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Nov. 4, 2010 - PRLog -- The Best Note-Taking Apps for the iPad | myefox.com- Quality China Wholesale Electronics Store

Hey, student! Did you like our list of the best PDF-reading iPad apps last week? We know that you can’t get through your classes with just a handful of essays loaded onto your ‘Pad, though, so we’ve come up with a list of note-taking apps that will help you ditch the spiral notebook and go entirely digital.

We’re not masters at typing on the iPad’s touchscreen just yet, and we find those Bluetooth and USB-connected keyboards a bit cumbersome to lug to lectures, so we tried out the Pogo Sketch stylus on some of the drawing-enabled apps we have listed below. Is it worth it? For $15, it’s no miracle device (in fact, just a piece of aluminum with a specially fitted tip), but we found that it did improve our writing ability on the iPad. (Not impressed? You could always get one of those Korean sausage styluses, and feed yourself when the ramen doesn’t cut it.) Still, read on to see which apps will best fit your educational needs, doodad in hand or not.
‘Simplenote’
simplenote

Next to the native app provided by Apple, ‘Simplenote’ is one of the most basic note-taking apps we’ve seen. It requires a free account to get started, which you can use to to share your notes either as a text-based e-mail or dedicated Web page. Sadly, you can only use the keyboard to input text, and it has no audio-recording feature like some of the other apps we tested. The interface is clean and easy, with a pop-up sidebar that allows you to access your notes either in chronological order or by tag. One big draw, however, is that it remembers every version of a given note, allowing you to go back to see earlier edits or accidentally deleted text.

Verdict: Shows note version history. Limited sharing options. Requires account.
Price: Free
‘SoundNote’
soundnote

Say you’re not a perfect note-taker, and prefer to just record your lectures for later transcription. ‘SoundNote’ (formerly ‘SoundPaper’) captures audio and lets you scribble or type at the same time. You could be drawing your diagrams of propane molecules while your ancient professor natters on about whatever, and you don’t even have to pay attention! But let’s hope that your auditorium has a decent sound system and acoustics, as the iPad’s built-in mic isn’t professional quality. Still, if you manage to get a decent recording, you can PDF your diagrams, e-mail them with your audio files to use on other devices, or share them with truant roommates. You can also connect to your computer via Wi-Fi, and drop the files directly onto your hard drive.

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