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| Bamboo (Small) Pen Tablet with Pen Only | 
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| Brand: Wacom
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
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Avg. Customer Rating:  133 reviews
Sales Rank: 119
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 7.9 x 0.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: MTE450
Model: MTE450
UPC: 753218994578
EAN: 0753218994578
ASIN: B000V9T2JA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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 |
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Product Description
With the natural feel of pen-on-paper, Bamboo plugs into your computer and makes it quick and easy for you to get your point across. Whether you're preparing a slide presentation or making a unique collage of your favorite photos, Wacom's newest line of pen tablets gives you more control with patented pen technology that puts the ability to personalize your work right in your hands. Now there's a simple, easy, and more natural way to bring your big ideas to life. Use Bamboo to transform your thoughts into powerful digital communications. Combine Bamboo with Mac Inkwell or Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 to handwrite email, enter text by hand anywhere typed text is accepted, navigate your desktop with a flick of the pen, and more. Precise control and 512 levels of pressure sensitivity on the pen Easy scrolling and zooming with finger-sensitive Touch Ring Patented, battery-free pen with customizable buttons for comfort and reliability Detachable USB cable unplugs from your computer and your tablet for easy storage and transport Resolution 2,540 lines per inch ExpressKeys - 4 Includes one year warranty Approximate Unit Dimensions - 7.88 (W) x 7.36 (D) x 0.3 (H)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 128 more reviews...
 Worked for awhile October 6, 2008
Bought in April, by August it was flaky. Now, one button does not work at all. Called tech support and the technician was superior and rude.
Might try to send in but can't be without a mouse for 10 - 15 business days (over 2 weeks!)
Wacom used to be a better product. Now, it is cheaper but not as rock solid. My first one lasted for years. Now, they burn out in 12-18 months. too bad.
I think I will explore other brands before purchasing another Wacom.
 I LOVE my Bamboo Tablet October 6, 2008
I had always wanted a Bamboo Tablet and when I got one, I was not disappointed. I am a Photoshop Digital Scrapbooking maniac and my Bamboo is so amazing. It gives me ultimate control over what I'm working on. Actually, I love it for moving my cursor around quickly with any software. It's so different from a mouse, I had to get adjusted to it. But now that I have, I love it.
I read in a scrapbooking magazine to cover the writing area with plastic to keep it pristine. I had a piece of mylar so I used that. It works very well.
It feels good. It works well. I'm happy.
 Awesome Gadget, great with Ubuntu Too October 5, 2008
I purchased this product and very happy with the features. With the normal mouse my hand used start getting crams after a use for a while and bamboo pen tablet really helped me.
The best thing I loved about it is it got recognized by Ubuntu desktop and worked perfect with Gimp. I can now continue my painting/Drawing hobby which I left long back. The pen perfectly fits in the hand. The normal active area of 4x6 inches covers the complete 1600x1050 screen. Best part which I was not knowing before purchase and that was you do not have to touch the pen to the pad for moving th pointer. it senses the pen from a distance and have to touch the pad only for mouse clicks or drawing and the feature is exciting. This also reduces the wearing of the pen tip.
I feel it a very great gift for teens who are interested in painting and love working on Ubuntu. Also a good tool for the Project managers who work on Microsoft Onenote and presentation tools.
I got a software CW on Ubuntu and it is cool for your handwriting recognition, you just need to train the software properly. Now I do not have to upgrade my windows XP to vista for windows recognition software. I get it for free with my Ubuntu desktop too.
Con:
This con really do not matter for the normal user who do not use dual operating system. I use Synergy - freeware tool for sharing the keyboard and mouse of another computer running windows XP over network http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/. I got a problem sharing Bamboo with my Windows box. the active area is only avaibale to work with my Ubuntu box but I cannot extend it to work over the network through synergy. I do not think this is a must feature but would love to see it getting shared between two computers through synergy.
In nutshell I am very happy with the product and have recommended it to many of my collegues and friends. Don't worry about the con I mentioned above because it is really for advanced users.
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 Wacom drivers are the worst October 3, 2008
I have been having problems with wacom based scrolling on a windows xp machine.
I uninstalled the driver restarted several times..still the drivers are not removed (as my wacom still works sans scrolling).
The hardware is no doubt magnificent (small, light, simple) just as i wanted.
Not as expected October 1, 2008
The design of the pen and pad is very nice.
but not practical, since there are few problems.
1- the button on the pen side, results in unexpected button clicks.
2- the area of the pad is not scaled properly to the wide screens.
3- the area of the pad is not enough for continuous line drawings.
On the positive sides, it is easy to caliprate with the computer, and easy to use after some practice.
On normal screens (not wide ones), the scale is better but still small area.
Really regret not paying 50$ extra to get a better area pad.
not falling for the argument this pad is worth the money paid for.
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