http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/ Engadget Comments for Wacom's Bamboo Pen & Touch unboxed and previewed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/And although it's not listed on this review I see on the wacom site that the tech specs are pretty decent and not cutting corners:
Pressure Levels 1024
Resolution 2540 lpi

So yeah, I want one, only caveat being that you don't have the angle sensitivity for the pen like an intuos has, but that doesn't have the touch, so you'd have to choose if you want to use it artistically or get both or wait for an intuos update possibly.
Oh and it doesn't have the ring, now you might argue you don't need the ring since the whole surface is touch, but there's something about a ring that is nice, sort of seems logical for settings to have a round thing like that, but it's something you can live without though and not even remotely a dealbreaker..]]>Sep 26th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/

...why is this wired?]]>Sep 26th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/
It doesn't do the same thing in Paint or any other app I've tried though, and the regular Wacom Bamboo I bought last week works fine on the same computer in Photoshop.

I made sure to go to the Wacom site for new Windows 7 drivers, but it didn't help.]]>Sep 26th 2009 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/]]>Sep 26th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/
So I've been thinking about offloading my larger Bamboo for this smaller Bamboo Pen & Touch. What do you guys think? Also, do we know if any of the gestures work in Windows yet?? Or just MacOS?]]>Sep 26th 2009 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/
Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2teDR5zRKrg

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i think we killed them.]]>Sep 26th 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Sep 26th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/
I have virtually NO hardware from that era that is still supported, except maybe a PC keyboard. Complaints about a 1995 tablet are pretty absurd, IMO.]]>Sep 27th 2009 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Description
Driver 4.78-6 for Windows
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When I turned off one of the screens, the accuracy of the Bamboo Touch went up, but still nothing compared to the Intuos. That's the difference of 2400 DPI vs. 5K DPI.

As far as the touch goes, I found that I didn't use it much at all. It isn't as useful as the MBP pad, and I ultimately found it inconvenient. I would recommend a high DPI tablet for anyone using a MBP. For other machines, the Bamboo Touch may be just convenient and fun enough to use. ]]>Sep 27th 2009 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/
I think you had to get use to the hover pen setting. This lets you hold the pen about 1/4 inch or less above the tablet and still control the movement of the cursor. If you don't understand that setting then you could have the stated effect. This setting comes in handy for drawing so you can lift the pen off the tablet but still see the cursors placement.

This is a great product. Great packaging and usability. Some tweaking of settings are needed in Windows 7, as the OS has its own settings that interfere with Wacom settings. While it doesn't have the pressure levels of an Intros...you can still adjust line strength in Illustrator or Photoshop. Overall 9 out of 10. ]]>Oct 2nd 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/
I can't install it...

Every time it tells me to plug in the device it automatically moves on and tells me I must reboot. I've rebooted twice, got sick of it an downloaded software from the website, and it wants me to keep rebooting...nice.]]>Sep 28th 2009 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/
I don't know what problems you speak of w/ CS4 + Windows 7. I have CS4 Master Collection installed on Win 7 RC (build 7600) x64 and really only have issues w/ Encore. Photoshop works flawlessly here.

I also have a Bamboo Pen & Touch. I had no problems here installing it or getting it to work. Only issue I had is overlapping settings w/ Win 7 and Wacom. I had to turn off the Windows "hold down for sub-menu" setting so I could draw properly.

What do you mean by "regular pc"? XP or Vista...]]>Oct 2nd 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/
Just read your earlier post here. Sounds like your having the same problem I did. When you leave the pen on the surface to draw it opens the brush menu in Photoshop.

Follow these steps to fix:

Go in to the Control Panel...Open Hardware/Sound...Open Pen/Touch...Under Pen Options Tab...3rd option down is "Press and Hold" Double Click...At the Top Un-check "Enable press for right-click".

You should now be able to draw without problems. If you need to open a sub-menu just use the button on the side of the pen. ]]>Oct 2nd 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/
The only problem I currently have is that the "Back" gesture doesn't work within Firefox.

PTL

Some more thoughts here: http://blog.perstechlife.com/2009/10/06/bamboo-touch-first-impressions]]>Oct 7th 2009 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/Initially I got basic touchpad functionality - I could move the pointer around with a finger but not click on anything, and the oen didn't do anything at all. The installer had failed to install the actual Bamboo software so I installed it manually.. and now it does nothing at all, the tutorial still says the driver isn't loaded and I can't open the config utility.
Ho hum.]]>Oct 9th 2009 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/26/wacoms-bamboo-pen-and-touch-unboxed-and-previewed/
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PersTechLife]]>Oct 16th 2009 3:16AM