Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First of all, I'm not a native English speaker, sorry for you reading my broken Engrish. :) Bamboo is Wacom's lineup for light-users. This is the second generation of this line, which features multi-touch. # What's in the Box A Tablet A Pen Three nip replacement A nip extractor No more mouse offered. (No one uses Wacom's mouse anyway...) # Pen It features Wacom's typical technologies: No battery needed, No cable, and an eraser-programed tail. New Bamboo pen has just OK grip. Just OK. However, if you own an Intuos, it might be little rough for you. Unlike beautifully curved and rubber gripped Intuos pen, it is simply a plain circular cylinder. It is about the size of three AAA batteries lined up. From 2nd generation, Bamboo line features 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity. The higher level allows you to draw more pressure-sensed line. This is significant, because Intuos3, one of the professional ones, features 1024-level as well. (You can draw thicker line when you put more pressure, and vice versa.) In fact, this is doubled level from 1st generation. This is simply great for the price! # Touch The biggest reason I bought this product, despite the fact I own an Intuos4, is the multi-touch. I had a doubt that how useful it is gonna be, but a tablet with touch-sensors made me sooo curious that I had to order one right away. The stinky feeling was right; it wasn't that useful. For navigating, using the pen is wayyy faster. For editing pictures, my keyboard works better. Also the touch does not offer good precision to work with those Adobe programs. Even though it is not-so-useful function with those professional programs, it may be useful with scrapping and album-making programs, such as Shutterfly. # Working Surface Working on this new surface made me feel like I'm working on an actual paper. With 1st generation, it was a bit too rough that the nip wears away too fast. One the other hand, Intuos3's surface was too slippery. But this new Bamboo line's surface is less rough than the 1st gen, and is rougher than the ice-slippery Intuos3. I think Wacom found just right roughness. # Driver The driver is a little bit disappointing. I don't really get many options for customizing this product. I could still program the pen and express buttons, but I couldn't program the finger gestures. I hope Wacom update the driver, and allow users to add some custom gestures. # Appearance The specification of 'Bamboo Craft' and 'Bamboo Pen and Touch' are identical, just different designs. Also Craft comes with a tutorial DVD, and some more deals (e.g. magazine subscription, Shutterfly, etc.) and picture editing programs. I didn't want to get those extra stuffs, but I paid 30 more dollars for this design. (The recommended price of P&T is $99.) I'm satisfied with the design, but I'm still not sure if it worth to spend extra $30. # The bottom line The 2nd Gen Bamboo is great product for those who are first to tablet, and those who need a decent tablet for leisure activities. Though the specification is doubled up, the price is same from 1st Gen. So I would say it is a great bargain. Though the touch is not that functional, this new technology is fun to play with. For the tablet's original purpose, pen mousing, I would say it is one of the best.