Home > Consumer Reviews > Adesso CYBER TABLET 12X9" GRAPHICS/DRAWING TABLET WITH 2-BTN USB PEN AND MOUSE ( CYBERTABLET 12000 )

I bought this for my daughter as a birthday present. She Loves it. But she started having problems with the mouse that comes with it. We replaced the batteries, but that didn't fix the problem.

I own (owned?) this tablet when it was still the Aiptek HyperPen 12000u (all Addesso appears to have done is pasted their logo over Aiptek's), which I upgraded to after owning the 6" x 8" model for some time. The tablet was decent for photo retouching and other tasks that benefit from using a tablet but don't require quite so much precision.

Drawing was a different story: the tablet's resolution and pressure sensitivity levels were pitiful when it came to actually drawing. Anything lines or curves I drew would have obvious stair-step patterns, and more often than not there was a delay between when I drew a mark and when it appeared onscreen.

I borrowed a friend's Graphire3 one weekend, and the experience was revolutionary. Mind you, this was a 4" x 5" Graphire - half the size of the Aiptek - but I must say that the little guy put the Aiptek to shame. No stairsteps, no delay unless I was working on a tapestry-sized piece, and much better drivers. Not only that, the Graphire pen requires no (as in "en-oh") battery power, while the Aiptek/Adesso tablets require a AAA battery for the pen (which, it seemed, went dead every month). I practically ran to CompUSA to buy a Graphire4 for myself, and I love it like a play cousin.

If you just need something to handwrite annotations, an Aiptek or Adesso is fine, but do yourself a favor and get a smaller one. You don't need a 9" x 12" tablet to circle typos on Microsoft Word documents. On the other hand, if you're looking for a pen tablet to do art or animation with, there's a reason Wacom has so much of the market share. Get yourself a Bamboo Fun or an Intuos3...or a USB Graphire4 (that's USB, not Bluetooth) from an online reseller (they've been discontinued).

All the conflicting reviews about graphics tablets made me really nervous about buying my own. However, the Adesso 12X9 that I bought has been fantastic so far. There might be subtle benefits for the high-end Wacom products, but for my limited-dollar and amateur-interests, this Adesso is exactly what I needed.

It's been reliable. It handles well. The large size is kind of awkward, but I had a smaller tablet many years ago and was always frustrated by the tiny drawing area. (I might have been able to get around that by using the Zoom tool more effectively, but...ah, well....)

Final answer: The Adesso was a great purchase.

This is a really good product. Although the first one i got was defective but i called Amazon and they sent me a new one in three days and my new one works greats!!!

to prove that is working fine. l decide to write my comment with it. As you can see that works worry well. It is really handy to get use to it. The pen is incrediblyaccurate when you write or even when you point out on the screen. the character recognition is just great. you just have to write as bad as usual :-)
Ideal to do video editing as well. you just have to point and move the things around.
your are going to discover A new way to enjoy your computer.

Just one negative: the mouse is rubbish. But I don't care as l prefer trackball.