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Wacom CDS600P Bamboo Spark with Tablet Sleeve

2.8 out of 5 stars 156 ratings
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  • Capture handwritten notes on any paper
  • Old version
  • New version of Bamboo Spark out now; Bamboo Smartpad (CDS610S, CDS610G, CDS810S, CDS810G)
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Standing screen display size ‎9.7 Inches
Other Technical Details
Brand ‎Wacom
Series ‎Wacom Bamboo Spark with Tablet Sleeve (CDS600P)
Item model number ‎CDS600P
Item Weight ‎1.48 pounds
Product Dimensions ‎10 x 8.1 x 1.1 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH ‎10 x 8.1 x 1.1 inches
Batteries ‎1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. (included)
Manufacturer ‎Wacom, Inc
ASIN ‎B010PKT5U0
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‎No
Date First Available ‎October 5, 2017

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2.8 out of 5 stars 156 ratings

2.8 out of 5 stars
Best Sellers Rank #621 in Digital Pens

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Product Description

Bamboo Spark with tablet sleeve, utilizing Wacom's proprietary EMR technology and an integrated self-inking pen. Works with any A5 paper.

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  • Bamboo Spark with tablet sleeve^Bamboo Spark pen^30 page notepad^2 replacement ink cartridges^nib removal tool^USB cable^quick start guide

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    Customers find the tablet's hardware quality positive and appreciate its design, with one noting it's attractive enough to carry throughout the day. The functionality and paper size receive mixed feedback - while it's great for taking notes on the go, it doesn't convert handwriting to text, and the paper size is smaller than expected. The app and software quality receive negative feedback, with customers describing the app as horrible and the software as awful. The ease of use is also mixed, with some finding it easy to use while others say it's not the easiest set up or use.

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    41 customers mention "Functionality"34 positive7 negative

    Customers find the tablet functions well, with one mentioning it works great for school use.

    "...I consistently get 90%+ conversion accuracy. The app works for my iPhone and Samsung Galaxy, though I use it mostly for iPhone currently...." Read more

    "Such a cool thing! Love it. You can use it to make a schedule, shopping list or draw, and have all of those on your IPhone or IPad - always with you...." Read more

    "...I also love making mind maps by hand. Yes, true, you can take a photo of what you've written/drawn to get a digital copy instead of using Spark...." Read more

    "Great concept, I was so much hoping to use it. Unfortunately, the synchronization stopped working correctly...." Read more

    12 customers mention "Hardware quality"12 positive0 negative

    Customers find the hardware quality of the tablet to be good, with one customer specifically noting that both the folio and pen are decent.

    "...It looks like any other organizer / notepad thing, so it is respectable. Some things you should know before you decide to buy this...." Read more

    "...The folio and pen have a decent and quality feel to it...." Read more

    "Great hardware, GOD AWFUL software. I finally returned it after losing 3 pages of notes that just VANISHED...." Read more

    "Good Product" Read more

    8 customers mention "Design"8 positive0 negative

    Customers like the design of the tablet, finding it neat and cool, with one customer noting that the case is attractive enough to carry throughout the day.

    "...The pen is very nice, although I wish the refills came in colors other than black...." Read more

    "...The case is attractive enough to carry throughout the day. It looks like any other organizer / notepad thing, so it is respectable...." Read more

    "Ehhhhh. Cool but to many connections and blah..... Not my style" Read more

    "This is a very innovative design and a neat thing to play around with, but the lack of decent Android support makes this impossible to use...." Read more

    22 customers mention "Handwriting"15 positive7 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the tablet's handwriting capabilities, with some finding it great for taking notes on the go, while others report that it does not convert handwriting to text.

    "...Very helpful for people who doing design; export your hand drawing and image trace it into vector...." Read more

    "...But with Spark, I can just save the handwritten notes and export it as PDF or JPEG to Evernote (or wherever I want to keep the notes)...." Read more

    "...It failed to recognize about half of my handwriting, even the old notes the previous version did well. Drop to 2-stars...." Read more

    "...as this sounds like a great item to capture your meeting minutes, notes and have them sync to cloud...." Read more

    8 customers mention "Ease of use"4 positive4 negative

    Customers have mixed experiences with the tablet's ease of use, with some finding it easy to use while others report it is not the easiest to set up or operate.

