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Pocketable JAMBOX, LTE Chromebook, Smart Stylus, Anker USB

The Jawbone JAMBOX line is your favorite series of bluetooth speakers, and today you can save big on the latest iteration, the MINI JAMBOX, which starts at just $106. By starts at, we mean the price varies by color, but fortunately the “graphite” is the most universally appealing and the cheapest. [Amazon] Samsung’s new flagship…

Wacom Cintiq Companion Review: A Dream for Drawing, Otherwise Awkward

If you’re a tablet user who likes to draw, you know that the experience offered by an iPad or other consumer-oriented tablet is pretty limited. Wacom, maker of drawing-specific digital interfaces, now has a portable and powerful solution in the Cintiq Companion. It’s great at one thing, but sometimes that’s just not enough. What Is…

Wacom Bamboo Pad: A Touchpad Enhanced for Sketching and Writing

Wacom is covering all grounds lately with new products. Their latest is the Bamboo Pad, a touch surface with the gesture control the likes of an Apple Magic Trackpad, with some added functionality for drawing and jotting down notes. https://gizmodo.com/redesigned-wacom-intuos-tablets-a-new-look-for-budding-1253691921 The Bamboo Pad touts the ability to recognize when you are using the included stylus…

Redesigned Wacom Intuos Tablets: A New Look for Budding Artists

On the heels of its Windows 8 and Android tablets, Wacom just announced a new sleeker and brighter Intuos. The new models are geared less toward professionals, and more toward everyday folk looking to draw and sketch on their computer. https://gizmodo.com/wacom-cintiq-companion-windows-8-and-android-tablets-f-1166233037 The new Intuos comes in 2 sizes—a 6 inch model for $100, and an…

Wacom Cintiq Companion: Windows 8 and Android Tablets For Artists Only

Artists, illustrators, and designers of all kinds rely on Wacom’s line of drawing tablets. Up until now, the devices only worked as peripherals. But Wacom’s new line of fully self-contained tablets are the only devices you need to make art just about anywhere. The Cintiq Companion is Wacom’s attempt to integrate its own powerful stylus…

Photoshop users rejoice: Thanks to software developed by Wacom, Microsfot’s Surface Pro now has the abilty to support a pressure-sensitive stylus.

A Tiny Wacom Stylus Is a Perfect Phone Companion (If You Don’t Lose It)

This stubby little stylus might look more like a crayon than something you’d usually use with your tablet, but it could be just the thing if you only occasionally need to ditch your digits for something more precise. Joining its bigger brothers—the Stylus Feel, Solo, Pocket and Duo—the Bamboo Stylus Mini is just 1.85 inches…

Wacom’s New 13-Inch Multitouch Tablet Won’t (Quite) Break the Bank

If you love the idea of pretending to be a hipster graphic designer with one of Wacom’s beautiful Multitouch Cintiq tablets but can’t quite stretch to the $3,7o0 price tag, good news. The company has just announced a cute—and much more wallet-friendly—13-inch version. https://gizmodo.com/wacoms-multitouch-cintiq-gets-all-your-fingers-in-on-th-5924709 The Cintiq 13HD offers up a 13-inch HD pen display and…

Six Things Your Friends and Family Should Have Gotten You From Macy’s

Finding the perfect Christmas gifts for your friends and family is a real challenge. And as you struggle to find things they might like, don’t forget they’re trying to do the same for you. So when you open that bright pink sweater, or the coffee maker they already got you last year, just smile politely…

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Review: Can a Tablet Fix What the Phone Got Wrong? (Updated)

The Galaxy Note was, just a wee bit big to be considered a phone. Why not make it bigger and call it a straight-up tablet? Add on some Wacom stylus tech, bump up the specs—be our guest! https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-note-lightning-review-wait-who-ordered-5886054 What Is It? Samsung’s new flagship: A 10.1-inch Android tablet with a stylus and Wacom technology. Who’s…

An Enormous Galaxy Note For Stylus-Wielding Arty Types

If you were a fan of the original stylus-packing Galaxy Note, but always thought that 5.3-inches was just too small: good news. Samsung’s finally released the long-awaited quad-core 10.1-inch version of the Note, and you should be able to get your hands on it by the end of this month. Samsung’s not messing around with…

Wacom’s Ballpoint Touchscreen Stylus Works with Paper Tablets, Too

Conceding that sometimes making a quick drawing on a piece of paper still has the occasional benefit over sketching on a tablet, Wacom has updated its touchscreen-friendly Bamboo stylus with a capped ball point pen on one end. The other side still features the soft conductive rubber tip which works just like a finger on…

Wacom Intuos 5 Hands On: Multitouch Feels Good

If you are as addicted to Wacom tablets as I am, you will like to know that there’s a new Intuos in town, the Intuos 5. [top] https://gizmodo.com/wacom-intuos4-wireless-review-the-joy-of-freedom-5489191 What is new? It’s multitouch, like their simpler Bamboo models. You can use multitouch gestures in OS X and Windows using your five fingers (like zooming in…

Wacom’s New Tablets Pack Multitouch and HUD Software

If you spend a lot of time in Photoshop, chances are you use—or would benefit from—a tablet instead of a mouse. Wacom’s offerings tend to be some of the best, and their new Intuos5 range seems no exception. The new Intuos5 tablets come with multitouch gesture support and “Express View” head-up display software, alongside a…

An Even Bigger (!) Galaxy Note Is Coming

Remember yesterday, when you thought the 5.4-inch screen-having Samsung Galaxy Note was gigantic? It’s tiny. TINY, I say! Why? Because rumor has it that Samsung is preparing to unleash the Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC. Yes, that’s almost twice as big. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-note-truly-freakishly-large-5884729 SlashGear spotted this little oopsie on Samsung’s official blog. In the company’s Guide…

Wacom Inkling Release Finally Dated for October 24?

T he Wacom Inkling was a magical, near-unbelievable device that we drooled all over in late August (Jesus especially). It was supposed to be out by late September. Now it’s late October. Luckily, we may finally have a release date. https://gizmodo.com/wacom-inkling-may-become-my-favorite-gadget-of-all-time-5835739 According to an unconfirmed news item at Japanese gadget blog Mycom, the alleged date…

Wacom Cintiq 24HD Review: a Digital Artist Heaven On Earth

I played with the gigantic Wacom Cintiq 24HD last week. It is so well designed and it works so incredibly well that I found myself giggling like a little girl. I drew and drew and I became addicted. After a while I wanted to lick it. Then I wanted to hump its movable arm. I…

Wacom Inkling May Become My Favorite Gadget of All Time

Being an obsessive compulsive sketching bastard, I’m all shades of erect looking at the new Wacom Inkling. With an exquisite design and 1024 levels of pressure, it looks like the perfect device for anyone who sketches anything, from illustrators to architects. While there are other ink-to-digital pens out there, the difference here is Wacom’s pressure…

Takes Notes on Your iPad with Wacom’s Bamboo Paper App

Wacom, makers of those ever capable artist tablets, has released a new iPad app that turns your iPad into a digital notebook (or sketchpad). Ideally, you would use it with Wacom’s Bamboo Stylus for the most pen-and-pad-like experience. But even without the stylus, your finger is perfectly suited for writing as Wacom has built a…

The Wacom Bamboo Stylus for iPad Might Be The First Good Stylus For the iPad

Using a stylus with the iPad is pretty silly! But this Wacom Bamboo Stylus might not be. Not only does it have the Wacom name behind it, but the Bamboo Stylus has a tip (6mm) that’s 25% narrower than most other stylii, which should help make the Bamboo Stylus more accurate. Also! It’s supposed to…