Wacom Cintiq Companion

This right here is Wacom's most recent product they added to their line of drawing tablets. Wacom specializes in aiding graphic designers in the use of digital illustration and animation. They have the highest end drawing products on the market which are used by professionals in the field today. 

Their most recent product is the Cintiq Companion. This is a stand alone tablet with its own power supply and doesn't need to be connected to an already existing computer. It comes in two versions. The first one has a full Windows 8 operating system that can run anything your normal computer can such as any of the adobe suite products. The second version is a hybrid as Wacom calls it. It runs on the most recent 4.2 Jellybean Android software and can use any of the apps on the android market today. However because it is a "hybrid" it can be connected via HDMI to any computer and become a second display with full touch capability. With this you are then able to use any software your current computer has except with its fully touch capability. 

The first image you have here is the hybrid version that is running the android hybrid version of the Wacom Cintiq Companion tablet.

The second image here is the Windows 8 version of the Wacom Cintiq Companion tablet. This is a stand alone table with the full capability of being an ultra book all in itself. This one however can't be connected to your computer as an extra screen, although it can run anything a normal computer can.

Between these two products I have been up all night doing research trying to decide if I want to spend the money on them. This has always been something that I have been looking for. Before this they have always had Cintiqs which were screens just like this but were not portable what so ever and always had to be plugged into a computer such as any normal monitor. Being a graphic designer myself and loving to illustrate since I could remember really makes me what to take the risk and get one of these to try out for myself. I have had other drawing tablets that hook up to the computer but never one quite like this. This is truly remarkable and ingenuity at its finest.  

If you would like to see more I would highly recommend watching this video.

Source: http://www.wacom.com/en/us/