Tuesday, August 19, 2003
New PhatPad Notes Organizer
Posted by Brad Adrian in "SOFTWARE" @ 01:00 AM
Ever since I tried Calligrapher back in 2000, I've loved the software that has come from PhatWare Corporation. Now they've introduced a new tool for taking and organizing notes that will likely keep that love affair going strong.
"PhatPad is an advanced notes organizer for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs. It allows you to draw pictures, jot text notes, or put a mix of pictures and typed text on a virtual scratch pad. The program utilizes new digital ink technology which provides a very smooth ink flow, so it feels like you're writing on a piece of paper. You can export your notes and drawings as bitmap or jpeg images, email them as file attachments, and transfer them between Pocket PCs via infrared. If you have CalliGrapher handwriting recognition application installed on your Pocket PC, you can use it to recognize your handwritten notes and convert them to plain text."
Other features include:
• Standard editing commands
• Zoom and special fit-to-screen mode
• 39-color pen palette, variable pen width, and variable page size
• Email your notes as file attachments and transfer them between Pocket PCs via infrared
• Store up to 1000 handwritten pages per file
• Add an optional text note to each file
• Recognize your handwritten notes and convert them to plain text
• Search your handwritten notes for a specific text
You can download a free demo or buy the full version for a mere $9.95 from this Handango affiliate page.
This takes me back to when I saw my first demo of digital ink and the Table PC; I remember thinking how great it would be to have similar capabilities for my Pocket PC. I know that this isn't quite the same thing, but I can't wait to try PhatPad and my beloved Calligrapher for some of the freeform note-taking I do at meetings.
"PhatPad is an advanced notes organizer for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs. It allows you to draw pictures, jot text notes, or put a mix of pictures and typed text on a virtual scratch pad. The program utilizes new digital ink technology which provides a very smooth ink flow, so it feels like you're writing on a piece of paper. You can export your notes and drawings as bitmap or jpeg images, email them as file attachments, and transfer them between Pocket PCs via infrared. If you have CalliGrapher handwriting recognition application installed on your Pocket PC, you can use it to recognize your handwritten notes and convert them to plain text."
Other features include:
• Standard editing commands
• Zoom and special fit-to-screen mode
• 39-color pen palette, variable pen width, and variable page size
• Email your notes as file attachments and transfer them between Pocket PCs via infrared
• Store up to 1000 handwritten pages per file
• Add an optional text note to each file
• Recognize your handwritten notes and convert them to plain text
• Search your handwritten notes for a specific text
You can download a free demo or buy the full version for a mere $9.95 from this Handango affiliate page.
This takes me back to when I saw my first demo of digital ink and the Table PC; I remember thinking how great it would be to have similar capabilities for my Pocket PC. I know that this isn't quite the same thing, but I can't wait to try PhatPad and my beloved Calligrapher for some of the freeform note-taking I do at meetings.
