The sound of pen on paper is the sound of your thoughts coming to life. It's time to bring that experience by your PC.

Designed to make personalization simple, Bamboo bridges the gap between the real world and the digital world. Personalize your emails, documents, digital photos, even your online chat experience.

Rediscover the joy of writing by hand, Rediscover the Personal in PC. Bamboo reinvents the pen for the 21st Century.

Simplify

Technology should make life simpler. The unfortunate truth is that most technology, whether a TV, a computer or the internet, can be quite complicated. New devices should be natural and intuitive enough for anyone to use right away. This is what Bamboo achieves. Simplicity.

Personalize

The documents you create don’t have to be like all the rest. With Bamboo, it’s personal. You can add your own distinctive touches to handwritten notes, sketches, doodles and even online chats! Bamboo sets you apart. Make it personal. Sign your emails in your own handwriting to show that special person you care.

All it takes is a quick tap to activate the inking features of Outlook 2007 in Vista. (XP users who have Outlook 2003 or 2007 can add this cool feature by installing JustWrite Office bundled with Bamboo. Inking is also available on the Mac using Inkwell). Or better yet, don’t just send email, impress people with handwritten e-letters and photo letters!

A picture is worth a thousand words. MSN Messenger 7.0 and above has a built in whiteboard that allows you to show instead of just tell. But the fun doesn’t stop there. For those of you into video chat, IMDisguise Pro bundled with Bamboo will allow you to draw directly on your face with not just pen lines, but fire, smoke, bubbles and more!

Write

Bamboo unlocks the handwriting features of Microsoft Vista (except Home Basic) and some language versions of Mac OSX. Vista’s powerful handwriting recognition feature can even turn your handwriting into text. The pen becomes a natural extension of your thinking, your personal signature. Put your name to it.

• Digital Inking – Do NOT stay between the lines!!!: With digital ink, you will no longer be held prisoner to the horizontal lines of typed text or margins of word processors. Take notes wherever you want – in the margins, directly on text, on charts, diagrams and photos, in presentation slides, in spreadsheets, in PDFs…the list goes on and on!

• Digital inking in Windows Vista (except home basic): Microsoft Windows Journal included standard for note taking. Bamboo’s bottom left button’s default function is to open Journal. Handwritten notes can be searched as regular typed text. Microsoft OneNote 2007 (also for XP service pack2) is a digital notebook solution that will help you organize all your notes and information including your handwritten notes but also photos, text and audio/video. When using Windows Vista, Office 2007’s Ink functions are made available when you plug your Bamboo. Just click on the “Start Inking” button in the review tab of applications like Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Proofreading and editing documents has never been easier. Don’t print and fax. Edit and email!. Vista also recognizes handwritten text allowing you search through your handwritten notes

• Digital inking in Windows XP with JustWrite Office (bundled with Bamboo): Although searching is a specific feature of Windows Vista, Microsoft Office (2003 or 2007) users on Windows XP, won’t miss a beat with JustWrite Office. The software embeds a toolbar in Office applications Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook to help you not only sign documents but create annotation and help you sketch your ideas.

• Digital inking in Mac OS X with Inkwell: Apple’s Inkwell features an InkPad, a handy utility that opens a floating window where you sketch and paste your drawing or diagram into other applications. The InkPad app offers additional features for writing and editing, such as alternate word lists and targeted gestures.

• Powerful, Intelligent Handwriting Recognition: Ever feel like writing something down on paper instead of typing it? Nothing replaces the feel of holding a pen to record our thoughts. Both Windows Vista and Inkwell for Mac OS X offer powerful, multilingual handwriting recognition ability. Stop switching back and forth between your keyboard! For short, quick text entry in spreadsheets or when entering forms on the web, simply handwrite it. Learn more about Vista’s handwriting recognition features on our Vista page including how to teach Vista to recognize your individual handwriting style!

Navigate

Bamboo allows you to move around your PC more quickly, easily and conveniently. Nothing is as natural as a pen and you can use it to navigate through documents, spreadsheets and other applications with just a flick of the wrist. Find your way.

