Manhattan 8"x6"-inch USB Graphics Tablet with Wireless Mouse and Pen for Home and Office Review

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I owned the manhattan tablet for a year now. My brother owns a bamboo.
So I had the chance to compare the two.
Physical features:
I did like the "ink well" feature in the bamboo.
But I can live with holding the pen in my right hand and using my left hand on the keyboard to do everything the ink well does.
The manhattan pen has its own battery so it can move the cursor while the tip is 2 inches above the pad. It also requires some pressure on the tip to start drawing or create a click function.
The bamboo can only sense the pen when the tip is in contact with the pad.
Software annoyance on the manhattan:
I had a problem with assigning the user defined shortcut icons, located around the graphics pad, to open a web browser. Linking the icon to run firefox.exe or chrome.exe was easy and it did open the browser. But it opens it like it was like another user opening the browser. It didn't retain my previous history or bookmarks and it asked if I wanted to set the browser as default. but it was opening properly when clicking on the normal desktop icon. Any suggestions?

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Specifications:** Active area: 15 x 20 cm, 300 sq. cm (6 x 8 in., 48 sq. in.) ** Coordinate resolution: 79 lpmm (2,000 lpi)** Pen pressure sensitivity: 1,024 levels ** Pen tilt range: ±60° from vertical (detectable) ** Data report rate: at least 100 rps ** Accuracy: pen, ±0.25 mm (0.01 in.); RF mouse, ±0.5 mm (0.02 in.)** Reading height: up to 15 mm (0.6 in.)** Compatible with 2000/XP/Vista and Mac OS 9.x or above** System requirements: Pentium III equivalent or higher; 256 MB hard disk space and 128 MB RAM recommended** Dimensions: 30 x 27 x 0.65 cm (12 x 10.5 x .25 in.); 621 g (21.9 oz); USB cable, 1.4 m (4.5 ft.)** Package contents: (+) Graphics Tablet, 6" x 8" / A5 (+) RF wireless mouse and pen with holder(+) UC-Logic PenSuite Pro software (full version) ;Adobe PhotoShop CS3 Extended and Corel Painter X (30-day trial versions)(+) (2) AAA batteries(+) User manual with driver and software CDs

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