Microsoft Windows 10 devices NYC event
Building on the success of its recent Windows 10 launch, Microsoft is turning its focus to hardware at an October 6 press event in New York City. Next generation versions of the Surface tablet, Lumia phones and the Band fitness tracker are widely expected.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:04:27 PMThe Surface Pen has a tail eraser, 1,024 levels of pressure.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:04:29 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:04:31 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:04:34 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:04:37 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:04:38 PM
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:04:39 PMIt's funny, there's a pencil out there without an eraser, he cracks (iPad Pro shot).
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:04:40 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:04:42 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:04:44 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:05:03 PM
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 3:05:04 PMHaving used the Surface Pro 3 pen, it's pretty good -- not perfect (which I define as real-time, lag-free response).
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:05:05 PMThe Surface Pro 4's pen lasts a full year.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:05:05 PM
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Scott Stein 10/6/2015 3:05:05 PMSurface Pen: has an eraser. And now a "pencil doesn't have an eraser" joke. But pens...don't have erasers, usually.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:05:09 PM
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:05:22 PMThe ink "flows" out of the pen like a real one, he says.
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 3:05:31 PMA lot of illustrators and animators are interested in the Surface and its pen, from the convos I've had.
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Scott Stein 10/6/2015 3:05:59 PMPen battery lasts year. Wonder how that's measured. BT keyboards usually last me forever.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:06:06 PMStoring a pen is hard, he says. So the pen attaches to the Surface Pro 4.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:06:08 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:06:09 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:06:11 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:06:13 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:06:15 PM
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:06:15 PMMagnetically. It's pen storage.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:06:16 PM
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:06:30 PMWhen you click the pen, One Note pops up.
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Scott Stein 10/6/2015 3:06:32 PMfinally, a place to put the pen!
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 3:06:35 PMMagnetic attachment for the pen? Good idea. The little plastic loop on the keyboard on SP3 was an odd fit.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:06:49 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:06:50 PM
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:06:59 PMThe idea of a virtual eraser on this pen is pretty genius. Very intuitive.
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 3:07:07 PMThe problem with all these demos is that they use OneNote, which I swear I can never figure out how to use properly.
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Scott Stein 10/6/2015 3:07:20 PM"I can ink on it." Is that the term?
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:07:21 PMIf you hold down your pen, you can call up Cortana.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:07:55 PMWith the Edge browser, you can write on the web with pen.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:08:05 PMHe notes it's connected to his Lumia 950.
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 3:08:09 PMUsing the pen with the browser markup in Edge is very cool -- it's my fave Edge browser feature.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:08:20 PMPhotoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom are all Pen-enabled, he says.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:08:23 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:08:27 PM
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Scott Stein 10/6/2015 3:08:42 PMMore pen-enabled apps...pretty key. And the thing iPad Pro will need to deal with, too.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 3:09:13 PMPanay says the G5 chipset allows the pen to work with the display like an actual pen. But it can be transformed from ink to digital content, he says.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 3:09:35 PM