The Wacom PenPartner2: Tiny Tablet
Clocking in at a diminutive 5.75 x 5.9-inches with 3.1 x 2.3-inches of active sensing space, is the new mini PenPartner2 tablet by Wacom. Aimed at crumb-and-spill-creating laptop users, the baby of the Wacom family is a Europe only release (it'll run you about €41), and is Windows only and connects via USB (what a shocker, eh?). Yet somehow our desire for this device—even in tempting glossy black—could still be much higher if the active sensing zone were larger by comparison to the total size, but dems the breaks. Guess we'll just have to rock their 21UX 21.3-inch monster in the mean time.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
seanny @ Dec 19th 2005 2:47AM
"if the active sensing zone were larger by comparison to the total size" ...
It's one of those design things you don't realize the purpose of until you've tried it in real life. Wacoms tablets have those big borders because you rest your hand there when you're using it, otherwise it makes you not want to write on the edge of the sensor area if there's no place to rest your hand.
Emanuele "l0ne" Vulcano @ Dec 19th 2005 2:47AM
The previous PenPartner 200x models work wonderfully under Mac OS X (including Ink support) via the PenPartner 1998 driver.
Alistair Holt @ Dec 19th 2005 2:47AM
@ Emanuele
Could you possibly e-mail me, I am thinking of purchasing a PenPartner2 to use with OS X 10.4 after suffering from some RSI and I would like to talk to you about your experience. Thanks!