As such, I'm eyeing up a Wacom tablet and using the pen input to mouse around -- but do you think it's a good idea?

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Halfway through, I was still using a mouse and then I got into using tablets which use a pen.

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Selecting and cropping text, images or other content on the Galaxy Note II with the S Pen is very similar to a traditional "click-mouse" experience.

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MotionTools and the Air Mouse app enable a presenter to turn their computer's cursor into a highlighter, laser pointer or pen.

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