Finally, the "Note" comes wrapped in a leather binder to give it an old-skool notebook look and feel, and supports writing with a stylus to continue the theme.

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The cap of this pen doubles as a stylus tip, giving users the option to write with ink on paper in the iNotebook device and then quickly switch over to writing with a stylus in the app.

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Nearly two centuries after the invention of Braille by a blind adolescent boy, the most widely used Braille-writing tools, the slate and stylus, are quite similar to the tools used by Louis Braille himself.

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While the iNotebook is definitely a niche product, it's fun to use and more satisfying than writing on a glass tablet surface using a stylus.

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There are options that allow using a stylus in addition to a finger for writing, drawing and navigating.

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Other important writing tools include: the steel pen nib, the stylus, the brush, the pen.

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The Samsung combination of the stylus and their Swype-esque keyboard (or your finger) makes writing a big email a lot more pleasant and accurate than poking the awkward fringes of the slim iPhone 5.

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