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- It's time for a new device that could change your digital life completely
- With the new Bamboo, Wacom is introducing the first tablet combining multi-touch functionality and pen tablet technology in a single device
- Bamboo meets the requirements of any operating system
- Discover the wide variety of useful Bamboo Mini software applications
- New and intuitive, simple and inspiring way to work with computers
- A totally new, simple and inspiring way to work
- Simple to use
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Be Inspired by the Best of Both Worlds.
With the new Bamboo, Wacom is introducing the first tablet combining multi-touch functionality and pen tablet technology in a single device. The result: a totally new, simple and inspiring way to work with computers.A simple tap of the finger will select an icon or open a menu. With two fingers you can easily flip through a presentation or scroll and zoom through a blog, websites or photos.
Enjoy its sleek, stylish black design - and discover the wide variety of useful Bamboo apps inside Bamboo Dock. The new Bamboo meets the requirements of any operating system. But it will exceed your expectations by far.
Bamboo - A Touch of Inspiration
Personal
Create documents that reflect your own flair. Add your own distinctive touch to anything you do with handwritten notes, sketches or doodles. Bamboo sets you apart. Make it personal.
Engaging
Use Bamboo Dock to run applications made for your Bamboo: the Bamboo apps. From games and sketching to composing music or sharing and connecting with friends, there is an ever-growing collection of Bamboo apps to choose from. Go for it.
Empower
Turn your computer into the ultimate editing tool with Bamboo. Mark up, annotate and streamline your communication. The quick, clear way to show people what you mean. All with the stroke of a pen.
Natural
Make every gesture count. Scroll, zoom, rotate or flip through photos and documents - easily and intuitively. Everything at your fingertips.
Features & Benefits
- Two sensors for pen and multi-touch input
- Support of multi-touch gestures to scroll, zoom, rotate and more
- Pressure-sensitive pen tip and eraser for natural feel
- Battery-free and ergonomic pen with two buttons
- Improved resolution for high accuracy
- Paper-like tablet surface with 16:10 aspect ratio
- Reversible tablet design for left- or right-handed use
- Four customisable ExpressKeys for quick function access
- Attached pen holder for convenient storage
- Easy USB connection
- Interactive tutorial to make the most of Bamboo
Collaboration
Bamboo helps you share your ideas, communicate more clearly and speed up your productivity. Highlight key messages, mark up documents, and visually express your thoughts and ideas. Bamboo is a great companion for getting work done because it allows you to collaborate in a more efficient way.
Here are some great ways that Bamboo can help you at work:
- Improve the way you work with your computer using gestures and pen input
- Mark up documents in common Office 2007 applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook using the review and inking tools
- Mark up PDFs with your thoughts and comments using the pen tool
- Keep a daily log or diary using Windows Journal, which allows you to digitally handwrite notes and make sketches
- Spice up your presentations by controlling your cursor, making notes on your slides and highlighting your messages while you present
Whether you're using multi-touch gestures to navigate and operate your computer, or utilising the pen for more detailed work, Bamboo provides a compelling combination that will change the way you work.
All Bamboo models that include a pen make collaboration natural and easy, but you should check your computer specifications to see whether your operating system and software support these features. It works best with Office 2007 and Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7, which includes a number of pen-friendly features.
Inking
Inking allows you to write digitally in your own handwriting, making it possible to take notes on your computer, sign your name, write an email to a friend, highlight important parts of a document, or even sketch out a diagram.
It's like writing on paper, but in a way that can be saved, edited, and shared as a digital file. Imagine having the potential to change the way you communicate by sending personal messages and fun drawings, annotating driving directions, or just brightening up someone's day with a little humour.
Even if you've never used a digital pen before, it's easy to understand why the pen is intuitive to use - it's just like writing with traditional pens, pencils, and markers. Additionally, you can navigate your computer with the Bamboo pen.
Bamboo models that include a pen make digital inking possible, but you should check your computer specifications to see whether your operating system and software support inking. Inking works best with Office 2007 and Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7, which include a number of pen-friendly features.
Manufacturer's Description
Be Inspired by the Best of Both Worlds.
With the new Bamboo, Wacom is introducing the first tablet combining multi-touch functionality and pen tablet technology in a single device. The result: a totally new, simple and inspiring way to work with computers.A simple tap of the finger will select an icon or open a menu. With two fingers you can easily flip through a presentation or scroll and zoom through a blog, websites or photos.
Enjoy its sleek, stylish black design - and discover the wide variety of useful Bamboo apps inside Bamboo Dock. The new Bamboo meets the requirements of any operating system. But it will exceed your expectations by far.
Bamboo - A Touch of Inspiration
Personal
Create documents that reflect your own flair. Add your own distinctive touch to anything you do with handwritten notes, sketches or doodles. Bamboo sets you apart. Make it personal.
Engaging
Use Bamboo Dock to run applications made for your Bamboo: the Bamboo apps. From games and sketching to composing music or sharing and connecting with friends, there is an ever-growing collection of Bamboo apps to choose from. Go for it.
Empower
Turn your computer into the ultimate editing tool with Bamboo. Mark up, annotate and streamline your communication. The quick, clear way to show people what you mean. All with the stroke of a pen.
Natural
Make every gesture count. Scroll, zoom, rotate or flip through photos and documents - easily and intuitively. Everything at your fingertips.
