Today, graphics tablet maker Wacom announced their first product to be available in the Apple App Store. Bamboo Paper is an iPad-exclusive notepad and sketching app, taking a stab at a category already populated by a plethora of other notepad apps. Here is some copy from their release:

Dear Friends,

Today we have launched Bamboo Paper, our first iPad app!

Bamboo Paper is a digital notebook for your iPad, letting you share ideas visually with handwritten notes, sketches and doodles. In combination with our Bamboo Stylus, it turns your iPad into a visual communication tool. You can download the app for free from any iTunes store around the world. But be quick while it is for free, because starting July 1, the app will cost €1.59 ($1.99).

You can help us by rating & commenting this app in the App store and telling your friends and family about it.

Here is the direct link to the App store:
For US: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bamboo-paper-wacom-notes-for/id443131313?mt=8&uo=4

Important to note is that the app is FREE until the end of June, as well as the mention of the Bamboo Stylus which is sold separately by Wacom. Although it isn’t required, Wacom intends the Paper app to be used in conjunction with the Stylus to get the most out of it. I was lucky enough to get a stylus for review, but I’ve been waiting for the release of the app to complete my review. I found that the app definitely benefits from using a pen-type device such as the aforementioned Bamboo Stylus or a Pogo Stylus. Watch for my complete review coming soon.

Just a quick heads-up that I’m presenting my favorite iPad apps tonight, Friday, May 13, live in the meatspace at the Atlantic City Mac Users Group (@ACAMUG) at 7:30 p.m. If you’re going to be in the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware area please stop by.

ACAMUG meets at the Mays Landing, NJ campus of Atlantic Cape Community College located on Route 322, aka the “Black Horse Pike”, about two miles west of the Hamilton Mall (directions, campus map.) Head to Building M, room M129 — across from Careme’s restaurant.

I’ll be giving away retro PowerPage t-shirts and copies of my book, The Droid Pocket Guide (2nd Ed.). I look forward to meeting you there.