Wacom Wins 2 Coveted Red Dot Awards

Wacom have won 2 Red Dot Awards for the Bamboo Fun Pen Tablet and their Cintiq 12WX hybrid interactive pen display. This is the second red dot award for the Bamboo range, as the first model in the series also received the same accolade in June 2007. The Cintiq 12WX features a high quality 12.1” screen, which is optimised for direct input using the ergonomically designed digital pen. With this form of interaction activities such as drawing, painting, sketching, storyboarding, finishing, retouching and compositing allow the creative to work much as they would on paper. For more information on the Bamboo Fun and the Cintiq 12WX visit Wacom.
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Wacom Cintiq 12WX and Cintiq 20WSX

Wacom announced two new members to their Cintiq family last week. The Cintiq 12WX and Cintiq 20WSX offer onscreen editing for tablet fans, artists, photographers and imageers. The Cintiq 12WX offers a resolution of 1,280 x 800, and has a street price of $999. The Cintiq 20WSX, is the world's first wide-format desktop pen display with a 1680x1050 resolution. This makes it ideal for those who prefer to work with a 16:10aspect ratio and has an SRP of $1,999.

Wacom Display Tablet For The Masses?

With the cintiq line of Wacom diaplay tablets costing some very heavy coinage, it was initially nice to read about the new DTF-521 Interactive Pen display. This 15 inch offering from Wacom is a lower resultion offering for users who want some pen capabilities, but who are not necessarily worrried about a great deal of precision. However I still think that for the $1,624 price tag, I can buy a pretty decent tablet pc with even more in the way of capabilities...