TECH NEWS – Tweet your Doodles

Are you one of the 12 million signed up to Twitter? Do you try to say something interesting, thought provoking or funny in your status? Are you limited by 140 characters? Drawtweet, the new Bamboo Mini is an application that allows users to say more in one tweet.

Sometimes it is difficult to express thoughts and ideas in just 140 characters. With the new Bamboo Mini ‘Drawtweet’, users can make a quick doodle or sketch and share it through the social networking and micro-blogging site Twitter.

Drawtweet provides easy and simple drawing features to master the Bamboo digital pen. With one click on the ‘send’ button, the drawing is uploaded to Twitter and instantly tweeted to followers. The tweet will contain a link to a service called Twitpic, where the drawing can be viewed.

Twitter is a valuable tool for sharing information with friends and colleagues and is also a powerful search engine. By searching ‘#Drawtweet’ users can see in real time what other people have been drawing using Drawtweet and their Wacom Bamboo pen tablet. Drawtweet also features an image gallery that presents recent drawings from other users.

Bamboo Minis is an open platform where any developer can create and publish Minis. Drawtweet was created by 22 year old Fabian Vercuiel, a South African living in Bulgaria. Using Wacom’s ‘software developers kit’ (SDK) for Minis, Fabian was able to easily develop Drawtweet, even though he is primarily a designer. Wacom invites other developers to create expressive, small fun applications such as Drawtweet. The SDK is available for free through the Bamboo website where all required information to develop and publish a new Mini can be found.

The Bamboo Mini Drawtweet will be offered through the Bamboo Dock starting 16 September 2009. The Bamboo Dock can be downloaded for free at www.wacom.eu/bamboo.

A video introducing the functionality of Drawtweet is available at Wacom’s YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8MA8QKA6d0.

Further information on Drawtweet can also be found at Fabian’s website www.drawtweet.com.

What is Bamboo?
Bamboo provides an enhanced and creative way of using computers at home or work. It is a natural, vibrant and creative way of using technology to express ideas and communicate in a more personal and unique way.
Bamboo is a family of consumer pen tablets – Bamboo, Bamboo Fun and Bamboo One.

Each provides an ergonomically designed cordless and battery-free pen and supporting software. Bamboo comes with JustWrite Office, Bamboo One with ArtRage 2.5 and Bamboo Fun with Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 and ArtRage 2.5. Every Bamboo now also offers Bamboo Scribe; a powerful handwriting recognition application; Bamboo Link, an advanced search tool for Windows and a beta version of Bamboo Space, an online application to collect and share ideas.

Bamboo Minis are an ever-increasing series of small but useful desktop tools that enable users to do anything from digital doodling and sketching to adding handwritten notes to a map or playing addictive little games. Through an icon that sits on the desktop, Bamboo Dock acts as a gateway to the new applications. It provides an intuitive way to navigate through the tools using the Bamboo pen and alerts users to the latest applications available for download.

About Wacom
Wacom Europe GmbH is a subsidiary of Wacom Company, Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange 6727). Founded in 1983, Wacom is a global company based in Japan with subsidiaries and affiliate offices around the world to support marketing and distribution in over 150 countries. Wacom’s vision to bring people and technology closer together through natural interface technologies has made it the world’s leading manufacturer of pen tablets, interactive pen displays, and digital interface solutions. The advanced technology of Wacom’s intuitive input devices has been used to create some of the most exciting digital art, films, special effects, fashion and designs around the world. It also provides business and home users with leading interface technology to express their personality encouraging a sense of curiosity and discovery that excites and inspires. Millions of customers are using its cordless, battery-free, pressure-sensitive pen technology.

Tags: Bamboo, twitter, wacom

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