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I don't know if the Apple Tablet will impact Wacom's business in any way, but for what it's worth a picture drawn on an even smaller screen using one of these "

I don't know if the Apple Tablet will impact Wacom's business in any way, but for what it's worth a picture drawn on an even smaller screen using one of these "not half decent graphic applications" ended up on the cover of The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/2009/05/jorge-colombo-iphone-cover.html http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/2009/05/jorge-colo... And simply because Apple don't supply a stylus with the device, doesn't mean that you can't use one with it. http://tenonedesign.com/stylus.php http://tenonedesign.com/stylus.php

jacquesm 17y ago
Nice enough drawing (watch the video), but it can't hold a candle to what artists in general produce using digital tools. That stylus is just a passive device to touch the screen, the styluses (sp?) attached to professional tablets are active, carry pressure sensitive tips and usually have one or more buttons to modify the function of the touch by the tip. There is a big difference between 'finger painting' and professional production grade artwork. As always, a 'real' artist will be able to do things with a medium that others can only dream of, just like Yehudi Menuhin would be able to get more music out of a crappy violin than a skilled amateur. But that would most likely not have meant that he would have abandoned his Bussetto for some piece of junk. I expect the same holds true for people that use tablets professionally or for serious drawing, instead of using it to show off what you can do with advanced finger painting. There just is no comparing.
xcombinator 17y ago
The Wacom tablet computers sells in the thousands, iPad is going to sell in the millions. There is nothing like a wacom for drawing with hi quality, but I'm sure Apple realise a "notebook computer" needs a pen and will add it in the future. The capacitive stylus has very poor resolution, and is difficult to contrast with the part of the hand that you use for support on the screen. It would be simpler to use an optical,sound, radio or inertial add on.
- jacquesm 17y ago
  > iPad is going to sell in the millions Wow! Your crystal ball must be a lot better than mine. I figure early adopters several tens of thousands, most of them people that want to be seen with the latest gadget. Then they find out that it is cumbersome to have something like this because it requires a carrier, it does definitely not fit in your pocket, which was the reason Jobs was railing against netbooks not all that long ago. And I actually agreed with him, now it seems he disagrees with himself. The wacom tablet computers sell in the thousands because they are a niche device, the apple tablet for now is a niche device too, until the opposite has been proven. This is not an iphone, and the iphone is not an ipod. Iphones and Ipods are selling as good as they do because they fit their niche (pocket devices for entertainment and connectivity) very well, this device is in a completely different class.

jacquesm 17y ago

Nice enough drawing (watch the video), but it can't hold a candle to what artists in general produce using digital tools. That stylus is just a passive device to touch the screen, the styluses (sp?) attached to professional tablets are active, carry pressure sensitive tips and usually have one or more buttons to modify the function of the touch by the tip. There is a big difference between 'finger painting' and professional production grade artwork. As always, a 'real' artist will be able to do things with a medium that others can only dream of, just like Yehudi Menuhin would be able to get more music out of a crappy violin than a skilled amateur. But that would most likely not have meant that he would have abandoned his Bussetto for some piece of junk. I expect the same holds true for people that use tablets professionally or for serious drawing, instead of using it to show off what you can do with advanced finger painting. There just is no comparing.

xcombinator 17y ago

The Wacom tablet computers sells in the thousands, iPad is going to sell in the millions. There is nothing like a wacom for drawing with hi quality, but I'm sure Apple realise a "notebook computer" needs a pen and will add it in the future. The capacitive stylus has very poor resolution, and is difficult to contrast with the part of the hand that you use for support on the screen. It would be simpler to use an optical,sound, radio or inertial add on.

jacquesm 17y ago
> iPad is going to sell in the millions Wow! Your crystal ball must be a lot better than mine. I figure early adopters several tens of thousands, most of them people that want to be seen with the latest gadget. Then they find out that it is cumbersome to have something like this because it requires a carrier, it does definitely not fit in your pocket, which was the reason Jobs was railing against netbooks not all that long ago. And I actually agreed with him, now it seems he disagrees with himself. The wacom tablet computers sell in the thousands because they are a niche device, the apple tablet for now is a niche device too, until the opposite has been proven. This is not an iphone, and the iphone is not an ipod. Iphones and Ipods are selling as good as they do because they fit their niche (pocket devices for entertainment and connectivity) very well, this device is in a completely different class.