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Wacom should be commended for bringing finger tracking to its product line, ... but it's a shame that it hasn't got the surface texture and gesture drivers quite right. The rubbery touch is almost enough to force us back to the good old combination of tablet and mouse.

Touching your way around your programs is fun and fluid, and the gestures worked well in my tests. ... I didn't find the substitutes offered for clicking mouse buttons to be as efficient as, well, simply clicking a mouse button.

Multitouch in place of a mouse may not appeal to pro designers, but the Bamboo Fun Pen and Touch is an excellent choice for mobile users who want to begin dabbling with art tools.

The amount of control you can get with the pen is staggering ... Unfortunately the same can't be said of the multi-touch capabilities of the tablet, which can be slow to respond to gestures like pinch-to-zoom. But overall the Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch is a winner.

Its touch capabilities fail to astound despite working as advertised, but ... you're also getting a darn good pen tablet for the price. As such, for digital artists on a strict budget or regular users just looking for a fun new way of interacting with their PC, it's a very good option.

You’ll get pretty much what you expect from this tablet. It’s not for the hardcore tablet users, but those that use it to draw and edit will find a nice, affordable and dynamic device.