Microsoft kept that original pen for two generations, moving to a refreshed, silver Surface Pen with less pressure sensitivity and better build quality for the Surface Pro 3.

3. If you’re holding the Surface Pro 3 in portrait mode, you can attach the Surface Pen on top of the left side. The magnets for the Type Cover are in this area to pull in the Pen. 4.

Microsoft introduced the Surface Pro 3 tablet and all its accessories on Tuesday. The new Surface Pro 3 Pen simplifies the stylus experience, so that you feel like you're just using a pen and a ...

Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 comes with a great pen. With little parallax and latency, it is easily one of the best styli for note-takers and digital artists.

Sarah Tew/CNET The new Surface Pro 3 can take notes and send them to the cloud with the push of a button. The new pen can wake up the Surface automatically for more pad-and-pen-like instant writing.

Microsoft makes a big deal about the inclusion of a pen on its Surface Pro 3 and rightfully so - it's a great tool. But why is there not a dedicated garage to store the pen safely when travelling?

Microsoft focused on three key areas to deliver a great pen experience with the Surface Pro 3. Accuracy, latency and pressure sensitivity are all areas focused on with the pen.

While it looks very similar to the Surface Pro 3 Pen, the new Surface Pen has been substantially improved over its predecessor. Read next: The Surface Pro 4 review.

Microsoft has released a Surface Hub app this weekend to improve the functionality of the stylus on the Surface Pro 3. After updating the pen firmware earlier this week, Microsoft’s Surface Hub ...

As you'll see in the image above, that back end of the pen included with Surface Pro 3 is going to be important. The ability to take that pen out and write down a note on a piece of paper is still ...

The new Surface 3 is a great surprise. Unlike most high profile devices these days, Microsoft got the smaller, lighter and cheaper version of its excellent Surface Pro 3 out of the door without a ...

The pen features 256-point pressure sensitivity and innovative OneNote integration via a click-top button, which you can read more about in PCWorld’s Surface Pro 3 reveal.