anybody here into digital painting? if so, i want a cintiq, but they are expensive. any alternatives?

There's a company called Yinova that's making a Cintiq-type display that's been getting pretty solid reviews and they're a good bit cheaper (I believe the 19" is around $500). Thorough review here, you can find the tablets themselves on Amazon and other places pretty readily.

Also, if you're not in a rush you might hold off as this bit of info from Wacom last week sounds darn interesting:

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We’ve heard you shouting out loud for a Wacom mobile tablet for creative uses. Well… we’re listening. We’ve read your email and spoken to many about an on-the-go dream device. It will come. This summer. We’re working 24/7 on it. And yes, it has a real pressure-sensitive professional pen, smooth multi-touch, an HD display, and other valuable features that you haven’t seen in other tablets.

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That's all they've said far so no telling what it'll turn out to be, but color me intrigued.