Comments on: Wacom to Make Multi-Touch Tablet

By: Rena Lombardero

Rena Lombardero — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:22:00 +0000

I used to have a HP laptop with touch capabilities and wacom pen. When the system sensed that you where using the pen, it turned the touch controls off. It seams this is a software solution that works. Can’t imagine why wacom do not use this on their own drivers, but maybe they will on the tablet.

By: ELeighK

ELeighK — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:38:00 +0000

I LOVE my Surface Pro (although 8gb memory would have been nicer). The pen however does not register pressure in Photoshop and both Adobe and Microsoft are playing the blame game. Other apps however do recognize the pressure sensitivity so I’m blaming Adobe until I see evidence to the contrary.

By: ELeighK

ELeighK — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:31:00 +0000

It’s called palm rejection and it’s already on most pen enabled devices like the Microsoft Surface Pro and some of the HTC devices with Scribe (like the Flyer and the EVO).

By: Adam Temple

Adam Temple — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:17:00 +0000

I hope they don’t price it like their screens.

By: Alex Hunt

Alex Hunt — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:37:00 +0000

I have heard really good things about the Microsoft surface Pro and its Wacom tech in the system. Sources: http://www.penny-arcade.com/2013/02/25/the-ms-surface-pro
http://youtu.be/MCKWn1zjejE

By: Matt Campbell

Matt Campbell — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:11:00 +0000

I used to think very highly of Wacom… then I bought an Inkling. They are very capable of selling bad stuff, apparently.

By: William Zhou

William Zhou — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:10:00 +0000

Imagine the tethering possibilities with this…

By: Markus Weimer

Markus Weimer — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:35:00 +0000

Nice move! However, I wonder how that is different from the Samsung Ativ or the MS Surface Pro. Both of these already have a Wacom digitizer in their screen…

By: Jaron Schneider

Jaron Schneider — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:22:00 +0000

I run into the same issues on my Intous5.

By: Bert McLendon

Bert McLendon — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:49:00 +0000

If they do this right, it will be a required device in all art schools around the world. I hope they do it right! If apple put wacom guts in the ipad and a real pen with pressure sensitivity, it would be the perfect device. I got excited about the galaxy note 10 because of their “pressure sensitivity”, apparently it has wacom guts inside it but it’s just not the same, it seems like an afterthought. Oh please please please do it right wacom! =)