Adesso is back in the news feed with word of a new widescreen graphics tablet which is bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0. It is called the Adesso Cybertablet Z12A and pricing is set at around $180.

The Adesso Cybertablet Z12A is a 10- x 6.25-inch workspace one can use for drawing, handwriting, sketching and picture editing. The tablet, through the use of its ergonomic pen, lets you do what Adesso describes are “the most sophisticated computer-aided designing tasks.” Programmable hot keys can also be set on the tablet to launch programs.

Adesso has unveiled a new computerized notepad for taking notes with and later transferring those notes to your computer. It is called the Adesso CyberPad A4 and pricing is set at around $230.

The Adesso CyberPad A4, which comes bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 for Windows and 4.0 for Mac OS X, lets you do handwritten notes and graphics onto paper. It captures everything you write into its memory and later lets you transfer that to a computer for digital storage.