New and fun tech toys!

There are many new types of Input / output devices that make computing fun and easy. I am a web developer by trade and I do a lot of graphic design work. One item that I would love to have but have not gotten yet is a Graphic Tablet. The one in particular that I am looking at now after I had the chance to do a little more research on it is the Genius - G-Pen 560 - 6" x 4.5" USB Graphic Tablet.

The current price this device sells for is $39.99. This allows you to create original designs and is a good fit for a professional or just someone who like to doodle on their computer. What made me interested in this product was I love to freehand draw in my paint program when I was bored and later started drawing on sketch pads but then my design did not look as good by just scanning them. That is when I found out about the graphic tablets. The Genius G-pen 560 is both compatible on Mac and PC’s which is good because a lot of die hard graphic designers are die hard Mac fans and swear that a Mac is the only PC a graphic artist should use, which I disagree. While drawing with the digital pen, you can control all kinds of shapes and thickness easily. You can also program the G-Pen 560's two buttons to act as left and right mouse buttons. One really great thing about this tablet is that you can sign documents and email them instead of printing and faxing. This saves natural resources and money by being able to handle documents electronically.

I think other people in the IT field could benefit from using this tablet because it has a lot of uses besides just freehand drawing. Since most IT students are tech junkies they would love to be able to play with a new “Tech Toy”.