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electronic notes device

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colore

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hello

I want to be able to write down notes and schemes while on the metro, at a congress, in class, on the go, etc

which is the easiest and most convenient device for this?

it must have very good writing feeling (as paper), good memory, good battery life, and the ability to auto-convert the handwritten text to typed text would be a plus

any other useful feature is welcome

thanks
 
It sounds like your going to be waiting around for a while if you need all of that. I played with the new asus tablet this morning at Frys it was great for me but i dont know how well it does with hand written notes.
 
Zencyl said:
It sounds like your going to be waiting around for a while if you need all of that. I played with the new asus tablet this morning at Frys it was great for me but i dont know how well it does with hand written notes.
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which exactly model is this?

I was thinking about Boogie Pad, but I have no experience with it
 
I made a recommendation like this last year, and I'll make it again:

The Fujitsu Stylistic ST4121 Tablet PC (review link)

It's old, yes, but still 100% functional. You can find them on eBay from $100-250 depending on what accessories are included. With an extended battery and the brightness toned down a notch or two, you can get 8+ hours of use out of these things. Slate form factor, full Windows XP Tablet PC support (not as good as what Windows 7 is capable of but, if you truly seriously just want something to do note taking (it has a Wacom digitizer) on the go or whatever, these things are still pretty awesome damned devices.

Look for the ST4121 with the daylight viewable (indoor/outdoor) panel in it and there's nothing quite like it when used in direct sunlight or high brightness areas, it's truly awesome stuff when you really need it.

I have one myself, maxed out the RAM, has a decent hard drive in it, and I have 2 extended batteries. The Wife's been using it as a glorified eBook reader for many years now - nothing like being able to look at PDF files with Adobe Reader itself on a screen that's large enough for a full normal page of text/content.

Yes, it's larger, yes it's heavier, but it works and it gets the job done and it's fairly cheap.

As for something brand new, well... there ain't nothing out there that I'd recommend save for this thing which isn't out yet, it's still just vaporware as far as I'm concerned:

http://www.noteslate.com/

The rumor a few months ago was that they were going to try and bring it to market at - get this - $99.99 but I seriously doubt any company could do that and still make it a serious quality product. But, if you wanted a "digital notepad" that looks to be it - now if they only get it to market that would actually mean something.
 
colore said:
windows tablets have very limited battery life, they are not enough visible outdoors, etc
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bull shit on battery life, i pull 8-12 hours of note taking on my 2740p

Also, in direct sunlight it is a bit hard to see, but for most times i've been outside i am able to read it unless i have sunglasses on....plus the 2740p(and most other tablets) come with an outdoor screen option


you will not find what you want if you dont go windows, as of now windows is the only platform that will transcribe your writing to text that i know of (at least accurately)
 
I'd encourage you to check out a rooted color nook with something like tabnotes ir genial notes (look in market) on it. both work fine with a stylus and handwriting. I however, I have switched to using recordings with a thing called clearreccord which allows me to just turn on and record class more meeting notes then listen to them with the ability to bookmark, speed up or slow down what was said. I'd like to just do a video recording but that's not feasible with limited storage.
 
guisar said:
I'd encourage you to check out a rooted color nook with something like tabnotes ir genial notes (look in market) on it. both work fine with a stylus and handwriting. I however, I have switched to using recordings with a thing called clearreccord which allows me to just turn on and record class more meeting notes then listen to them with the ability to bookmark, speed up or slow down what was said. I'd like to just do a video recording but that's not feasible with limited storage.
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the issue with using any android device for hand written notes is simply that the screen is not good for that purpose, it was not designed to, a tablet/slate on the other hand was
 
Nooks, iPads, Android Tablets, I don't know of a single one that supports pen based computing. The Apple iPad will never offer pen support. Maybe, eventually, Android tablets will, but I don't know of any current models that do.

About the only devices, that I know of, that support handwriting conversion are Windows Tablets. The Asus EP121 is a fantastic device. Writing on it is supurb, the screen is excellent, and quite good outdoors. It's only weakness is battery life. I get about 3 hours.

If you don't mind a bigger device, and much more expensive, I would strongly think about the HP 2740 or one of the ThinkPad Tablets. Both have excellent screens AND excellent battery life. They are full laptops that convert (the screen rotates and folds down) to tablets for note taking.

There is also the HP Slate 500, which is a smaller device. It's a 9" screen and has some nice features, though I feel it's inking ability is the weakest of most windows tablets and battery life isn't any better than the more powerful Asus tablet. (An atom processor vs a full i5 processor) I WANT to suggest this device due to its form factor and accessories, but simply can't over the other options as it has a inferior screen and a n-trig pen rather than a wacom.

IMHO, a Windows Tablet, Pen and MS OneNote is an awesome combination for note taking. OneNote does handwriting conversion. It also allows you to do text searches of handwritten notes.

Asus Tablet: http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Slate-EP...IIF8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1305741483&sr=8-2

HP Tablet: http://www.amazon.com/HP-EliteBook-...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1305741561&sr=1-1

Thinkpad: http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkP...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1305741595&sr=1-1


Note: Wow, the Asus Tablets have gone up in price. The 32GB model is still the same, but the 64GB model is up to $1325? Ouch, I'm glad I got mine early!
 
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griffin, no point in getting the 2740p now, the 2760p has dropped, with the SB update
 
So going into this next year of college. I have a ton of classes that are gonna kill me for notes. I would like some type of note taking device. I don't exactly need handwriting recognition but a way to take down my scribbles on a tablet of some sort for math and economics formula's and for my accounting class information as well as being much more portable than my beastly laptop (sager np8130).

I have toyed with the idea of getting a convertible lenovo x220t but it just does not make sense to me to spend that much money. Do normal tablets such as maybe a asus transformer or the likes of that allow you to use a stylus to draw in rudimentary sketching or is that asking for too much? Would I instead need to look for something else?
Any ideas I can take a look at?
 
Sway said:
So going into this next year of college. I have a ton of classes that are gonna kill me for notes. I would like some type of note taking device. I don't exactly need handwriting recognition but a way to take down my scribbles on a tablet of some sort for math and economics formula's and for my accounting class information as well as being much more portable than my beastly laptop (sager np8130).

I have toyed with the idea of getting a convertible lenovo x220t but it just does not make sense to me to spend that much money. Do normal tablets such as maybe a asus transformer or the likes of that allow you to use a stylus to draw in rudimentary sketching or is that asking for too much? Would I instead need to look for something else?
Any ideas I can take a look at?
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yes, but not very well... its a tech issue, they have screens designed for finger, not stylus input so it will not be hugely effective... ... imho a convertible is money well Spent.
 
I went with the Dell Duo because I can use a pen and Onenote when in tablet mode or convert it and have a full keyboard.

Plus with the Dell Duo it is very easy to install Andriod 2.2 and dual boot it.
 
after having a chance to check out the htc flyer this afternoon I quite like it for note taking. Thinking about getting one.
 
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