[OT] Samsung highlights the Galaxy Note’s Wacom digitizer

[Richmond]

On 07/28/2012 04:02 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Hi Richmond,
>
> A Trust tablet could be a nice alternative for Windows users, but it doesn't seem to support Mac OS X and Linux.

My experience (admittedly 2003) was that the TRUST tablet I bought (with 
"support" for Mac OS 10.2
and Windows XP) worked badly with Windows and not-at-all with Mac.

"Kinky types" might like to look at this:

http://zeekat.nl/joost/trust-tablet/index.html

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1575525

Although I don't think I can be bothered honestly.

>
> Usually I don't care about statements like "enormous". I don't care about statements like "more than 150 bug fixes" either ;-) I believe it when I see it.
>
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> On 28 jul 2012, at 13:42, Richmond wrote:
>
>> http://androidcommunity.com/samsung-highlights-the-galaxy-notes-wacom-digitizer-20111027/
>>
>> there are one or two things about this article which seem a bit odd:
>>
>> 1. "enormous 5.3-inch, 1280 x 800 Super AMOLED screen"
>>
>> obviously somebody doesn't know what "enormous means", I am writing this with a computer
>> connected a Proview 17" by something "cheap-n-cheerful" monitor; it is "reasonably big", certainly NOT
>> enormous.
>>
>> that made me automatically a bit distrustful towards the article.
>>
>> 2. The SG's screen resolution is 800 x 1280: not that remarkable either.
>>
>> Prices:
>>
>> TRUST produce a graphic tablet:
>>
>> Trust SlimLine Sketch Tablet - Digitizer, stylus - 15 x 20 cm - electromagnetic - wired - USB
>>
>> Priced at 30 pounds.
>>
>> WACOM produce an equivalent tablet:
>>
>> Bamboo Pen Graphics Tablet
>>
>> Priced at 46.50 pounds
>>
>> and Samsung Galaxy is priced at:
>>
>> 398 pounds: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Galaxy-N7000-Mobile-Phone/dp/B005ZP9Z4W
>>
>> Personally I'd go for the Wacom tablet (my experience with a TRUST tablet means I don't trust them at all). I'll stick with my generic Nokia phone for telephoning.
>>
>> If the only advantage of having a Galaxy Note over another mobile phone, the markup does not justify it.
>
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