Wacom announces Stylus pen for the Apple iPad

A new pen stylus designed for creating artwork on the Apple iPad has been shown off at The Gadget Show Live in Birmingham.

The Bamboo Stylus is made by Wacom, a company more commonly known for making graphics tablets.

The Stylus is used instead of a user's finger on the tablet computer's screen and is good for taking notes, sketching, drawing and creating artwork.

The pen is light at 20g, with a black and silver design, and it comes with a special nib that recreates the feel of using a real pen and pad of paper. It's 12cm long and has swappable nibs.

Although it's designed for the Apple iPad it will work with any tablet computer that uses a capacitative touch-screen. It will be available from May, priced £24.99.

Wacom was showing off the Bamboo Stylus at the Gadget Show Live 2011 in Birmingham. You can find a complete list of reports on our Gadget Show Live blog.

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