Wacom Bamboo Stylus Pocket Review
We were recently sent a review sample of the above and having looked at plenty of stylus’ in the past were eager to test this one too. Take a look at our mini-review below.
Wacom are perfectly poised to produce stylus’ and their brand new Bamboo Stylus pocket doesn’t disappoint. It’s a great little device if you prefer using one rather than your finger on your capacitive screen, whether that’s your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Droid or anything else with a touchscreen, you’re more than likely find this stylus a useful addition.
It comes in a great kit with two nibs to choose from, soft or hard with each measuring 6mm in diameter, most stylus’ on the market have 8 mm diameter nibs. The stylus itself lives up to its name as a pocket stylus as it compacts down into itself making it easier to store, it actually goes from 89 mm up to 118 mm fully extended.
There’s also a cap that fixes to the end of the stylus at one end and at the other it has a plastic headphone plug that fixes into the headphone port to hold you stylus in place. This is very useful but we were worried about the stylus swinging round and scratching our iPhone 5’s beautiful retina screen.
In use, the stylus is equally good for writing, taking notes as well as photo editing or art work. It depends what you’re used to or what you want to become used to. So many mobile photographers are perfectly attuned to using their fingers to edit their images now, that they may not be moved to try this and of course, they always have their fingers with them. Saying that though, this is a very competent kit and for note taking we found it to be especially useful.
The Wacom Bamboo Stylus Pocket is available for $34.95/£29.99 from Amazon and you purchase it here.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter, creator of the world’s most popular mobile photography and art website— TheAppWhisperer.com— TheAppWhisperer platform has been a pivotal cyberspace for mobile artists of all abilities to learn about, to explore, to celebrate and to share mobile artworks. Joanne’s compassion, inclusivity, and humility are hallmarks in all that she does, and is particularly evident in the platform she has built. In her words, “We all have the potential to remove ourselves from the centre of any circle and to expand a sphere of compassion outward; to include everyone interested in mobile art, ensuring every artist is within reach”, she has said. Promotion of mobile artists and the art form as a primary medium in today’s art world, has become her life’s focus. She has presented lectures bolstering mobile artists and their art from as far away as the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea to closer to her home in the UK at Focus on Imaging. Her experience as a jurist for mobile art competitions includes: Portugal, Canada, US, S Korea, UK and Italy. And her travels pioneering the breadth of mobile art includes key events in: Frankfurt, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Paris, Brazil, London. Pioneering the world’s first mobile art online gallery - TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com has extended her reach even further, shipping from London, UK to clients in the US, Europe and The Far East to a global group of collectors looking for exclusive art to hang in their homes and offices. The online gallery specialises in prints for discerning collectors of unique, previously unseen signed limited edition art. Her journey towards becoming The App Whisperer, includes (but is not limited to) working for a paparazzi photo agency for several years and as a deputy editor for a photo print magazine. Her own freelance photographic journalistic work is also widely acclaimed. She has been published extensively both within the UK and the US in national and international titles. These include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Popular Photography & Imaging, dpreview, NikonPro, Which? and more recently with the BBC as a Contributor, Columnist at Vogue Italia and Contributing Editor at LensCulture. Her professional photography has also been widely exhibited throughout Europe, including Italy, Portugal and the UK. She is currently writing several books, all related to mobile art and is always open to requests for new commissions for either writing or photography projects or a combination of both. Please contact her at: [email protected]
One Comment
Geri
I wish they had the attachment feature when I purchase a Wacom stylus earlier this year. I’m always misplacing it! Otherwise I love mine