Monday, September 13, 2004
A Rich Note Taking App For The Pocket PC?
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "SOFTWARE" @ 06:00 AM
http://www.evernote.com/en/products/evernote/
One thing I have not been able to find for my Pocket PC is a rich note taking app. I want one that allows me to mix text and drawings, just like you'd do with a pen and paper. Some allow this but the text is stored separately, which makes little sense. Would you want your text on one sheet of paper with arrows and charts on another? :?: Still others don't allow for plain text typed on the screen. You must use handwriting for everything which isn't good for those of us that can type faster and neater than we write.
Of course, OneNote for the PC is the perfect app for this, but it isn't available on the Pocket PC. The one-way syncing introduced in OneNote 2003 SP1 doesn't go far enough. We need a OneNote client for the Pocket PC. Well, a new product is about to enter beta in a few weeks called EverNote.
EverNote innovates by storing content on an endless, virtual roll of paper. You can quickly scroll chronologically through your notes similar to scanning through handwritten notes in a notebook.
I don't know if I'd call it innovation since Newton did this years ago according to some if its fans, but I'll take it. :D There is no download yet but if you click on the download link at the EverNote site, you'll be able to give them your email address to sign up for the beta.
One thing I have not been able to find for my Pocket PC is a rich note taking app. I want one that allows me to mix text and drawings, just like you'd do with a pen and paper. Some allow this but the text is stored separately, which makes little sense. Would you want your text on one sheet of paper with arrows and charts on another? :?: Still others don't allow for plain text typed on the screen. You must use handwriting for everything which isn't good for those of us that can type faster and neater than we write.
Of course, OneNote for the PC is the perfect app for this, but it isn't available on the Pocket PC. The one-way syncing introduced in OneNote 2003 SP1 doesn't go far enough. We need a OneNote client for the Pocket PC. Well, a new product is about to enter beta in a few weeks called EverNote.
EverNote innovates by storing content on an endless, virtual roll of paper. You can quickly scroll chronologically through your notes similar to scanning through handwritten notes in a notebook.
I don't know if I'd call it innovation since Newton did this years ago according to some if its fans, but I'll take it. :D There is no download yet but if you click on the download link at the EverNote site, you'll be able to give them your email address to sign up for the beta.
