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Masterful Gifts for the 21st Century Artist

It’s a renaissance out there and 21st century artists have better be prepared. Whether your loved ones are aspiring creative professionals or just wanting to take the baby steps into digital art world, you’ll find the tools for them here. 1. Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, $333: This is one of the most powerful tools out…

Tech News Sam Spratt Nov 26

Apple Magic Trackpad: The Beginning of the End for Mac OS X

The $69 Apple Magic Trackpad is nothing new. The Wacom Bamboo Touch has offered the same multi-touch functionality for almost a year. Its true relevance is in what it heralds: The end of Mac OS X as we know it. https://gizmodo.com/new-wacom-bamboo-is-first-graphic-tablet-with-tactile-m-5366763 Madness, some will scream. But it’s just the next logical step of the evolution.…

Reviews Jesus Diaz Jul 29

The Chatroulette Speed Painter Animates the Weirdness

Behold the Chatroulette speed painter at work: armed with just a Wacom tablet and a preternatural drawing ability, he’s able to create incredible sketches of his chat partners in no time flat. And you thought the Chatroulette pianist was good. https://gizmodo.com/the-chatroulette-pianist-will-make-you-laugh-today-5494014 One shudders to think just how much naked ended up on the cutting room…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 29

Wacom Intuos4 Wireless Review: The Joy of Freedom

Here’s the story: I’m in love with the Wacom Intuos4 Wireless tablet. Free from cables, it’s the best graphics tablet experience I’ve ever had. Smoother Than the Smoothest Thing The Wacom Intuos4 was quite a leap from the Intuos3. It doubled the pressure sensitive levels, and it added multifunction Touch Ring trackpad, on-screen radial menus,…

Reviews Jesus Diaz Mar 9

New Wacom Cintiq 21UX Has 2048 Pressure Levels and Back Touchpads

I’m a fan of Wacom’s Cintiq display tablets, so I’m excited about their new 21-inch model, the Cintiq 21UX. According to Wacom, it has better pen performance and ergonomics. The two back touch-strips have me intrigued. https://gizmodo.com/wacom-cintiq-12wx-lcd-pen-tablet-video-review-verdict-338021 They say their new Grip Pen has their new Tip Sensor technology that requires near-zero pressure to start…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 1

Wacom Intuos4 Is Completely Wireless

The fifth Wacom Intuos4 is named the “Intuos4 Wireless” as it teams up with Macs and PCs via Bluetooth. An 8 x 5-inch display used with a pressure-sensitive Grip Pen will have designers porting their creations to Adobe instantly. Autodesk and Corel are also compatible with the graphics tablet, which is the same size as…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 1

New Wacom Bamboo Is First Graphic Tablet with Tactile Multitouch Capability

Wacom seems to finally understand that sometimes a stylus isn’t as good as a finger. The new line of Bamboo tablets includes one that is touch only, another that is pen only, and three with a combo of both. https://gizmodo.com/multi-touch-supporting-bamboo-tablet-joining-wacom-fami-5360362 The $69 Bamboo Touch is basically the product to add a multitouch trackpad to your…

Tech News Joanna Stern Sep 24

iRex DR800SG Hands On: An Ebook Reader, Unchained

As more and more companies roll out more and more ebook readers, it’s becoming clear that this isn’t really a hardware game. Sure, the iRex DR800SG is a slim, minimalist 8.1-inch e-reader, but it’s the software that’ll make it great. https://gizmodo.com/irex-dr800sg-ebook-reader-verizon-3g-b-n-books-stylu-5365676 As far as hardware goes, iRex has gone for as simple a design as…

Tech News John Herrman Sep 23

Multi-Touch Supporting Bamboo Tablet Joining Wacom Family Based on Blurry Pic

I love blurrycam photos almost as much as my good ol’ Wacom tablet. According to this particular snapshot though, it looks like my darling is getting a new sibling in the form of a multi-touch supporting Bamboo. A multi-touch tablet like that could bring intuitive zooming, scrolling, and maybe even preset gestures. The possibilities are…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Sep 15

Wacom’s Intuos4 Pen Tablet Gets Reviewed (Verdict: Good Value)

Wacom has just released their newest pen tablet, the Intuos4, with features that are sure to interest any aspiring digital artist. If you fall in that category, PC Magazine thinks you won’t be disappointed. While it doesn’t compare to the Cintiq in terms of functionality, it also doesn’t carry the hefty price tag. For $230…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 25

Wacom Dips Toe In Club Scene With Nextbeat Wireless DJ Controller

Wacom, the tablet and touchscreen company that’s made a name for itself in graphic design circles, is about to enter the discotheque. The entry is called Nextbeat, a music controller that lets prosumer DJs mix and manipulate their beats with a variety of touchscreen controls and a portable “pod” that docks with the main unit.…

