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Samsung has improved the software to go along with the S Pen too. You can now hover over an email with the pen and see the first sentence of the message, customize what app pops up when you start writing on the screen, and still use Samsung's S Note, a combo note-taking and sketching application. And if you're worried you'd lose the pen, Samsung's come up with a solution for that. The phone will alert you with an alarm sound if the pen has been left behind somewhere.

Samsung Electronics launched its new Galaxy Note tablet in three major markets on Thursday, hoping that a stylus-type pen and split-screen function will stand the new device apart from rival Apple's iPad. The company, facing accusations that it copied the design and some features of Apple's iPad and iPhone, said the Galaxy Note 10.1 would be a "game changer" from rival tablets, on which users usually only view one application at a time. The device can have two apps active on a split-screen, while an 'S-Pen' seeks to solve tablet and smartphones' sometimes clunky keyboard and input functions by allowing users to write and...

Samsung’s participation in the consumer electronics trade show already promises to reveal the new Galaxy Note 2, but it looks like the brand has another unveiling up its sleeve. The teaser below references the evolution of technology and the description on YouTube calls it a glimpse into Samsung’s newest Windows 8-ready innovation. Without giving too much away, it’s certainly enough to get excited about. We spy a corner of the keypad, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it look at the laptop opening up and – is that a stylus?