Features & Benefits
- Two sensors for pen and multi-touch input
- Support of multi-touch gestures to scroll, zoom, rotate and more
- Pressure-sensitive pen tip and eraser for natural feel
- Battery-free and ergonomic pen with two buttons
- Improved resolution for high accuracy
- Paper-like tablet surface with 16:10 aspect ratio
- Reversible tablet design for left- or right-handed use
- Four customisable ExpressKeys for quick function access
- Attached pen holder for convenient storage
- Easy USB connection
- Interactive tutorial to make the most of Bamboo
Collaboration
Bamboo helps you share your ideas, communicate more clearly and speed up your productivity. Highlight key messages, mark up documents, and visually express your thoughts and ideas. Bamboo is a great companion for getting work done because it allows you to collaborate in a more efficient way.
Here are some great ways that Bamboo can help you at work:
- Improve the way you work with your computer using gestures and pen input
- Mark up documents in common Office 2007 applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook using the review and inking tools
- Mark up PDFs with your thoughts and comments using the pen tool
- Keep a daily log or diary using Windows Journal, which allows you to digitally handwrite notes and make sketches
- Spice up your presentations by controlling your cursor, making notes on your slides and highlighting your messages while you present
Whether you're using multi-touch gestures to navigate and operate your computer, or utilising the pen for more detailed work, Bamboo provides a compelling combination that will change the way you work.
All Bamboo models that include a pen make collaboration natural and easy, but you should check your computer specifications to see whether your operating system and software support these features. It works best with Office 2007 and Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7, which includes a number of pen-friendly features.
Inking
Inking allows you to write digitally in your own handwriting, making it possible to take notes on your computer, sign your name, write an email to a friend, highlight important parts of a document, or even sketch out a diagram.
It's like writing on paper, but in a way that can be saved, edited, and shared as a digital file. Imagine having the potential to change the way you communicate by sending personal messages and fun drawings, annotating driving directions, or just brightening up someone's day with a little humour.
Even if you've never used a digital pen before, it's easy to understand why the pen is intuitive to use - it's just like writing with traditional pens, pencils, and markers. Additionally, you can navigate your computer with the Bamboo pen.
Bamboo models that include a pen make digital inking possible, but you should check your computer specifications to see whether your operating system and software support inking. Inking works best with Office 2007 and Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7, which include a number of pen-friendly features.
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Customer Reviews
I was excited to find it was delivered very quickly indeed despite the so called royal mail strike and it was amazon super saver delivery. Its so nice and is a breeze to use after 10 mins.
The packaging is nice and protects well.
The tablet itself is a good size, not too big or too small.
At one point during use of the product just after i got it out and started experimenting, It occured to me that if it went by pen and your fingers, while drawing with the pen your fingers might keep interfering with the cursor. Luckily Wacom know this and whenever the pen is close to the table, the pen takes prioty. Happy to find that out :)
Would give 4/5 for Size
5/5 for Style
5/5 for ease of use
3/5 for accessorys (extra nibs and pen holder attached to tablet)
5/5 for precission
Overall 5/5
Also, if you have a wireless router on your desk, keep it as far away as possible from the tablet and its USB cable as this again can cause interference. Some LCD high-frequency monitors can also cause interference if the tablet is too close. Move the tablet away or reduce the monitors refresh rate or resolution. Access the Bamboo Properties to play around with the pen and tablet settings to suit your needs. Apart from the little niggles mentioned above, this is an excellent product which I can highly recommend for both novice and intermediate users.
I was originally looking at buying an Intuos 4 but discovered they have a serious problem with nib wear, plus they are very expensive.
I therefore began considering the Bamboo range. I found a very good comparison chart on the Wacom website.
Upon receiving the item I installed the software, plugged in the tablet and started using the pen as though it was the most natural thing in the world! It's truly fabulous and I'm gutted I didn't buy one earlier. In fact it's so good I'm buying another one for my other computer.
Part of the reason for my hesitation was uncertainty over the quality and function of the bamboo range (especially when they use the word 'fun' in the title which makes it seem like a toy, not a bit of kit for a serious professional)
SIZE: I thought the A6 pad would too small but have found it's perfect. I discovered a friend has an A5 Intuos 3 and he says the pad is a bit too big.
PRESSURE LEVELS: The Bamboo has 1024 pressure levels compared to 2048 on the Intuos 4 and I was concerned this would be noticeable when painting in Photoshop. I haven't tried the Intuos 4 to compare but can report the Bamboo gives good variation in stoke width with varying pen pressure. I initially found producing fine lines difficult (which requires a very light pressure on the pen) but once my confidence grew I stopped thinking about the pen/pressure and just began drawing... and loving it!
FUNCTION: My primary computer use is for video editing and have found the transition from mouse to stylus was instant and in many ways a great improvement.
RSI/CTS: I initially wanted to buy a tablet after concerns I was developing Repetitive Strain Injury or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (basically I was getting pain in my wrist). My research showed that a tablet was a clear solution to this problem due to the different wrist orientation (you aren't resting your wrist on the desk and applying pressure to the Median Nerve). I have not been using the tablet long enough to confirm a difference but it certainly feels more natural and comfortable.
TOUCH: The touch feature is much like using the touch pad on a laptop although I mostly tend to use the stylus.
BAMBOO PEN&TOUCH v's BAMBOO FUN PEN&TOUCH: If you already have photoshop there's no need to buy the Bamboo Fun as you are just paying more for the accompanying software.
In summary the A6 Bamboo Pen and Touch is a fabulous bit of kit, especially considering the price. It provides a great alternative to the mouse plus provides so much more.
You can read the other reviews for usability and such, but i'll tell you... Read more
its a
must buy
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