Are there any *actual* reviews for this Adesso thing anywhere? As a Flash storyboard artist, I'm really interested - It's basically a Wacom DTF 720 with twice the pressure sensitivity (The M17 has 1024 levels instead of the 720's 512 levels) and, I'm assuming, a battery pen since Wacom has a patent on this application of coil-induction technology. People on forums have said that the Wacom DTF 720 lists for anywhere between $1599 and $1699 and I've been able to find one (one!) place that actually appears to sell them, but that's for $2200 and I can't find that place anymore. Beside that one overpriced mirage-outfit, I've never seen with my own eyes any other source anywhere where it appears to be possible to actually *buy* the thing. In contrast, I can order this Adesso with better specs literally right now for $1110.59 from pcsuperstore.com. That's around $500-600 less than the vaporware prices and $1100 less than the one real-world price I've been able to find for the Wacom DTF 720. "On Paper" it's a noticeably superior product for way cheaper than the Wacom. But I wouldn't want to pull the trigger on one until I've read what someone - *someone* - who has used one has to say about it. How fast does the pen run through juice between charges? Does it have tilt sensitivity? Frankly, if I could get just those two questions answered, I'd seriously have to consider buying one right now.
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Are there any *actual* reviews for this Adesso thing anywhere? As a Flash storyboard artist, I'm really interested - It's basically a Wacom DTF 720 with twice the pressure sensitivity (The M17 has 1024 levels instead of the 720's 512 levels) and, I'm assuming, a battery pen since Wacom has a patent on this application of coil-induction technology.
People on forums have said that the Wacom DTF 720 lists for anywhere between $1599 and $1699 and I've been able to find one (one!) place that actually appears to sell them, but that's for $2200 and I can't find that place anymore. Beside that one overpriced mirage-outfit, I've never seen with my own eyes any other source anywhere where it appears to be possible to actually *buy* the thing.
In contrast, I can order this Adesso with better specs literally right now for $1110.59 from pcsuperstore.com. That's around $500-600 less than the vaporware prices and $1100 less than the one real-world price I've been able to find for the Wacom DTF 720.
"On Paper" it's a noticeably superior product for way cheaper than the Wacom. But I wouldn't want to pull the trigger on one until I've read what someone - *someone* - who has used one has to say about it. How fast does the pen run through juice between charges? Does it have tilt sensitivity? Frankly, if I could get just those two questions answered, I'd seriously have to consider buying one right now.