disney dream sketcher electronic drawing pad
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I work as a tech support agent for a large and impersonal company. As such, I am inundated daily with calls from individuals seeking assistance with computer-related issues.
The first thing I do on each call is ask the customer some basic info., such as account #, which I scribble onto a sticky note or piece of scrap paper.
It doesn’t take long for these scraps of processed tree pulp to pile up, filling my waste can and/or littering my desk. What I need, and what I got with this product, is a reusable writing surface, instantly erasable.
The writing is a semi-fluorescent green, not hard to read in average light, and erasure is as simple as pushing the button on top of the pad. The device is sturdy, reliable and just plain fun to use.
So why only 3 stars? Two things:
1.) Sometimes I have to save a customer’s info. until later in the work day, when I have time to process an order they placed or make a change in their account. When this happens I have to whip out good old fashioned paper and write down what I need to know.
The Boogie Board, alas, can’t help me in this situation, simply b/c there is no save function. If there were I could toss away the sticky note pad for good. As it is I’ve got one foot in the 21st century and the other in ancient Egypt, with Pharaoh’s scribes forming letters on papyrus as the Nile flows lazily by.
2.) The stylus they included is wonderful, except for one gaping flaw. It can’t be attached to the board. To someone as prone to losing things as I am this is a serious defect.
Personally I would like it to have one of those plastic coil thingies like the pens in the post office are attached to. But even a simple clip would be much better than what it has now, which is nothing at all.
I visited the company website and found out that a model with a save function is in the works. I’m glad to hear it. As long as it also features a loss-proof stylus I’ll happily purchase one. In the meantime I’m sticking with yellow squares of paper and blue ink; not very high-tech but for now the best I’ve got. Hopefully that won’t remain the case for too terribly long.
Rating: 3 / 5
There are two routes you can go with this. Either you choose to get a Tablet PC Laptop…or you get a Wacom Cintiq.
The Tablet PC is basically a laptop that you can draw on the screen. It’s nice for portability, like drawing in the car, but the pressure sensitivity isn’t so great. It has about 255 levels of pressure sensitivity.
The Wacom Cintiq is basically a free standing touch screen monitor that you can draw on. It is highly sensitive to the touch of your stylus to the screen and is literally like drawing on paper. It is so freakin cool you wouldn’t believe. The downside is that it is not portable at all. It needs to be plugged in and would not be useful as a drawing tablet for out in the park or kicking back in your car. It’s also very expensive with the cheapest one being $1000 and the most expensive one being $2000.
You can read my article for additional info on the differences if you want. Good luck with your decision.
There are two routes you can go with this. Either you choose to get a Tablet PC Laptop…or you get a Wacom Cintiq.
The Tablet PC is basically a laptop that you can draw on the screen. It’s nice for portability, like drawing in the car, but the pressure sensitivity isn’t so great. It has about 255 levels of pressure sensitivity.
The Wacom Cintiq is basically a free standing touch screen monitor that you can draw on. It is highly sensitive to the touch of your stylus to the screen and is literally like drawing on paper. It is so freakin cool you wouldn’t believe. The downside is that it is not portable at all. It needs to be plugged in and would not be useful as a drawing tablet for out in the park or kicking back in your car. It’s also very expensive with the cheapest one being $1000 and the most expensive one being $2000.
You can read my article for additional info on the differences if you want. Good luck with your decision.
There are two routes you can go with this. Either you choose to get a Tablet PC Laptop…or you get a Wacom Cintiq.
The Tablet PC is basically a laptop that you can draw on the screen. It’s nice for portability, like drawing in the car, but the pressure sensitivity isn’t so great. It has about 255 levels of pressure sensitivity.
The Wacom Cintiq is basically a free standing touch screen monitor that you can draw on. It is highly sensitive to the touch of your stylus to the screen and is literally like drawing on paper. It is so freakin cool you wouldn’t believe. The downside is that it is not portable at all. It needs to be plugged in and would not be useful as a drawing tablet for out in the park or kicking back in your car. It’s also very expensive with the cheapest one being $1000 and the most expensive one being $2000.
You can read my article for additional info on the differences if you want. Good luck with your decision.
This is a wide format, slim graphics tablet with cordless pen and a 10x6 inch active area. The footprint of the drawing pad can be as much as 3 to 4 inches larger than the input area. When used horizontally, a pivot point on the back allows you to rotate the display for the most comfortable drawing position. You also get an extra pen, batteries for both pens, and replacement nibs for the pens. Not too far into the future these hardware-related electronic drawing pads will replace all forms of ink and paper related forms of design. The larger size of the Intuos4 Large tablet will let you achieve the wider, sweeping strokes some artists prefer. One thing to keep in mind about the size of an electronic drawing pad is one of the first factors that you may want to think about when choosing a tablet, a bigger pad isn't necessarily better. The technology behind the electronic drawing pad has grown by leaps and bounds recently and hardware related innovation of the drawing pads themselves has been changing almost quarterly. For creative work like painting, drawing, and touching up photos, the medium size Bamboo Fun tablet is ideal. The smaller