Outtake:
Customers this week were able to pick up one of the best Android smartphones made to date: The Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Based on my hand-on experience, those who want handset that supports digital inking will be extremely happy.

The most noticeable improvements over the prior Note are found in the inking software.
Here’s an excerpt from my review earlier this week:
Where it gets different is in the software for the S-Pen because that’s the star of this show. Samsung has greatly improved the S-Pen experience through software tweaks and additions, the main one being a function called Air Command.
Remove the S-Pen from storage and the rotary Air Command menu pops up. You can also enable it by hovering the pen over the display and pressing the pen button from any screen. Think of Air Command as one-stop shopping for the S-Pen’s main features because it’s made up of five pen-specific functions.
I like how Samsung has made it easier to access the key S-Pen functions from any screen. It’s a smart move. Additional functionality helps too: The S-Pen can make a small window to quickly run another app and...