    "Disappointed. Really wanted this to be fun & easy to use, but, wound up back in its box and put away somewhere...." Read more

    "...to like this product but am finding the software just a little too simplistic for my use. Some particulars:..." Read more

    "...It's easy to learn, easy to incorporate in your daily routine, and fast and easy to use...." Read more

    "...great idea - the implementation needs to be worked out. the whole unit is bigger than my ipad mini WITH a keyboard...." Read more

    8 customers mention "Paper size"3 positive5 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the paper size of the tablet, with some finding it comparable to an iPad with case while others note it is small.

    "...The 1-star deduction is due to the notepad is a bit small...." Read more

    "...You can fit your IPad Air into sleeve, maybe a little too tight, but works for me...." Read more

    "...The downside is the paper size. This takes an A5 tablet. This size isn't as common in the US...." Read more

    "...It easily holds my ipad in a sleeve on one side, and the whole folio fits into my purse without issue...." Read more

    10 customers mention "App quality"0 positive10 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the app quality, with several finding it horrible and noting that there is no Kindle version available, while one customer mentions it takes too long to get up and running.

    "...It told me to update the app an create the INK CLOUD. After doing so the app wouldn't work. I lost all my notes for 2 weeks im not happy...." Read more

    "...does what it claims to do, but I'm disappointed that there is no Kindle App for it (at least at this time)...." Read more

    "Love the idea of this notepad - but it's not perfect. Workflow is not what I'd want - it takes too long to get up and running and sometimes you..." Read more

    "...Thing was... I downloaded the wrong app. After one youtube guide video I realized this and downloaded the correct one...." Read more

    7 customers mention "Software quality"0 positive7 negative

    Customers find the software quality poor, describing it as awful, with one customer noting that it only works with Android 4.3 or later.

    "...The software only works with Android 4.3 or later. If you have an older android device, you won't be able to use the software...." Read more

    "...The software for this product is horrible and whoever wrote it should be ashamed...." Read more

    "It is a nice gimmick. The support software is insanely terrible, I've seen Atari 9600 games with more thought into their software design...." Read more

    "...design and a neat thing to play around with, but the lack of decent Android support makes this impossible to use...." Read more

    Works perfectly, could be more convenient
    4 out of 5 stars
    Works perfectly, could be more convenient
    The product works as advertised. However I did encounter some inconveniences when using it, and thus I have the following suggestions. It would be great to have the following functions implemented. - In-app ability to organize documents into a folders and subfolders: I take many notes a day (one notebook/day) and without a way to organize them it's really hard to find the specific notes. - Is it possible to color the notes? - Erasing: It would be great if at the other end of the pen, there is an "undo" eraser. There is an in-app eraser to use it I have to first import the image. Then after I erase a typo I cannot use my pen to rewrite it anymore- I would have to use the in-app drawing function, which is harder for me to write neatly. - In-app ability to crop and rescale Images: sometimes I want to split one page into two to save paper. This is possible but the app does not allow me to rescale or crop the picture, so the images come out with a half blank. - Video presentation: it would be great if the app could display a video of all the steps in the writing, and if we could record voice over it. Then we could create those "whiteboard" video presentations. - An option to auto-export every images to Camera, Dropbox etc, instead of having to redo it manually every time. - I like to tilt my notebook when writing. However, as you can see from the photo, when I tilt my notebook, as the cover is so big, it hits my body. When I fold the cover however, the board becomes less stable to write on. So it would be nice if the folder is more foldable.
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    Top reviews from the United States

    • jCube
      1.0 out of 5 stars If You Want to Digitize Your Notes, Don't Buy This One!
      Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2017
      Verified Purchase
      Update - 3/1/17: The updated app's Ink-To-Text won't work more than half of the time. When it "works", it won't recognize 70% of my handwriting which was mostly good for the original version. It becomes a paperweight now. If Amazon allows, I would give it negative 5 stars! DO NOT BUY!!!

      Update - 2/26/17: There's an app update a few days ago. It had caused major problem for me in terms of Ink-To-Text. It failed to recognize about half of my handwriting, even the old notes the previous version did well. Drop to 2-stars. Wacom: please revert to the old algorithm, at least for the ink-to-text portion!

      Original Review:
      I have been using the Bamboo Spark for a couple of weeks now and I love it! The 1-star deduction is due to the notepad is a bit small.

