Note taking is a very basic, if not unglamorous function of smartphones, yet one that can be of extreme importance to anyone who is using their phones for business purposes. Note taking mobile apps come in all sorts of sizes and specs, from the most basic that just allow the creation of humble text notes, to the most lavish featuring attachments, filing, sharing, text formatting, to-do lists, cloud syncing and integration with other apps.
Evernote has been a popular desktop/cloud-based note taking application for a few years now. The mobile application arrived recently and is available on multiple operating systems and devices. The application’s long list of useful features has ensured it repeatedly tops the note taking app charts.
Note taking feature fest
- Note creation: Evernote’s note creation comes with some great features that push note taking beyond merely typing a few words on a screen: you can take and add photos, record and add audio files, create lists and task lists, insert links, add tags, format text and add locations.
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Despite the millions of apps out there, the rumoured iPad 3, the upcoming Windows 8 and the mythical Google goggles, we are still a long way away from turning digital content consumption and use into a truly seamless experience. Here is a simple example of the hoops I have to jump through to perform what appears to be a simple task: take a full-screen grab of a mobile website page and save it in Evernote along with the URL:


Nowadays, everything comes with features: my toothbrush comes with an added tongue scratcher, my morning cereal is fortified with all sorts of stuff and even my air freshener sports a motion detector. Enterprise software is no different; it might not come with added vitamins, but it’s certainly oozing features out of every USB socket.