I'm happy with my Wacom Intous II. Version III is out now also. Whichever brand/model you decide to go with, I recommend getting the larger tablets if you plan to do a lot of drawing on it. I don't use the tablet in Maya, but I do do a lot of digital "inking" of scanned drawings in photoshop.
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