Hantech Siso Tablo laptop stylus gets reviewed
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 26th 2009 7:45PM
posted May 26th 2009 7:45PM
We just caught sight of Hanwha's Duo laptop stylus a couple of months ago, but it's not the only device out there that promises to turn any old laptop into a pen-accommodating tablet PC, and the folks at SlashGear have now gotten their hands on one of its competitors: the Hantech Siso Tablo. Like the Duo, this one consists of a pen and a Wii-like sensor that sits atop your laptop screen (up to 15.4-inch only), which detects the location of the pen and lets you do everything from drawing and handwriting recognition to controlling the cursor. Best of all, according to SlashGear, the $99 device more or less works just as advertised, and even apparently rivals more expensive gear when it comes to basic design tasks -- or outdoes them, for that matter, since it can also simply be paired with a ballpoint pen and a piece of paper. Hit up the link below for their full impressions.
i kinda want one
That's a pretty snazzy solution.... not too pricey for what it does either. I may have to look into it...
As a college student, I really want this. I was looking for a 17" laptop, but now I guess if I want this luxury item, I have to get a 15.4" laptop *sigh*.
Anyone know of any other brand that does something like this, that may be used with a 17" screen?
This is an automatic GET.
So you can't just use your finger with this?
Could I use it with a 16:9, 16 inch screen and just assume that the boundaries are not going to work?
My friend tried it on his 22" LCD monitor and it works nicely according to him. Maybe not as precise when using it on a bigger size but is good enough for what he does.
Hm, it's a shame there's no way to swivel my laptop's screen around- it can lie flat, though, so that's something, just have to find somewhere to put the keyboard.
Does this work with Windows 7? Vista and 7 drivers are pretty much the same....so in theory this should work right?
"pretty much" they are the same. The only difference is that some companies optimized for 7.
Han Solo what?
Diablo... Han Solo Diablo.
there is a DIY mod on this kind of thing already.
Yes.
Pen + Paper.
Actually, I want to know if it's really that safe to use a stylus on an existing monitor for an extended period of time. Typically, your modern LCD screen is going to be very fragile. Is anyone worried that they're going to press down too hard and break the glass substrate?
I would love one of these for a 24" monitor
I am positively SICK of product demo videos made in noisy environments.
Nevertheless, this product looks great!
- lots of interesting ways to scratch and/or pressure-damage your expensive non-touchscreen
- "much cheaper than the Wacom"
- relaxed work due to imprecision and delay, but hey, it's cheap
- no word of Mac support, yet it "Supports all the professional designers" *bruhaha*
The presentation aspect is interesting indeed, but you really, really have to be careful not to damage the screen.
I'm negatively sick of it.
I want to know why this pen is tethered, yet it still needs a battery. I mean, it's tethered to the sensor, which is powered by USB... am I missing something here..?
Needless to say, the artist in me wants it, but the professional in me is telling me to stick to my Intuos. This might be an awesome on-the-go Cintiq-style conversion for my laptop (providing it supports 13", 16:9).
My mistake. It's not tethered. I'm ordering one.
I would get one if there were pressure sensitive feature. I'm a tablet PC user for my art stuff and the problem with tablet PCs are their weak GPUs. I need GPU for my 3D stuff.
Doesn't seem like there's any pressure sensitivity on this...if that's indeed the case, then this device can't be considered an alternative to Wacom tablets for artists.
I really don't trust this, for two reasons: I bought a similar setup (seems to be based on the same principle) intended to write (or control the cursor) on paper, and it didn't worked very well, straight lines didn't get neither straight nor continuous lines so I returned it. Second, I'm not comfortable writing on my screen...