Electronics : TRUST TB-3100 WIRELESS TABLET

Rating: - Don't get put down by the other reviews
I bought this product on impulse at a shop a few days back, having seen that it had a good price. The Wacom tablets were too far out of my price range, so I settled for this. On returning home, I opened the box to find a pen, a pad, a mouse, two AAA batteries, a CD and a (very) short instruction manual. All looked fine. The build quality isn't fantastic, but when you pay a price like this, you shouldn't set your expectations so high. I installed the driver from the CD, and found after installing that the pointer was very jerky and froze every few minutes. I went on the internet to see the reviews and if others were having this problem, and was disappointed to see so many angry customers. Nevertheless, I went on the website (www.trust.com) and went to the TB-3100 drivers page (http://trust.com/products/product_detail.aspx?item=12579§ion=drivers), and downloaded the new driver for my operating system (vista x64). After that, everything worked fine. I had to make some small adjustments for it to work in Adobe Photoshop CS3, and changed the settings to suit my needs, and that was all! I've also found that the text recognition software works almost flawlessly!

All these people giving 1 star ratings obviously haven't got a clue about what they're doing. Many complain about the jerkiness of the pointer. Solution - update the driver. And others complain about the build quality not being to good. Honestly, the build is fine, there's no need to be picky. The pen works fine - if it's putting too much stress on your hand then you can increase the sensitivity so that you don't need to put as much pressure on the pad, and you get used to the pen after a while.

I don't really use the mouse because I've got a sensor pad on my laptop, and you can't use the pen and mouse at the same time, which is a bit of a hassle. The other issue is that the title states that it's a wireless tablet. That's a little deceiving because you plug in the tablet via USB. A wireless tablet would probably cost heaps more, and I'm actually glad it's not wireless because it probably wouldn't be as responsive.

When you pay 30 pounds for a tablet, you're obviously not a big-time, serious graphic designer (or whatever it is you're using the tablet for), but you just like to use it at home. These guys who've rated this at 1 star are basically looking to buy the 100-200 pound tablets.

If you're not looking to buy a serious graphics tablet for professional work, and you simply want to use this for Photoshop then this is a great solution for you. Otherwise, you're going to need to cough up 200 pounds.

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Rating: - Good for Beginers
I bought this tablet a year ago as a starting point as Wacom tablets are too expensive to afford on a high school students budget.
At first, i was terrible, but that was mostly due to lack of experiance with it.
But a year later I'm much better and i've hardly had any issues, apart from the battery's running out in the pen randomly, with no warning.
However, the mouse is possibly the worse part of the package, i find its slow and sticks to the tablet and i don't like the fact it doesn't have a click wheel.
It's not a large Tablet, and its good for porting around with laptops for a quick sketch on the go, or if your using it at college like i do. I don't mind that its getting scratched and dirty.
Because i'd rather save for a wacom than live with it for another year.
So save your money for a wacom. It's not the best if your experienced, but good for beginners at digital art.
I've had no conflicts with Photoshop, though it doesn't work well in paint. And it also didn't seem to conflict with Vista, though the photoshop on my Vista laptop seems to lag when i put it in and it doens't respond properly. But that is the only problem. It works fine with my XP computer.

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Rating: - Brilliant 1 Problem Though.
I Had This Tablet Bought For Me As A Present And I Installed The Driver From The CD Onto A Vista PC I Tried To Use It In Paint For A Little Test, I Discovered The Cursor Was Jumping Everywhere, So I Hopped Onto The Trust Website And Downloaded The New Driver And That Has Fixed It, Since I Downloaded That I Have Had No Trouble And I'm Always On It Now, I Would Recommend This Product To Anyone That Has Never Had A Graphic Tablet Before Because It Is Good For Beginners.

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Rating: - JUST DONT BUY IT!
This thing is awful! Even though it's my first graphics tablet i know that it's just bad quality.
The pen was faulty for a start since it kept freezing every few minutes.
You had to pressed pretty hard for anything to come up and also it can't even draw circles and straight lines! All curves came out mutated.
Its a complete waste of money and i recommend you DONT BUY IT!

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Rating: - absolutely terrible
I have only just read some of the online reviews of this tablet after buying it on impulse yesterday - big mistake. If I has gone online before and read about it I would have known what everyone else seems to...it's rubbish. The tracking of the mouse is just about workable, though nowhere near as good as my previous mouse which was a cheap optical one. The pen was dreadful, I don't see hoe you could draw at all using it, let alone with any precision. The movement was jumpy and drawing curves was impossible. I'm taking this back to the shop tomorrow, and having read around, it seems that almost everyone has had the same problems.

DO NOT buy this.