboo Craft users will enjoy using the pen to retouch and edit photos as well as create and embellish designs. Users can conveniently employ multi-touch input to zoom-in on or rotate an image. When ready to add a handwritten note or signature, simply pick up the pen and let it flow.
Bamboo Fun ($199 USD), in stylish silver, combines pen and multi-touch in a larger-sized tablet than Bamboo Craft or the other Bamboo solutions. It is ideal for home creatives or photo enthusiasts looking for more control and freedom of movement when their fingers or pen are positioned on the tablet surface.
The new tablets are compatible with Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5 operating systems. |
