Perhaps the more precise question would be “Does it work well?” Wacom’s latest drawing gadget isn’t the first to promise to give you the ability to create on your computer as well as you can on paper, the problem with every other device thus far is simply not delivering.

Yes you can get a decent approximation of your handwriting or a vaguely similar sketch from your hand to your desktop with some of these things, but if you want the real thing you have to go through your scanning process and/or just doing the whole thing with a stylus in your graphics program of choice.

The Inkling is promising to give you the real deal sketch to digital (specifically vector) that certain artists have been longing for, unfortunately they simply aren’t letting anyone get their hands on it until it’s for sale and shipping from their store. You may have noticed articles pop up on all the tech blogs a few days ago about the Inkling, and if you did you should have also noticed they all read like press releases penned by a pitchman rather than a critical eye reviewing the Inkling tech itself.

I personally am very excited about the idea of using a device like this, as I like many others do my best work on paper, feeling completely disconnected from a drawing tablet, priced out of a Cintiq, and exhausted by the scanning process, but the reality, I worry, for Inkling on final review will be that that cute little robot sketch will show up on my computer with only one arm and his head between his legs.

Looking forward to some proper reviews of the Inkling, and getting my hands on one myself, assuming they have any stock for the “mid-September” launch of this relatively low priced ($200) digital inking device.