Quick Command, the S Pen quickly activates applications and services people use most often.
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Quick Command is another new feature that takes advantage of the S Pen's gesture prowess.
What did take us aback is that it now includes S Pen handwriting recognition.
The new S Pen is longer, thicker and ergonomically designed for the perfect grip.
Many of these losses were caused by nothing more than the flick of an accountant's pen.
As for those S Pen applications, you've got S Note, among other carry-overs from the Android side.
This updated version of Samsung's original S Pen truly mimics the feel of a pen or pencil.
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Instead, the big news is the refreshed S Pen and the extra software that goes with it.
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But it is hard to think of any modern caroller who could pick up Mr Causley's pen.
The S Pen's feel and functionality are specifically designed for an optimal experience on the 10.1-inch screen.
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The command pad appears with one upward swipe on the screen with the S Pen button pressed down.
ENGADGET: Samsung Galaxy Note II to land 'by mid-November' on all major US carriers
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That's right, Samsung's already capable stylus just got a major boost -- meet the BT S Pen.
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Featuring an advanced S Pen with 1, 024 levels of sensitivity, GALAXY Note 10.1 is designed for natural and intuitive content creation.
For example, S Note can be launched instantly when the S Pen is taken out from the device.
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The Note's stylus, called the S Pen, can be used instead of a finger to launch and operate apps.
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Creativity is taken to a new level with the intuitive S Pen that boasts 1, 024 levels of pressure sensitivity.
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The new S Pen can sense 1, 024 levels of pressure sensitivity, four times more than the original S Pen.
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This only scratches the surface of what the S Pen is capable of.
Users can also personalize photos by leaving handwritten notes on the backside of a photo using the S Pen.
The command pad appears when a user just swipes upward on the screen with the S Pen button pressed.
Users familiar with the Note II will undoubtedly reach behind the tablet, out of sheer habit, to detach the S Pen.
Both support pen input, and will come with the same S Pen apps found on the Galaxy Note 10.1.
In addition, the device's new gesture pad feature, called Quick Command, lets users quickly activate frequently used apps with the S Pen.
It also tells us that it plans to add plenty more dedicated S Pen software (echoing the Premium Suite) in the future.
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The Shape Match and Formula Match features help correct and digitise geometric shapes and solve numeric formulas hand-written with the S Pen.
ENGADGET: Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 coming worldwide this month, UI shown off on YouTube
Finally, Polaris Office lets provides robust word processing, spreadsheet and presentation capabilities, while S Pen support makes it a snap to mark up and annotate documents.
Nor do Catherine, Miss West and the others come alive under Mr Mishra's pen: they are ciphers to us as well as to him.
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