Wacom Bamboo Touch Tablet
Review by Stephen Jennings : bamboo me

Use as my primary device never going back to the standard mouse. As a sound engineer I use this in the studio all the time it makes working on my computer daw work station a breeze. with the easy zoom features, moving around is simple and my productivity has increased 10 fold. I recommend this item for anyone who wants to step away from the traditional mouse and try something different.

Wacom Bamboo Touch Tablet
Review by Jason : solid hardware without any of the polish

As a software developer I use computers extensively and full time. Having used a mac book pro for a while I found the multitouch gestures to be extremely productive, but I am in a Windows dominated world. After finding the Bamboo Touch at engadget I figured I would order one and give it a shot, especially for the price they have it here and the fact that it supports (limited!) multi touch in Windows (unlike the stupid Apple Magic Touch or whatever it's called). Having now used it for several days now, I must say that I am extremely disappointed, and it is not entirely Wacom's fault.

The hardware itself is rock solid, very sleek looking and is more than sensitive enough. The 'rubbery' feel that other reviewers have stated is not that inhibitive to me, maybe because I don't touch the pad with enough force to make it irritating. If this really bothers you I would consider putting an IPad screen protector on the touch sensitive part of bamboo. That would make for a much smoother touch surface and you could do it for cheap.

Unfortunately, things go downhill from here. The buttons are nice and elegant looking but Wacom really missed the whole point here and that is to move away from buttons like you find on the mouse by USING YOUR FINGERS! This is where the three and four finger gestures would have prohibited the need for any buttons. Even if Wacom couldn't decide on what the other gestures should do, at least let me use the three and four finger gestures with custom keystrokes, etc. like they do with the buttons! The buttons are pretty useless if you ask me, because with the large touch pad, you never know where your hand is in relation to the buttons, so you either have to look down to push them (terrible) or guess with your thumb and hope you hit the right button. This single design flaw is enough for me to stop using the tablet and it will be going up on Ebay soon enough.

The additional issues I have with the touch stem from Microsoft's inability to support touch properly in Windows 7. Scrolling and zooming throughout windows is jittery just like your using the mouse wheel. This is a bad combination that takes away from the natural feel of using your fingers. This could easily be fixed! Smooth scrolling is already in Windows! Look at what happens when you drag the scroll bar on the right with your mouse! smoooooooth. I don't think there are any custom touch gestures in Windows, and even if there were, I don't think this tablet will support them.

I do believe Wacom could fix 90% of the issues I have with the tablet through a decent driver update. Unfortunately I don't believe they will. I will be sending them an email with my issues and I hope all of you do the same. The lack of three and four finger touch takes this product down from an everyday usable excellent product, to a mediocre piece of hardware that requires you to take a large hit in productivity to use everyday. Hopefully Wacom is listening (and doing more end user product testing before release next time!!!).

Wacom Bamboo Touch Tablet
Review by L. Garrett : Works great for me w/ Windows 7

I switched from Logitech track balls to the Wacom Bamboo Touch as soon as it arrived from Amazon, and I've not been tempted to go back. I wish there was a way to adjust the pressure sensitivity to avoid dragging when I just want to move the pointer, but I adjusted my touch so that's no longer a problem. Perhaps Wacom will address that in a driver update.

Right-clicks and scrolls have never been a problem with this device. Multi-touch zoom works great, but I don't have much use for rotating or other multi-touch gestures. I'll buy a second one to carry in my laptop bag, b/c this is now the only pointing device I use. I keep it to the right of my keyboard, but if I had room on my desk, I might prefer it to be south of the space bar, like on a Windows notebook.