      The Ink-to-Text feature could recognize 80-90% of my hand writing in the first couple of usage. Now I kind of know how to take notes to help it better convert to text. I consistently get 90%+ conversion accuracy. The app works for my iPhone and Samsung Galaxy, though I use it mostly for iPhone currently. I notice some previous reviews saying that you can you go back to edit previous notes. But the Combine function makes it possible. I go back to whatever pages, add or cross out some notes, upload it. Then in the Library, pick the previous and new page to combine. Now you get edited page. You can convert it to text again, or upload/email it as PDF, JPG, or any format supported by the app.

      All in all, I really love it. Now I can search my previous notes easily. I would highly recommend this product.
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    • Nataliia
      5.0 out of 5 stars Such a cool thing! Love it
      Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2017
      Verified Purchase
      Such a cool thing! Love it. You can use it to make a schedule, shopping list or draw, and have all of those on your IPhone or IPad - always with you. Very helpful for people who doing design; export your hand drawing and image trace it into vector.

      Works well with just a drawing pad the same size as Bamboo Paper. You can fit your IPad Air into sleeve, maybe a little too tight, but works for me. I have been using for a week everyday and battery still more then 50%.

      What I did not like:
      - in order to highlight something you have to export it to Bamboo Paper though Inkspace cloud. Inkspace allows you to export file from your Spark to your Ipad, draw, split the image in time, and export. Bamboo Paper allows you to load a file from Inkspace cloud and you can highlight, draw, place an image from your gallery into your file and export files.
      - as soon as you click the button you are exporting a file and it starts new page. I did not find the way to pause it or something that will allow me to start my note, pause it and continue in a few hours. Maybe if you keep it turned on it will be just fine, I did not tried, but for me it is not an option.
      - pen a little thick, as well as pin. Not a big deal, but some people might not like. It is hard to do any detailed drawing with it.
      - I used hand cream and took my Spark in a few min after and now it has finger prints on the top part of the cover.
      - do not expect the drawing to be 100% accurate on the screen, but it is doing just a great job.

      I think it is a great gift for someone as well as for yourself. One of those things that you can easily live without, but it is sooo lovely to have one.
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    • Amazon Customer
      4.0 out of 5 stars Nice product with more potentials
      Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2016
      Verified Purchase
      I've had this for about 5 months now. So far I like it. I love taking notes by hand so it comes very handy when I'm at workshops and conferences taking notes and having digital copies in Evernote to refer back later. I used to take notes by hand then type them later on my computer. But with Spark, I can just save the handwritten notes and export it as PDF or JPEG to Evernote (or wherever I want to keep the notes). I also love making mind maps by hand. Yes, true, you can take a photo of what you've written/drawn to get a digital copy instead of using Spark. But I like how I can add more things later even after I synced it to combine two different notes into one. I sometimes use Bamboo Paper app to edit and add highlighting to the notes I created with Spark.

      As many people have expressed, I wish there were other kinds of pens that work with Spark, especially when drawing or sketching, I'd prefer using broader tip or roller pen type. Not so thrilled with the Spark pen. I hope they will come up with more pen lines for Spark soon (or something we can just attach to our favorite pens to use it with Spark). I think I would use this much more often if I could use other pens. I haven't changed the cartridge yet so not sure how that is yet.

      You can use any kind of papers on Spark. I bought some cheap sketchbooks for kids. (not high quality one--inexpensive but little thicker than typical notebook sheets). The ones I found was about the size of the Spark notepad so I just rip some papers out and stapled it on the top to make small notepads. I also like to use index cards on it. 4x6 cards work pretty good. I line up on the top and use it then save the note. then use the back of the card line up to the bottom if I want to combine the front and back of the notes on 4x6 index card. After I sync them, I just combine these two notes into one.

