Wacom Company Limited, the industry leader in pen input technologies, announced its technology roadmap for its pen and touch solution at WinHEC 2006, May 23 to 25 (Booth #528 -- Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA). Wacom makes available today, for evaluation and design integration, the next generation in its leading pen based system. Wacom's novel approach gives the OEM an easy and reliable way to choose capabilities for configuring systems for Windows Vista compatibility.


"Our pen and touch solution combined with Windows Vista brings new and exciting features and benefits to mobile PC users and we are pleased to be part of this evolution," said Masahiko Yamada, President of Wacom Company, Ltd. "Backed by proven engineering and manufacturing capabilities, Wacom continues to provide OEM's with a choice of state-of-the-art, cost-effective system options geared toward moving the PC industry forward."


Many vertical market and general use applications will benefit from the added touch capability enabled by Windows Vista and next generation systems. Wacom has a committed research and development effort underway to explore the potential in further improving capabilities for users.


"We are very excited Wacom designed its pen and touch solution to take advantage of the integrated natural input experiences enabled by Windows Vista," said Bill Mitchell, Corporate Vice President of the Mobile Platforms Division at Microsoft Corporation. "The tablet and touch technologies in Windows Vista provide end users more intuitive ways to interact with their PC."


Samples of Wacom's pen and touch solution are available for evaluation. Please contact Steve Sedaker at 360-896-9833 x136 for more information.


About Wacom


Founded in 1983, Wacom is the world's leading manufacturer of pen tablets and interactive pen displays with customers worldwide using its cordless, battery-free, pressure-sensitive pen technology for digital content creation. Wacom's patented digital pen technology is also offered as an OEM solution to manufacturers of PC and Macintosh computers. Many of today's Tablet PCs count on the advanced features and reliability of Wacom's technology for pen input. In the future, Wacom's pen and touch technology will play a leading role in the development of such mobile devices as smart phones and PDAs.


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For information, please contact:


Douglas Little Steve Sedaker


Public Relations Manager OEM Sales Manager


Wacom Technology Corp. Wacom Technology Corp.


360-896-9833 x174 360-896-9833 x136


douglas.little@wacom.com steve.sedaker@wacom.com