Comments on: iPad Apps I Want to See: A Real Killer Notes App

By: inZania

inZania — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:43:40 +0000

Check out "School Notes Pro." Free app, and getting great reviews, and #2 in the utilities category.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:17:33 +0000

Some very interesting thoughts in both your comments – thanks for sharing.

By: Amv

Amv — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:17:14 +0000

Obviously,
there should be an elegant start up screen holding multiple
notebooks. For that I actually like the startup screen for the iWork
apps that have been shown. Finally all this would be for not if there
is not a very simple way to put your notes onto a home computer. Well
this is my little idea, I think it could be an extremely useful app
for the ipad for students as well as the corporate world. Not to
mention, that if done write, meaning keeping it simple and not trying
to make it more than it should be (because, think about it, a pen and
paper doesn't do much, but they do what they do absolutely flawlessly)
could be very profitable for the creators of such an app.

By: Amv

Amv — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:16:48 +0000

Being a college student I think a great note taking app is very
necessary for the ipad. It would need to be able to switch from
sketching ability (drawing pictures,and writing quick notes with your
finger with different colors) to keyboard input with a seamless touch
of an onscreen icon. The thing that would make a superior application
for taking notes would be multiple-angle keyboard text input.
Basically, with a swipe of the finger you should be able to dictate
the angle at which text is entered on the screen (e.g. Swiping my
finger at a 45 or 60 or 70 or 90 degree angle, or any angle, would
thus make the text be input at that angle on the screen). This would
be idle for entering text around a picture you have drawn on screen,
or entering a note in the margin just like you would if you were
taking notes with pen and paper. I think that ability would make the
ipad the ultimate school electronic device hands down!

By: patrickj

patrickj — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:06:18 +0000

It really does scream for a killer solution from Evernote or from somebody.

By: James

James — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:06:26 +0000

The iPad just SCREAMS for a native Evernote on crack. Keyboard, Photos, Voice, Video, and Ink, all combined and all tagable and searchable. Evernote comes the closest so far, but they miss the boat on ink and video. Combine all of these into one app, and you have a killer that fits the way anyone wants to take notes. Why doesn't Apple just wise up and buy Evernote and build on their expertise with real, usable Cloud services. I guess it makes too much sense.

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By: patrickj

patrickj — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:54:08 +0000

I'm a big fan of handwriting recognition, so I'd also love to see some of it in the iPad OS.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:28:16 +0000

I am out in the field doing site surveys for clients where I am writing down notes on paper all the time. If I could have a great, thin, light pad like this with a killer Notes app, I would purchase in a heartbeat. I would love to have a felt tipped stylus to hand write my notes. They also missed the boat with no camera. I would love to be able to snap a pic and put it in the middle of my notes. Probably iPad v2 will do this for me. Need to be able to sync back to my desktop. Hoping for either Evernote or something similar to OneNote on PC.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:56:47 +0000

I've tried Simplenote and never quite got to like it as much as Notes Pro. Mostly because (even very limited) sync with Google Docs works well for me.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:55:58 +0000

AwesomeNote is one I haven't got round to trying yet – may give it a look soon. I think you're right that a notes app that lets you combine typing, sketching and so forth would be quite compelling. I can't sketch my way out of a paper bag but I'd still vote for something like that

By: @transier

@transier — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:48:00 +0000

I use Simplenote as my main notes app. It offers two-way syncing between your iPhone and the web. I like the web UI of it as well the iPhone UI. Sometimes the syncing overlaps some of the edits you've made to a note, but having the ability to sync it makes up for any small issues.