VT Mini 5-Inch Touch Screen Graphic Tablet (White)

by Vistablet

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.5 x 3 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00190L09U
• Item model number: Vistabletmini
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 1, 2008

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Pen tablets have been around for some time. Not until recently have they become affordable to the general public. They were primarily used by professionals in the graphic art and photo industries. VisTablet allows you to explore the Internet, draw, paint, write, highlight, and do professional or home photo editing. VisTablet also opens up advanced pen features available inall the new Microsoft Office applications. Through electro-magnetic induction, information is exchanged between the pen and the tablet while your movements are translated to your computer screen. With no stand-alone power supply required, the VisTablet is a great choice for portable computers as well as desktop PC’s. VisTablet will open up the world of design to you in ways that were previously either too expensive or too limiting. VisTablet is the new standard in graphics tablets.

Where is the tablet used?
Tablets are not only used for drawing or tracing. They also function like a mouse to interface with your computer's operating system. Use the pen on the tablet to control your on-screen cursor, move it to a desired location, and click! Vista's new ink input functions in Microsoft Office greatly extend the features of your software and the VisTablet can make those features accessible.

Pressure sensitivity
Pen sensitivity is a very important for professional artists. The more you press the pen down the wider the brush stroke will get. VisTablet currently has 1024 pen sensitivity levels. That matches tablets at twice the price.

Thin is in!
The VisTablet is a solid piece of hardware. While we do not recommend you attempt to flex your tablet, you can confidently stow it behind your laptop in most large slip-cases without even knowing it’s there.

More convenient than a mouse
Tablets are not only used for drawing or tracing, they also function like a mouse to interface with your computer's operating system. Use the pen on the tablet to control your on-screen cursor, move it to a desired location and click. The comfort, precision, and ergonomics of the pen tablet simply cannot be matched.

Finally, affordable tablets
The VisTablet belongs in the professional class of graphics tablets but its price makes it accessible to everyone. VisTablet is the new standard. With high surface-area-to-cost ratios you can finally add a tablet peripheral to your computer system.

VisTablet Mini Features

• Active Area: 3-inch x 5-inch surface area is proportional to your monitor’s screen
• Extremely thin design for portability
• 12 customizable macro keys for customization
• Fully compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter as well as 100s of other major software applications.
• Works on a PC or Mac.
• Special features in Windows Vista: pen flick navigation, handwriting recognition, email signing, etc.
• 2 Year Warranty and U.S. backed technical support

Product Description

VISTABLET MINI 5X8 Tablet

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vistablet Mini, January 12, 2009

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S. Penrose (Juneau, AK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VT Mini 5-Inch Touch Screen Graphic Tablet (White) (Personal Computers)

Purchased this for creating signatures and photo touchup. Using it on a pc with dual monitors is not a good idea, but I found that if I use it with my laptop, it's great and does the job very nicely! I'm actually thinking about getting another one of these for home.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If Wishes Were Horses ..., September 24, 2009

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Agricola - See all my reviews

This review is from: VT Mini 5-Inch Touch Screen Graphic Tablet (White) (Personal Computers)

I picked up this gadget because I want a way to take college class notes in OneNote that can only easily be taken by hand, yet keep them on my computer rather than a notebook. For example, in my chemistry class we have been drawing diagrams of atoms and molecules, and while this is pretty easy on a pencil and paper, it's pretty hard to do while the professor is talking at full-speed using a mouse.

I wasn't expecting perfection, but what I had trouble with is pretty jarring: It doesn't scan input fast enough to look like anything resembling hand-writing. If I write slow enough to get a usable image, even if it's just one that I'll know what it is so I can clean it up later, I write too slowly to be able to keep up.

The form factor is perfect for my needs. The pen is excellent although I would prefer something that didn't require I feed it batteries. And what I need may not exist -- something that will record my writing at pretty much full speed -- but even if it does, I also know that this isn't it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun computer tool, March 30, 2009

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Cisco Emas (Coquille, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VT Mini 5-Inch Touch Screen Graphic Tablet (White) (Personal Computers)

I like my new VisTablet mini, my only comment is that it does not come with a lot of instructions and the quick tabs don't work well for me. But what a fun tool to play with...and great for details...It works well with my photoshop and draw plus 2 program. The people at VisTablet are very approachable and helpful...so together we are working out the kinks.