Tablet Leader Wacom Jumps on Multi-Touch Bandwagon

Wacom, well known for its Intuos tablet writing and sketching devices, has released a finger friendly touchpad for external use. The Bamboo Touch has arrived to meld the features of multi-touch with the comfort of Wacom's large tablet area. The buzz has settled a little about multi-touch technology lately but its adoption is continuing to grow. First experienced by Apple's users on various Macbook models, multi-touch is showing up on more and more devices. A few niche manufacturers have created multi-touch pads, but Wacom is the first major name to bring a device to market. The whole Bamboo line is multi-touch enabled, and the Bamboo Touch is the smallest and most affordable of them.

The Bamboo Touch brings just the large comfortable touchpad experience for a very nominal price. Nine basic gestures are supported by the Touch, including Navigate, Click, Double Click, Right Click, Forward & Back, Scroll, Select & Drag, Rotate, and Zoom. All these gestures are easily and comfortably performed on the 5.4" x 8.2" tablet. There are also 4 physical buttons for clicks or programming functions or launching macros. The touch area is considerably larger than a laptop touchpad, and should make a decent desktop companion. At only $69, you can add multi-touch to your iMac or Windows 7 desktops by giving up a USB plug.

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