The pressure levels are useful for creating smoother transitions from strong to light touches.
The pressure levels are useful for creating smoother transitions from strong to light touches.
Apart from pressure, I know that some tablets feature tilt sensitivity. Are there, really, any other features besides those that differentiate?
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Many come with some number of quick keys, as well as a scroll type device. The quick keys can come in very handy for doing all sorts of operations, but not really required. The scroll device however is very nice in being able to move the map or zoom in an out quickly, depending on how you map the input.
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What is the least expensive tablet out there these days with tilt?
I have the original USB Graphire, which still works nicely, but am always curious about my options.
I think it's the Bamboo...but I could be wrong on this.
Unless I missed it somewhere, the Bamboo does not have tilt. The easiest way to check is to go to Wacom's site. For the visual people out there, they even have video demos of each model.
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Speaking of tablets---
Anyone seen this: http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00855
Watch the video of the "tablo" in action.
I don't think it has pressure sensitivity, and not sure of the accuracy, but it could be neat...
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Very interesting... That might be a purchase for my next bonus check... which means a few years. I wonder if it might have pressure sensitivity of some sort. When you watch him draw the lines appear to have thickness differences, and the color is not always solid.
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I rather doubt it. Since you're applying the stylus to the notebook's LCD screen, I'd think increasing the pressure would be a Bad Idea™.
It looks like it probably works in a fashion similar to that interactive whiteboard hack for the Wiimote we saw a while back: http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/
edit: watching that video again, I wonder if it uses distance from the screen as "pressure" and a button for clicking rather than surface contact like a drawing tablet.
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