Using the new S Pen allows you to be more precise and gives a writing experience that feels like writing with pen and paper and with Air View you can hover the S Pen over emails, picture and video galleries to preview them.
The Touch Pen allows you to swipe, slide, and harness all the great features of Windows 8.
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Arriving later this year running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), Galaxy Note II with 4G LTE combines the productivity of a tablet with the convenience of a smartphone and the S Pen features you need to unleash your creativity in a single device.
The wireless pen allows you to draw directly onto compatible Panasonic TVs, annotate, draw, whatever takes your fancy, and then share these images via a range of different connectivity options (via a paired tablet and Panasonic's Viera Remote 2.0 app, or save to USB etc).
As you hold the pen above the panel you'll notice a floating cursor on the screen.
But I notice you have a fountain pen, a ballpoint pen in front of you, and occasionally you will just touch it and look at it and it appears as if you're focusing yourself.
You get out that old thing called pen and paper and you jot it down.
As for those S Pen applications, you've got S Note, among other carry-overs from the Android side.
This is where you stick your pen-drives, and the buttons let you record your mix directly to it, and safely remove it once you're done.
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Additionally, you can flip the pen over and use it as an eraser, the way you would with a number 2 pencil.
Stiletto Escape gives you the pen and paper to write the adventures of your lifetime.
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As it happens, you could configure the Revolve with Windows 7 and you could buy an optional pen to go with it, but obviously, if you'd prefer to use your fingers, you'll have a lot more luck here than you would have with earlier models.
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The pen works as a transmitter: When you press down to write, a switch inside the pen turns it on.
The penhold grip - popular among players from Asia, is so named because you hold the paddle as you would a pen.
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When you remove the pen from its slot, a menu of mostly pen-compatible apps pops up on the side of the screen.
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You could throw it like a small javelin, or stab it into a piece of steak instead of using a fork, or you might take the ink cartridge out of the pen and fill the hollow shell with sand (just because you like sand).
When detached from the PC, the small receiver unit, which has a rechargeable battery, stores whatever you write with the pen.
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Anywhere within the OS, you can tap the pen on the screen to take a screenshot and then instantaneously start writing or doodling over that image.
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Tell it in a word doc, or a storyboard, or scratch it with a quill pen on vellum, but whatever you do, create a story first.
Unlike with other pen-enabled tablets, where you might see air pockets in between the screen layers, this actually comes close to matching what it feels like to write on paper.
For instance, you can hold the pen over emails in your inbox (in the general email app for now, at least) and a pop-up box displays the first few lines.
Upon further inspection, it transpired that many of the meals were for four servings, but there was no way to break this information out unless you sat down with pen and paper and worked it out on the side.
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Finally, as you are well aware the pen is always mightier than the sword.
When you're in S Note, you can also hold the pen above the screen and long-press its button to activate another new feature called Idea Sketch.
In OneNote, at least, the pen seems to be aware of what you mean to erase: after drawing an Engadget logo in blue ink, we started to erase it and after a few swipes, the whole thing disappeared from the screen.
But do not put pen to paper in that cheque book unless you trust the person completely.
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It is in those circumstances that you may wish to wield a pen, to reflect upon and write the story of your experiences.
Next up on the list of hover-friendly additions, you can now use your S Pen to scroll up and down on a page or list.
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