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The best S Pen apps for the Samsung Galaxy Note family

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The best S Pen apps for the Samsung Galaxy Note family
With the Note family Samsung carved out an entirely new market niche in the great nothingness formed after the resistive touchscreens with stylus were replaced by capacitive ones where you use your finger for navigation.

It was a bold move that required two risks - introduce a giant screen phone in an era when the average smartphone display must have been about 4" or even less, and equip it with a stylus decent enough not to stay in the silo most of the time. 

The first Note proved that people were waiting on precisely such a combo, but the Note II and Note 10.1 really confirmed the latent demand, as the phone came with an even larger screen, and a greatly improved stylus that can be put to a good use in many situations. Don't forget we are also waiting on a new member - the Galaxy Note 8.0 - to bridge the gap between 5.5 and 10 inches.

We are rounding up some of the best Android apps that take advantage of the S Pen stylus on the family, apart from the excellent stock ones like S Note, in case you've grabbed a Note handset or tablet, and are heading for a Play Store window shopping spree.

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1. imsickwithsmartphone posted on 07 Feb 2013, 07:43 10

Thanks PA for this info :)
This will make my galaxy note much better....

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2. richardyarrell2011 (banned) posted on 07 Feb 2013, 08:19 5 1

Sketch em, and traces are also other great applications to have on your Galaxy Note or Galaxy Note 2 find those also in the Google Play store. Samsung has done a great service to current Galaxy Note family devices and opened up a clear market that will great with each upcoming device. And most of all the applications are ported into the Google Play store which is also excellent.

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3. erdpov posted on 07 Feb 2013, 08:28 7

Thanks people for such useful apps! Samsung you're going to rock this year with you upcoming sdevices. Keep popularizing this direction of your awsome work and people's hearts and minds will be in your backyard!

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4. piyath posted on 07 Feb 2013, 08:41 1

Huh... Nicely said man..

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5. BillyG posted on 07 Feb 2013, 09:01 5

did you took some sPill??

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6. GALAXY-STORM posted on 07 Feb 2013, 10:35 4

He wisely skipped the iPill.

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10. samashok posted on 14 Feb 2013, 20:29

lol...

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7. 1ceTr0n posted on 07 Feb 2013, 12:17 1

Go Note, or go home

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8. SleepingOz posted on 07 Feb 2013, 15:11 2

I remember someone once said that the s-pen is pointless.. Lmao!

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9. Myrith posted on 07 Feb 2013, 20:22

LayerPaint is a pretty great drawing app that's probably even better than Sketchbook Mobile.

Its best feature is probably the ability to undo and redo using the physical volumn buttons. Makes the drawing process a lot faster. It also has a watercolor brush tool (blend brush), which is a staple for a lot of desktop computer artists, that I don't think any other mobile drawing app has.

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11. SalmonPaste posted on 04 Apr 2013, 08:26

Serious Paint is also a great app for painting and drawing on a Note.

It's about the closest thing to being on a workstation, in terms of natural brushes and color selection etc.

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