Does the Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet's Pen have an Eraser?

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Published on 2010-08-23T23:25:38Z Indexed on 2013/11/09 4:03 UTC
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I'm thinking about getting one of the cheaper Wacom tablets to start doing some "hobby"-ish digital art.

Right now I think the Bamboo tablets are the best choice, especially the Pen only one, but after reading reviews it seems like the pen with the Bamboo pen doesn't have an eraser.

Can anyone verify this?

If it doesn't include a digital eraser I would consider this an enormous downside. Does the Bamboo Pen & Touch have a pen with an eraser? If it does, I would think about it but honestly I don't want the "touch" part considering how terrible it seems to be compared to a normal trackpad.

And finally, are there any new Bamboos or something related coming out in the future? I'd like a pen-only tablet (with an eraser) that's cheap and portable and nothing seems to satisfy yet.

EDIT: The main question (the eraser one) is talking about the Bamboo Pen CTL460 http://www.wacom.com/bamboo/bamboo_pen.php

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