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There is more to productivity than fast, accurate text input. Touch is inferior for text input, but superior for other types of input. I know many designers wh
by potatolicious 14y ago
There is more to productivity than fast, accurate text input.
Touch is inferior for text input, but superior for other types of input. I know many designers who are salivating at the prospect of being able to do their work with a stylus that's also a screen (as opposed to the Wacom way of doing it).
- freehunter 14y agoTo be fair to Wacom, you can embed a Wacom digitizer into a screen as well. I have an Asus EeeNote tablet that is a black and white screen with a Wacom digitizer over it, I use it as a digital notepad.
- Cederfjard 14y agoWacom has had its Cintiq line for a few years now, although they are quite a bit more expensive than the pure tablets.
- potatolicious 14y agoIndeed - the Cintiq has never really been affordable in the vast majority of cases. We have a whole team of designers here at the office and lots of Wacom tablets - and not a single Cintiq. The digitizer-on-a-screen idea isn't new, but its affordability is definitely unprecedented. The Surface Pro (for all its faults) is a high-res IPS display with a Wacom digitizer and some pretty respectable specs for <$1K.
- rdouble 14y agoRandom, but maybe useful... There are off-brand cintiq alternatives that get great reviews. http://frenden.tumblr.com/post/38693256477/yiynovamsp19u http://frenden.tumblr.com/post/38693256477/yiynovamsp19u
- pekk 14y agoWacom's stuff has been the gold standard for ages. A portable Wacom with the display behind the drawing area would be perfect.
- wmf 14y agoThat was called Microsoft Tablet PC...
- spyder 14y agoSome tablets already have built-in Wacom pen display, like the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, the Microsoft Surface Pro and the ASUS Slate.