Al-Zaidi's employer, TV network al-Baghdadia, keeps a picture of him at the top left side of the screen with a calendar showing the number of days he has spent in detention.

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On the Juke, for instance, a click on the phone's scroll wheel brings up a text messaging screen, a calendar or a picture function, just as if a finger were pressing the keys of the real phone.

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Its core Start Screen apps, like email and calendar, while improved, are still crude.

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The S Pen's advanced features provide the ability to capture ideas, inspiration and information instantly, and to combine handwriting with any digital content directly on the screen, such as adding new calendar appointments by writing the event details directly on the day of the week, signing or adding handwritten notes to an email.

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Air View allows users to hover with the S Pen over an email, calendar entry, image gallery or video to preview the content without having to open it or wait for screen transitions.

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