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Wacom Bamboo One Graphics Tablet | 
| Brand: Wacom
Category: CE
Buy New: £34.25
New (11) from £29.86
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 465
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 10.2 x 2.5
MPN: CTF430SEN
Model: CTF430SEN
EAN: 4949268614009
ASIN: B000VZZCSO
Release Date: September 14, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
The Bamboo One tablet from Wacom is the ideal graphics tool for beginners. You can write, paint and touch up your photos on this compact and easy-to-use tablet, and you can write freely and in complete comfort with the Bamboo One's intelligent stylus pen. This tablet is practical for simply jotting down ideas or messages, and it even lets you access all your computer applications.The Bamboo One graphics tablet is a user-friendly computer interface for the whole family. System requirements:Windows 2000, XP, VistaMac OS X 10.3.9USB portCD-Rom
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Wacom Bamboo One Graphics Tablet - REVIEW December 5, 2008
Mrs. N. A. De Jesus (wales,UK)
Its not very often that i buy electrical equipment over the net and am totaly happy with the purchase once the box is opened. Thats exactly what happen with this graphics tablet.
It was packaged and padded out very well in a big box. It was delivered very quickly even though it went super-saver delivery. And Amazon had the best price that i could find anywhere.
The price though, does not reflect the quality. It is stlyish, the bulid quality is excellent and easy to use. It works wonderfully with XP while still enabling me to use my existing cordless mouse.
The tablet work area is equal to the area on my 19" TFT screen. Put the pen anywhere on the tablet and the curser moves right there, across the screen. No need to keep bragging the curser across the screen, (unlike a mouse). The tablet size is perfect as it does not take up a large area on my desk. i still have room on my desk for other things.
The Spec on this tablet (like pressure area) is equal to many others but with one very important bonus that others did not have. A 'battery-less' pen. I did not want the trouble of having to change & charge up betteries. The Wacom Bamboo One is totaly battery free, so no frustration of dead batteries and unuseable graphics tablet.
Further, the pen is well thought out as it has two click buttons that enable you to use it as a regular mouse. Using the pen is like holding a regular pencil in your hand. It is smooth to use and when pressure is applied it acts just like a real pencil.
The software included is great. The "Art Rage 2.5" is a drawing program that will give you (or children) plenty of use. It also comes with "Bamboo Scride". If you prefer write to or are unable to type your letters or email this progrm enables you to write while the program converts the written word to text onto a Word doucument. I also got a free download of any program from the Wacom Web site.
The costomer supoort (though i have not had to use it) and downloads put any fears of lack of support to rest.
If art work is not your thing but photo editing is then this Wacom Bamboo One Graphics Tablet and Pen will do the job perfectly. I have used it for such and only wish i had bought one much sooner. Well done Amazon. Well done Wacom.
All-in-all this is a graet product with a great price tag. Disappointed? I doubt it.
The best entry level graphics tablet around November 5, 2008
S. A. Fox (South East England)
I've had graphics tablets before, but this is by far the best entry-level tablet I have ever used. It was easy to install and set up and I was able to adjust the settings to give me the exact functionality I wanted without reading the manual. I am very pleased indeed with the ease with which it can be used and the substantial gains I get in speed and accuracy over a mouse and also over other tablets - I can get an illustration or animation complete in half the time. I have had the tablet for nearly a year now and it is still working perfectly.
I would highly recommend this product to anyone who would like to try a tablet for the first time and to anyone else who would like a really decent basic tablet at a very good price. It's great - a really super piece of kit!
Bamboo? I think you mean WOOHOO! October 27, 2008
Mrs. J. Mackay (Manchester)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'm a graphic designer working mostly in vector design, so in adobe illustrator. Recently I have been getting more and more into Photoshop, and I had bought a tablet about 3 years ago maybe a little more, it was the small 20 Trust tablet. What a mistake that was...
I struggled by with the trust, until I completely abandoned it. I really wanted the flexibility of working with the tablet, but knew I wouldn't really use it enough to justify the larger price tags.
So being a tightwad I struggled by with my mouse, while entering endless competitions to try and win a tablet of decent quality. Knowing that Wacom were the industry standard I stumbled across the Bamboo and decided to take a chance. The price was unbelievable, and as the industry leader I thought that it must be a solid enough option for me to use on a daily basis.
When I received the Bamboo, being a designer I enjoyed the packaging first... Inspecting the product the tablet itself is very solid; it grips very well to the desk. As one review said, the surface isn't completely smooth, but I feel this gives a little friction that helps you rather than hinders. That said, it runs very, very smoothly.
The pen is extremely light, and at first it does feel a little cheap, but once you start using it its very comfortable to hold and works very well indeed. The buttons do seem a little breakable on the pen, if you hold the pen up in the right angle you can almost get the buttons to fall out a little, they don't really have a great button feel either. But again they do work well.
The software provided is brilliant, art rage, although it isn't Photoshop, is great for non-pro and my kids love playing on it. (Yes the tablet is sturdy enough to let the kids have a go!)
Bamboo Scribe is an handwriting recognition alternative to your keyboard, and it works really well - even with my scrawl and spelling problems - although for long documents, and this review, the keyboard is still king.
You also get a voucher to download 1 free software package, although I have not looked into that yet, I think its a choice of 2 packages of software. There is another voucher for 50% off a software package as well.
In Photoshop the pen pressure works wonderfully, and the pen is accurate and a joy to use. Obviously there is no tilt detection that you would get on more expensive models, but for what I need, tilt is not needed...
If you have never used a tablet and want to get one to start you on your way, get this one. If you are a graphic designer and would like to start using a tablet, this is also a great place to start. If you use a large tablet in work or have used one of the higher priced ones before, you might find this one a little disappointing - but it would be great for a cheap portable alternative.
This is a very strong product, and a steal for the price. Get it.
Hope this has helped...
- Rob
www.svgonline.co.uk
Excellent piece of kit September 14, 2008
Anne Nelson (Pembrokeshire, Wales)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a really good addition to a graphcis programme (I design and make greetings cards), which is why I bought it - but it is so much more useful than that! It replaces a conventional mouse in a very user friendly way and is a lot more comfortable to use too. If only it could make a cup of coffee......?! Easy to set-up and customise - it really is a 'Plug and play'. The Artrage software that comes bundled with it is a cute little programme - good for kiddies and adults. All-in-all great value for money and as usual Amazons service was brilliant.
 Not that small August 14, 2008
wolkenlich
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this initially to plug into my ASUS - Eee PC 701 4G blue (UK version) (I know it's supposed to be a challenge to get it working on Linux). The A6 size seemed perfect for mobile computing but the actual tablet is quite a bit bigger (195 x 197 x 11 mm). Don't fancy lugging it around so it's on my home PC running XP. Using it as a mouse was a bit awkward at the start. The mouse mode was all over the shop so I kept it in pen mode but you have to move your hand to get at the lower right portion of the screen. Changing the tracking area on the tablet solves this but when you come to drawing you'll want to change it back for more precision. Works perfectly, does the job, could have been more portable.
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