"If you thought styluses were last seen on devices in 1990s, think again. Israel's N-trig is one of a new breed of pen input companies, recently unseating Wacom as Microsoft's pen of choice on its new Surface Pro 3 tablets.
According to Eyal Leibovitz, VP of R&D at the Israeli digital pen maker, the company had an important advantage that helped it win over Microsoft — technology that lets OEMs integrate pen and touch together on the same digitiser. "It allowed Microsoft to eliminate a layer of sensor from its new tablet, making it lighter," he said."