      I also have some sync problem/issues with Spark. I've found what works best for me is that I often just save the notes on Spark when writing. Then sync them later. I turn on the bluetooth first on my device (I'm using Android device), then open the Spark app on my device, then turn on Spark. Usually this sequencing syncs the best for me. Once synced to my device, I edit on Bamboo Paper app if needed and save ("share") to Evernote or One Note for later use.
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    • J Luis
      5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente digitalizadora!
      Reviewed in Mexico on April 3, 2017
      Verified Purchase
      En un principio leí algunas críticas no tan buenas, acerca de que no reconoce la presión de la pluma y otras cosas. Sin embargo es una EXCELENTE tableta digitalizadora. Me reconoce todo con muy buen detalle, y la presión al escribir es bien reconocida, no con el detalle de una Cintiq, pero es suficiente para tomar notas, hacer bosquejos y sobre todo, para diagramas y esquemas en clase. Las hojas son blancas, así que compré un bloque de hojas de cuadrícula tamaño esquela (No conseguí las A5 que vienen con la Spark) de 80 hojas en una papelería y funcionan perfecto. Aún no me termino un cartucho de tinta, pero no creo que se acaben pronto.
      La Spark que pedí fue la que tiene funda para tablet, y uso un iPad Air (1), queda justo, un poco difícil de sacar, pero nada fuera de lo normal y queda muy protegido.
      Respecto a la app del iPad, cumple con lo que se requiere, recibe la digitalización muy bien, y se puede exportar en diferentes formatos, justo para poder trabajar con los esquemas o textos. Creo que se podrían hacer más cosas con la página ya en el iPad, pero es cuestión de que Wacom mejore sus apps (Tienes que instalar por lo menos dos diferentes, pues una sólo recibe y en otra editas).
      Compré esta digitalizadora porque necesito la textura y versatilidad del papel. Tengo una Wacom Fineline 2, en la que escribo en el iPad, pero no se compara para nada a la sensación natural del papel y la pluma que proporciona la Spark, es excelente, y sobre todo, sin estar batallando con la famosa función de "Rechazo de palma" que tanto se batalla al escribir en la pantalla de las tabletas.
      Me queda un muy buen sabor de boca la Spark, y a una semana de uso, sobre todo para tomar notas y hacer esquemas o diagramas escolares me ha resultado excelente, sobre todo en conjunto con Microsoft OneNote (Lo uso para todas las notas de la escuela). Respecto a la batería puedo decir que en la semana de uso, en las mañanas, no la he tenido que volver a cargar desde la carga inicial.
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    • InstaCuppa
      5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for taking notes
      Reviewed in India on January 24, 2018
      Verified Purchase
      Excellent for taking notes! Has a small learning curve but once you figure it out then it is a breeze!
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    • Karthee
      1.0 out of 5 stars Plz don't buy this product
      Reviewed in India on June 16, 2018
      Verified Purchase
      Plz don't buy this product, this Digital was not able to pair with my blue tooth, innumerable times. I requested for replacement which Amazon did it. But product does not stand to the quality of Amazon. I am surprised how western product are shamble some time
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    • Rodrigo Trejo
      4.0 out of 5 stars Si tan sólo la pluma fuera otra
      Reviewed in Mexico on July 3, 2017
      Verified Purchase
      El producto es maravilloso y la sincronización de las notas con la aplicación es muy buena. Ya sea que lo uses para dibujos simples o notas escritas, es práctico y cómodo. Con todo lo dicho anteriormente, el producto tiene puntos a favor y también en contra. A continuación hago un breve recuento de lo que me pareció bueno y malo del Spark.

      Ventajas.
      1) Puedes usar cualquier tipo de papel, por lo que es fácil reemplazar el block incluido una vez que lo gastas.
      2) La aplicación es fidedigna ysi haces un esfuerzo por escribir de forma legible el convertidor de texto es muy útil.
      3) Es ligero y fácil de llevar. Además, puedes usar el sobre integrado para guardar tabletas u otros documentos.
      4) La pila tiene buena duración y el dispositivo carga relativamente rápido.

      Desventajas.
      1) La calidad de escritura de la pluma es horrenda y no funciona con otras plumas.
      2) Es difícil acomodarse en espacios pequeños, ya que la carcasa no permite que dobles el producto por completo.
      3) Me gustaría que la aplicación te permitiera sumar información a páginas pasadas.

      Conclusión.
      Recomiendo la compra, ya que es un puente para los que preferimos escribir o tomar notas a mano, pero que entendemos las ventajas de tener tu información en formato digital.
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    • Khelliesi
      1.0 out of 5 stars Decepcionada de la calidad
      Reviewed in Mexico on September 2, 2018
      Verified Purchase
      Al principio muy bien, después de menos de unos días de uso se saturó la memoria y no hubo manera de actualizarla. El vendedor muy amable pero ubicado en el Estado de México, por lo que la Logistica de enviar para que la arreglaran y me la regresaran era complicada y costosa. Tengo otros productos de Wacom para edición de fotografía y son excelentes... con este me quedaron a deber
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