The S Pen. WTF is it for?

 



 

     Up to a few weeks ago, I, like most everybody else, thought Smartphones and pens were a lame combination; especially in a now more than ever "touch screen" society. I really didn't see a point to them at all. The last time I owned a Smartphone with a pen was when I lived in China. And even then, I rarely used the accompanying pen to the tune of losing it only a month and a half after purchasing the Smartphone.

     Pens in the past have been unsuccessful with Smartphone for the most part because the screens were too small to write on. But boasting a 5.5 inch screen, the Samsung Galaxy Note series makes jotting down notes or sharing a document in real time with a pen feel as natural as if you were scribbling on a large index card.

     So why should everyone be excited about a pen? Well, they shouldn't. If you are like most Smartphone users, you use your phone to make and receive calls, check your email, snap photos, listen to music, and surf Facebook. In other words, you use your Smartphone for mainly convenient pleasure and are probably not taking full advantage of what your Smartphone offers you. But for business people and educators, we seek a little more than just entertainment from our phones. We need our phones to be able to record meetings, share documents, take notes, scan and fax documents, create and read QR codes, etc. We need full usage and more storage space than the average user.  So naturally, a pen in hand is always one and the same with business and educator peoples.  If you are interested in what the S Pen can really do with the Samsung Note 2, check out this cool video below by pocketnowvideo. If you like what you see, go ahead and subscibe to their page.

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#mr.ford