The company's also setting up a game-centric social network, where you'll be able share your game progress (and even screen grabs) with other gamers.

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You can easily capture screen grabs using the stylus to mark out the grab area, and you can even record video of your onscreen activity.

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As I've said, I'm not concerned with product placement (which we actually enjoy covering in our Screen Grabs series), so much as excessive, story-destroying product placement.

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In actual use, if you are watching something and you have a sudden burst of inspiration, all you need to do is hold the pen to the screen, and after a short wait the TV grabs a shot of the screen, much like taking a screenshot on a smartphone.

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