Vista pen flicks: Flicking as a form of navigation in Windows Vista allows you to do more by doing less. Flick up or down to scroll windows, flick right or left to go back or forward. Vista offers eight different flick commands. Browsing the internet was never so easy.

Panning: Bamboo’s pen now offers you the ability to grab any window and slide it around in all directions. Scrolling up and down has always been easy, but with the Panning feature offered by Bamboo, you won’t have to bother with the horizontal scroll bar in large websites or spreadsheets. Just grab the window and slide!

Expresskeys: How do you use the Flip3D ** feature in Windows? Simply press Bamboo’s FN2 key. Bamboo’s buttons are set by default to provide you with extra convenience in operating your computer. However, you can also personalize your buttons using Bamboo's control panel.

Features

Bamboo’s award winning design was conceived to make your experience as natural as using an ordinary pen. The ergonomic shape of the pen and smooth curves of the tablet will help say goodbye to sore hands and fingers that accompany extended use of a PC mouse. And, with six fully programmable buttons on the tablet and pen, Bamboo puts a wealth of commands at your finger tips.

Bamboo Pen

• Pen tip: Pressure sensitive pen tip provides ink-on-paper handwriting feel

• Grip: High Quality ergonomically designed rubber grip for easy holding

• Side switches: Two side switches (pen buttons) with up to 16 customizable settings for right clicking, 360 degree pan/scroll, keyboard shorts and more!

• Eraser: The Bamboo pen's eraser offers quick text deletion (in Windows) and erasing mistakes in sketches

Bamboo Pen Stand

• The bamboo pen stand allows you to place your pen horizontally or vertically

• The top unscrews to reveal a storage compartment for paper clips and other small items

Bamboo Tablet

• Touch Ring: The Touch Ring offers for instant zooming and/or scrolling.

• Expresskeys: Up to 11 customizable settings for the 4 ExpressKeys. Move back and forward through presentation slides or web pages, bring up the desktop, flip through applications, set your own keyboard shortcuts, open specific applications and more!

• Tablet Surface: High resolution A6-sized tablet active area provides outstanding accuracy. The tablet surface, in combination with the pen tip, simulates the feel of real paper.

• Bamboo Control Panel: The Bamboo Control Panel, along with adjusting button settings, will allow you to adjust the pressure sensitivity of the pen tip to 7 different levels from soft to firm. Use a softer setting for a lighter pen touch.

• USB Cable: Detachable 1.5 m cable included.

• Carry Case: The optional carrying case (not supplied) is padded to protect your Bamboo while traveling. The case also has a holder for your pen and USB cable.

Specifications

• Model Number: MTE-450k

• Tablet Size: 200 x 186 x 10.7mm

• Tablet Weight: 370 g

• Tablet Color: Glossy and matte black

• Active Area Size: 147.6 x 92.3 mm (A6 size)

• Resolution: 2540 lpi

• Report Rate: 133 pps

• ExpressKeys: 4 programmable

• Interface: USB port

• Cable Length: 1.5 m USB cable

• Pressure levels: 512 levels

• Grip: Durable rubber grip

• Side switches (pen buttons): 2 side switches

• Eraser: 1 eraser

• Bundled Software: JustWrite Office 4.4 (Windows XP/2000 only) IMDisguise Pro (Windows only)

• System Requirements* PC: Windows® 2000, XP or Vista including 64-bit editions, IBM-compatible PC (Pentium 200 or higher), 64 MB RAM, available USB port, 24-bit color display (800 x 600 or greater), CD-ROM drive

• System Requirements* Macintosh®: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, Intel® or PowerPC® Processor, 128 MB RAM, available USB port, 24-bit color display (800 x 600 or greater), CD-ROM drive

• Includes: Bamboo tablet, Bamboo pen, pen stand, detachable USB cable, driver CD-ROM (includes PDF user manual and tutorial), quick start guide

Key Features

• Suits: Windows PC and Macintosh

• Warranty: 12 Months Limited

Important Notes

• Button settings may differ depending on your OS.

• * Bundled software system requirements may differ

• ** Please download the latest Bamboo's tablet driver to activate the Flip3D feature. Prior versions will activate the Alt+Tab application switcher instead of Flip3D.