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[ed_in_nj]

Hey Folks...

Anyone using Evernote on the new Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet? I did a forum search for "galaxy note 10.1" and was surprised to find no hits. It would seem to me that the integral wacom stylus feature of this tablet would make it an ideal evernote device. I know that previous tablets, like the HTC Flyer, had specific hooks for evernote.

The device has just been released, so I figured this might be a worthwhile topic to discuss. Is anyone currently using this device with Evernote?

-Ed

PS: I just ordered my galaxy note 10.1 and expect delivery later this week....will post any feedback when it arrives.

[MadFoodScientist]

I got a Note 10.1 last Thursday. It is excellent. I am trying to figure out the best way to use Evernote on it. Skitch does not seem to work well for handwriting. Still trying to figure out the best way to incorporate evernote with my hand written notes.

[SlugO]

Hey guys, any luck so far? Ive got one too... the writing is a pleasure but SNote upload to evernote is a horror. It uploads attachments just as my galaxy note phone did (does). This tihng isn't going to work out for me at all if I cannot upload my handwriting in image format to be OCRd by Evernote servers. The writing feels great. So much potential here.

Are there other apps out there that Im not aware of?

Any help is appreciated

thanks!

[ed_in_nj]

I've still not received my "Note" and I have yet to use any android devices so I can't speak to the programs available, but are there any PDF annotation programs within which you could create handwritten notes and then export the PDF to evernote?

-Ed

[drmutus]

I looked at the Galaxy Note Tablet. It is a pretty cool device. I currenlty have an HTC Flyer that has the stylus and use it for taking my notes for work. This has the sync with Evernote which is very valuable.

I was hoping to move to the Galaxy Note for the larger size, new technology, communication with my Samsung TVs, and batery life.

Candidly, integration with Evernote (or some other service that syncs across multiple platforms and devices, I don't think there is one) is pretty much a requirement for a work device.

The Galaxy Note will be a cool toy until this happens. I think iPads are toys too because I left finger painting when I graduated kindergarten.

[NimhOfJoy]

Does anyone know if split-screen multi-tasking is supported by Evernote on the Galaxy Note? I'd love to be able to watch a video and take notes on it at the same time, and if Evernote works for this, I may go with the Note 10.1 > Transformer Prime.

@SlugO - I don't suppose you can write directly into Evernote?

[SlugO]

@Nimh - No, you can type of course, but the handwriting does not work directly into Evernote as of yet

After playing with this thing for a few days, it has become evident that it could be a KILLER piece of hardware if the right apps come along. I have been looking at two: "Lecture Notes" and "Quill". "Lecture Notes" seems to be the one I'd choose as far as functionality + ease of use, but they both are lacking with their Evernote integration. I am going to write a letter to the devs... such a nice program, but the notebooks dont sync with your Evernote notebooks (sends the pages to default book), and if you modify one instead of modifying the evernote "note", it sends up entirely brand new pages...ugh

[ed_in_nj]

I received my 10.1 note yesterday and have been playing with it quite a bit....this was my first android device so some of the time I've spent getting used to the android / touchwiz interface. First off, the stylus response is excellent. It tracks input very accurately with little lag. My main purpose for the device is note taking / meeting handout markup. I've used the included S-note, Lecture Notes, and Quill programs and in my extremely limited trials found Quill to be the best in terms of handwriting (I like the fact that the pen strokes are saved as vectors and not bitmaps). I have not yet tried any annotation/markup programs so can't offer an opinion on that front.

Other impressions of the Note 10.1 in general:

* Very light weight, easy to carry

* aspect ratio is great in landscape mode, a bit thin and tall in portrait mode (not a problem since most of my use was, and probably will continue to be, in landscape)

* build quality is not on the level of an iPad. The use of plastic keeps the weight light but creates a less than "premium" feel to the device. This is not a big issue for me, but something I noticed.

* The general purpose apps included (for example S planner) while functional, do not have much visual polish.

* There has been much complaining on the 'net concerning the Note's screen. In my viewing of videos and photos it has seemed perfectly fine...to my eyes the screen is very nice, never giving the impression of an inferior display (and I own an iPad 3).

* the overall response of the tablet has been quick with no noticeable lags when switching programs or changing home screens.

* I haven't played too much with the split screen functionality, but expect that this would be a nice multi tasking option

-Ed

[Rhodeislandboy]

Galaxy Note 10.1 is good, but the Jelly Bean is not available currently and Few apps make full use of the S Pen and some are buggy.

[NimhOfJoy]

@ed_in_nj - Is split-screen multi-tasking supported with Evernote? Would be nice to take notes on videos while I watch them.

[ed_in_nj]

NimhOfJoy:

no, the split screen functionality is only supported with a few apps:

Internet browser
Polaris office
S note
photo gallery
email

I would expect that, if this tablet becomes popular, that third party apps will start to support this feature.

[dumbmonkey]

I've only just got my Note, so this reply is a bit amateurish.
Handwriting response in S-Note is excellent, and quite adequate for taking notes during a phone interview or writing notes during a video. But this doesn't include translating my scribblings into text. A tip - keep the pen close to the screen and your hand on the screen - that's the closest to writing in a notebook and not only speeds up writing but also makes it much neater (and smaller). If you keep the pen close, then the screen automatically rejects palm.

Am still looking for a way to get the S-Note into EverNote. If this was easy (eg S-Note saved natively into EverNote) then there would be no need to change what is supported by Split Screen - you'd just keep using S-Note.

