Samsung Electronics is beefing up its tablet range with a competitor to Apple's iPad Mini that sports a pen for writing on the screen. The Galaxy Note 8.0 will have an 8-inch screen,putting it very close in size to the Apple's tablet,which launched in November with a 7.9-inch screen. It's not the first time Samsung has made a tablet that's in the Mini's size range: it's very first iPad competitor had a 7 inch screen,and it still makes a tablet of that size,but without a pen. The Korean company will start selling the new tablet during the second quarter,between April and June,at an as yet undetermined price.