Tech News Jack Loftus Mar 15

Hands On: Lenovo’s Dual-Screen Laptop Has Basically Every Feature Ever

I just played around with the new Lenovo W700ds laptop, complete with two screens and built-in Wacom tablet, and it’s a monster. It’s not exactly portable, but it’s as feature-filled as laptops get. https://gizmodo.com/crazy-ibm-thinkpad-w700ds-has-integrated-secondary-disp-5113768 Of course there’s the secondary screen, clocking in at 10.6 inches and popping out of the side of the 17-inch screen.…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 7

iRex Digital Reader 1000S Lightning Review

The Gadget: iRex’s ebook reader, a huge 10.2″ E-Ink display with Wacom touch surface—in short, the ebook reader that the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader wish they were. The Price: $750 The Verdict: If the Kindle was the Sidekick of ebook readers, the iRex 1000S would be the G1. Its functionality is broad, but it…

Reviews Wilson Rothman Dec 12

Lenovo ThinkPad W700 Has a BUILT-IN Wacom Tablet and Professional Grade Screen

Lenovo’s ThinkPad W700 is a 17-inch behemoth that’s the first notebook ever with a built-in Wacom digitizer. Designed for professional use in industries such as graphic design, photography and CAD, the digital tablet lets you manipulate images in programs like Photoshop without any extra gear. In addition, the 8-lb notebook features a professional grade, WUXGA…

Tech News Adrian Covert Aug 12

The PlayStation 3 Works Well Enough With Tablets

It’s one of those things that makes sense, but we’d never tried before. One tablet-happy artist decided to plug in his Wacom tablet into his PS3. The result? It was essentially plug ‘n play. While a combination of the PS3’s firmware and third party game design mean that it could never be used play 90%…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 4

Wacom New Touchscreen Perfect for Fabled Tablet MacBook

Wacom, maker of the best graphic tablets available—as our video review of the latest Cintiq points out—says their new technology may be the key in developing perfect tablet computers, like the fabled MacBook Tablet. Their new surface has pressure-sensitive pen input and “pinpoint precision and drift-free” finger touch capability for low-power operation and lower cost…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 25

Axiotron ModBook Review (Verdict: A Touchscreen MacBook Done Right)

Click to viewIt was exactly a year from the time Axiotron first debuted their touchscreen MacBook at Macworld 2007 to the time we got the first hands-on of it at Macworld 2008, and that year of development time seems to have done the company some good. Not only is this ModBook the touchscreen Mac Apple…

Reviews Jason Chen Mar 3

Make Your Own Mac Tablet in 15 Minutes

Did you fall in love with the Wacom tablet that Jesus showed off? Are you also not rich enough to afford a $4,000 tablet? I feel your pain. But hey, why drop all that coin on a new one when you can turn your Mac laptop into a tablet in a mere 15 minutes for…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 2

Wacom Cintiq 12WX LCD Pen Tablet Video Review (Verdict: Simply Amazing) UPDATED

Click to viewHere’s the video review for the new Wacom Cintiq 12WX, a tablet that allows you to draw directly on the screen with extreme precision, great feel and amazing results (even with butter fingers like mine). The Cintiq 12WX is probably the best peripheral I have ever tried. If you are not a professional…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 27

Wacom Scraps Graphire for Bamboo

Wacom has replaced its old consumer model, Graphire, with a new two-model line called Bamboo and Bamboo Fun. First off, neither one of the new models can recognize that your pen is tilting, change functions depending on what application you’re running, or use other non-Bamboo specific drawing pens. But they both have added four programmable…

Gadgets Blongo3 Sep 13

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Wacom Intuos4 Wireless Review: The Joy of Freedom

New Wacom Cintiq 21UX Has 2048 Pressure Levels and Back Touchpads

Wacom Intuos4 Is Completely Wireless

New Wacom Bamboo Is First Graphic Tablet with Tactile Multitouch Capability

iRex DR800SG Hands On: An Ebook Reader, Unchained

Multi-Touch Supporting Bamboo Tablet Joining Wacom Family Based on Blurry Pic

Wacom’s Intuos4 Pen Tablet Gets Reviewed (Verdict: Good Value)

Wacom Dips Toe In Club Scene With Nextbeat Wireless DJ Controller

Hands On: Lenovo’s Dual-Screen Laptop Has Basically Every Feature Ever

iRex Digital Reader 1000S Lightning Review

Lenovo ThinkPad W700 Has a BUILT-IN Wacom Tablet and Professional Grade Screen

The PlayStation 3 Works Well Enough With Tablets

Wacom New Touchscreen Perfect for Fabled Tablet MacBook

Axiotron ModBook Review (Verdict: A Touchscreen MacBook Done Right)

Make Your Own Mac Tablet in 15 Minutes

Wacom Cintiq 12WX LCD Pen Tablet Video Review (Verdict: Simply Amazing) UPDATED

Wacom Scraps Graphire for Bamboo

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