Another Samsung product, S-Memo (on the Galaxy S3) has a handwriting recognition feature where you select the handwriting afterwards and ask it to interpret. That works OK (except the Galaxy S3 doesn't support a stylus or palm reject, so you have to avoid resting your palm on the screen whilst writing), and could be the answer for S-Note if it were available. This would mean that you'd write your notes as pen strokes, then interpret them afterwards.

I'm also going to look into Lecture Notes and Quill. Evernote used to import the Logitech io pen notes, which were based on vector pen strokes, so I'm sure it can import from other products it is just a matter of file type?

[dumbmonkey]

How foolish of me - I should have done some research first.

In S-Note, simply go to the Menu (top right) and select SHARE VIA

You can then select EverNote - and send it as any of the formats (jpg, PDF, snb) that S-Note exports to.

Now to find out if Evernote will read the handwriting and turn it into text? I wonder if Evernote supports snb files?

[Colin Yates]

Got my note 10.1 yesterday after a couple of years with an iPad - loving it too, particularly the larger screen. I purchased it primarily because of the stylus hoping that now i could get my handwritten notes into evernote? What a disappointment to find out that the android version doesn't support inking, and exporting from apps that do either result in a single pdf which evernote can't display inline or a single image per page (which typically need to be exported individually).

What killer combination do you use? At this rate I am thinking of simply using either quills or lecture notes exclusively. Or maybe even just sticking with snote....

I am loving this note and stylus though - far far better than anything I have tried on the iPad.

[Enoch]

(...) hoping that now i could get my handwritten notes into evernote? What a disappointment to find out that the android version doesn't support inking, and exporting from apps that do either result in a single pdf which evernote can't display inline or a single image per page (which typically need to be exported individually).

I would prefer to export as a image instead of pdf.
Did you try Skitch?

What killer combination do you use? At this rate I am thinking of simply using either quills or lecture notes exclusively. Or maybe even just sticking with snote....

I have a Asus Tranformer, wich comes with Supernote (You should also try Freenote). I write or type with my fingers. Then, generally, I export to Evernote as a image.
Sometimes I just do everything in Evernote and Skitch.
Other times, I use pen and paper, and then scan (or take a photo) into Evernote.
Sometimes I make notes with a mindmapping app.

[petercool]

I have got it a week back but finding some difficulties to lookout these updates which it can be possible to do autoupdate of the versions

[JackT]

I downloaded the Evernote app onto my Galaxy Note 10.1 then connected to my Evernote account. The notes were observed, however all associated tags were lost when viewing with the Galaxy. Not sure what is going on, but Evernote on the Galaxy Note 10.1 is of little value unless I can identify a fix. I would especially prefer the layout to appear as observed on my laptop computer.

Jack

[marianneb]

Any one tried Write Pad with Evernote? It might be too much of a pain for longer types of notes like lectires, etc. but for short notes and task lists it works great in Evernote.

[Leicalout]

Has anyone tried Evernote handwriting on a Note 10.1 running jellybean yet? Handwriting works fine in Evernote on my Galaxy Note 2 Phone so maybe it will work once we get jellybean onto the Note 10.1?

[dumbmonkey]

Hi folks - I think I have the answer

Have had my Note 10.1 for about a month, and the first thing i did was look for a handwriting app. Mazec is by a long way the best (reasons why it is better than WritePad below).

I can't type and focus on the person in front of me at the same time, whereas i can hand write and focus. Therefore a laptop is out, both for telephone interviews and for face to face interviews. I keep my notes in Evernote because i can find them easily. Sounds exactly like everyone's situation here.

Well both Mazec and WritePad let you replace the standard keyboard entry with a handwriting area, so anything you write in the handwriting area is simply "posted" as text to the app that's open - and that includes Evernote.
WritePad seems to require that I write in big bold rounded handwriting, which isn't the way i write (I'm a doctor - what do you expect?!). In fact, WritePad won't even work if you write too small. This is a great disappointment since I have used PhatWare software on previous handheld personal organisers.
Mazec https://play.google....nnotesproducten is much more forgiving. Both are much better if you write in phrases or whole sentences than if you try to recognise individual words (at least with my handwriting).
I can write fast enough in Mazec to carry on a normal conversation and keep track of what was said. Of course the results are sometimes as difficult to decipher as my handwriting in an ordinary paper notebook (ie about one sentence in 20 is a bit mad, but the rest is pretty much word perfect), but it has saved me re-typing my notes from the paper notebook into Evernote, and I have my notes from each interview all ready for any analysis i need to do, or to forward to colleagues, immediately.

NOTE this isn't a calligraphic representation of my doodles and sketches, and Evernote can't do mindmaps on the fly on Android, it is simply the electronic text. Therefore it isn't like Quill or Lecture Notes (both of which I bought and paid for to see if they would do what I want) which is simply an electronic image of where your pen went. If I need a picture or illustration, I switch to S-Note (or better, Mobile Sketchpad) for drawings and MindJet for Mind Maps (MindJet also takes handwriting input from Mazec as though you were typing on the keyboard), and then do a screen capture and put the screen capture into Evernote. I'm sure I should use "export as PDF" but I've found a way that works for me.

Hope this helps more people make the decision.

I also use Adobe Ideas a lot for drawing, and I use the S-Pen by preference for controlling the Note 10.1. I can even go forwards/ back in videos fairly accurately using the S-Pen, whereas my fingers are simply too stubby.

Now I'm looking for good voice-to-text for Android, which i need sometimes (though not for interviews - too likely to make mistakes or pick up background noise).