Should I put that in "[]"s... that's kind of a personal thought, besides that, yeah Bamboo Pen Tablet, something that stares me in the face everyday and never thought to review.
Aztaro Reviews: Bamboo Pen tablet
Wacom is a company that's been making touch integrated technology for years and by what I've heard, doing it right. This is one of their cheaper models the Bamboo Pen, which can be purchased in either touch, pen or pen and touch styles. This review will be about the pen model because that's the one I own. This technology is genius, battery-less pen, pressure sensitive technology and all in a small pen and flat yet durable plastic clipboard shaped tablet. They even got the rubber on the work area to mimic a form of paper, even on one of the cheapest models, I say that's dedication to the job. The pen has two programmable buttons so you can set a hot-key to a program or have it be an alternate mouse click because you can use this as a mouse as well. This tablet is just like any other tablet by being able to be used outside of art programs. Even one of the buttons defaults are for a pan [scroll] on one of the buttons, encouraging you to try it outside of art. The pens pressure sensitive stylus also makes art projects easier when working in compatible programs [Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Paint.Net, Paint Tool Sai, Deviantart's Muro, and more than I can list or know]. The tablet even comes with the program Corel Paint so if your not familiar with any programs or have no money for known programs it can give you an art program to work with. easy install and works with pretty much every operating system. All around it's a good starter tablet for artists or people who want to draw just for a hobby.
Personal Thoughts [Skip at your leisure]: I personally like this tablet, I use it for drawing and because of it I almost NEVER draw on paper anymore. Unless I need to get a quick idea down to draw into the computer later. I love the feel, the simplicity and the greatest factor that made me buy the tablet, price. This isn't even the cheapest tablet Wacom offers and it's still in the neighborhood of $70, It's amazing it even comes with an art program [which I haven't even taken the CD out of it's plastic sleeve, sorry Corel]. I personally feel they price this wrong, this tablet feels like it should be priced higher but I'm not complaining to much there. if you want to draw for hobby, this is probably your best bet, if your going into a career, this isn't for you unless you want to get a "feel" for the product and which, still not for you. The higher up ones have so many more options, buttons, pressure sensetivity, etc that it may feel like a whole new tablet but don't take my word on that part.
Final thought: Get it if your looking for a realistic drawing tool for the computer, there is nothing like drawing on the computer, I almost completely gave up on traditional drawing because of it.
