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The Bamboo Spark  from Wacom is a smart folio with a smart ballpoint pen, and a spot for your favorite paper. Write by hand. Press a button and save your handwritten notes to the Bamboo Spark app for light editing. Your files can be saved to the cloud for archiving, sharing and access anywhere.

Do you miss the authentic pen and paper experience when you use digital features on your iPad or Android tablet? The new Bamboo Spark from Wacom may help. The device is a smart folio with a smart ballpoint pen, a spot for your favorite paper, and your mobile device.

Write or sketch by hand, press a button on the center of the folio, and your ideas are saved as to the Bamboo Spark app on your favorite Bluetooth-enabled iOS or Android device. From there you can keep working on your many of your apps of choice — including Bamboo Paper, Evernote and Dropbox  — and continue wherever creativity takes you if you use the Wacom Cloud.

The new Bamboo Spark uses Wacom's proprietary EMR technology and an integrated self-inking pen. Works with any A5 paper.

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The Bamboo Spark delivers a true pen-on-paper experience after you’ve downloaded the Bamboo Spark app on your iOS or Android device. The premium 8 x 10″ neoprene smart folio holds the Bamboo Spark pen and your choice of almost any A5 (5.83 x 8.27″) paper. The paper sits on top of Bamboo Spark’s built-in Electro-Magnetic Resonance board, which works with the Bamboo Spark pen to capture your ideas with 1024 levels of pressure-sensitive precision.

With the Wacom Bamboo Spark you can:

• Capture handwritten notes on any paper and with a push of a button your handwritten content is saved digitally for organizing, editing or sharing.

• Works seamlessly with cloud-based services, including Evernote or Dropbox

• Shape your notes in Bamboo Paper with Wacom Ink Layer Language (WILL), which allows the ink to stay dynamic within the Wacom ecosystem

• System requirements: Bluetooth Smart ready devices: iPad mini, iPad 3, iPad Air or later, iPhone 4s or later, Android devices 4.3 or later, Bamboo Spark app, Wacom Cloud account, notepad thickness about 50 pages, sleeve: fits up to 9.7 in diagonal display

• Contents: Bamboo Spark with gadget pocket, Bamboo Spark pen, 30 page notepad, 2 replacement ink cartridges, nib removal tool, USB cable, quick start guide (smartphone and tablet not included)

The Bamboo Spark is available in three models, each retailing for $159.95 USD through the Wacom eStore and other retailers.

Ink cartridges are designed to deliver three months of regular daily use, with refill three-packs available

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