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This is an open source clone of Evernote. This program has been run on Linux, Windows, and OS-X, but the primary goal is to proved a Linux client.  While this is designed to work with Evernote, it is in no way connectedwith or supported by Evernote.  Any problems you encounter will not be corrected by them and,since this is GPL software, you are using this software at your own risk.People have used this with both 64 & 32 bit versions of Linux as well as OpenJDK & Suns Java andso far have not encountered any problems with these different environments.You can download NeverNote here.  All the installation information as well as known problemsand currently supported features are located within this public notebook

via Nevernote – An Open Source Evernote Clone.

If you’ve been wondering where Snaptic and 3Banana have gone and why something called Catch Notes has been bugging you to install it, you can stop: Snaptic has changed their name to Catch with 3Banana simultaneously becoming Catch Notes. With the name change comes a new update to the app. Here’s everything you can expect when upgrading to the latest version.

via PSA: Snaptic, 3Banana are now Catch, Catch Notes.

We passed six million users! With remarkably good timing, our six-millionth user joined us just a few hours before midnight on New Year’s Eve. The chart below shows some other highlights.

As you can see in the table above, total users are up 186% for the year, from 2,096,030 to 6,003,130. December 2010 alone saw a 237% increase, with 2,089,705 unique users compared to 619,211 from December 2009. The largest percentage increase was in Premium users, they grew in 2010 from 35,310 to 201,308—a whopping 470%. This means that not only are we growing faster than ever, but that more of our users are coming back each month, and even more are choosing to pay. If you’re curious about what’s driving premium user acceleration, I talk about it a little in this LeWeb interview.

via Evernote 2010: A Year in Stats « Evernote Blogcast.

The nice thing about the companies behind some of the most popular mobile applications, like Evernote, is that they get to see some interesting trends in the mobile space. Evernote CEO Phil Libin has seen tremendous growth with his app on the Android platform versus iPhone, and there may be some correlation with handset purchases and activations. Of course, it’s hard to say for sure, but at least we know that Android is catching up to the iPhone in terms of platform usage and app growth.

Libin says that in the last six months, Evernote downloads are up 1000% for Android, but only 150% for the iPhone. This puts the number of users on both Android and iOS platforms much closer to each other with the iPhone keeping a very marginal lead over Android.

As we saw in yesterday’s U.S. smartphone adoption forecasts, the Google mobile OS and iOS will have the lion’s share of the market by this time next year, virtually tying each other in terms of market share amongst smartphone users.

via Evernote CEO Talks Android and iOS, iPhone Growth and Usage.

It’s that time again where everyone starts making those promises to themselves.  Next year, I’ll lose 25 pounds.  Or quit smoking.  Or manage my money better. Or get back in church. Or… whatever. With the new year comes new resolutions.  This time, stick to it longer than a week why don’t you?  This year, arm yourself with a few Android apps to keep you on track.  We’ve put together a list of titles we think you should consider installing on your phone to keep you adhering to your 2011 resolution.  Some may not be available in your country or through your respective carrier however there are probably great alternatives.  Most of these are free, but a few are available in paid versions as well.  We’re big on supporting developers for paid apps we value, therefore we feel comfortable recommending these to Android users.

via Get a Jump Start on Your New Year’s Resolution With These 30 Apps! › AndroidGuys.

If you’ve been wondering where Snaptic and 3Banana have gone and why something called Catch Notes has been bugging you to install it, you can stop: Snaptic has changed their name to Catch with 3Banana simultaneously becoming Catch Notes. With the name change comes a new update to the app. Here’s everything you can expect when upgrading to the latest version.

via PSA: Snaptic, 3Banana are now Catch, Catch Notes | Android Phone Fans.

We kept track of the rankings of Android Note-Taking Apps over the past two months, and it is interesting to see how little changes. With the exception of the rise of 3banana and the fall of Evernote, very little has changed. Note that the graph shows the ranking within the Productivity category of the Android Market. Ranking does not correspond with actual number of users, because the higher ranked apps tend to have many more users than the lesser ranked apps, and the relationship is not linear. AK Notepad remains the top ranked notes app on Android and one of the highest ranked Android apps overall.

Here is the latest ranking of the top iPhone Notes applications together with their standing within the Productivity Category in the iTunes App Store, as of January 19, 2010.

There has been quite a bit of turnover since our last iPhone productivity ranking in early December 2009.

Top Paid iPhone Apps in the Notes & Tasks Category

Top Free iPhone Apps in the Notes & Tasks Category

Note that we are only looking for apps listed among the top 100 in the the Productivity section. We looked at both the top Free and top Paid apps.

3banana Notes makes it easy to store your notes in a cloud and access them anywhere. Any information you throw into 3banana will sync to a free web account at Snaptic.com. You can also create notes on the web and see them appear on your phone which provides a seamless connection between your notes and devices. There are also a lot of options to share your notes so if someone missed a class and wants to borrow your notes, put ‘em in 3banana.

via 10 Android Apps For The Tech-Savvy Student | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.

After a few months of beta releases, the all-inclusive note-taking service Evernote has launched a release version of its app for Android phones, making it very easy to snap pictures, jot notes or record audio notes for yourself.

The app’s smoothed out its kinks, bugs and looks over multiple beta releases, and does a fairly good job of integrating your Evernote account with your phone’s functions.

via Evernote Makes Its Official Debut In The Android Market | Lifehacker Australia.

At long last we have a new ranking of the top iPhone Notes applications together with their overall ranking within the Productivity Category in the iTunes App Store.

Top Paid iPhone Apps in the Notes & Tasks Category

Top Free iPhone Apps in the Notes & Tasks Category

As in prior rankings, we recognize that there is a convergence of text notes, voice notes, task and to do lists, as well as mind mapping software for capturing your ideas.

What all of these apps have in common is that they are competing for your attention when you want to capture a thought on your iPhone.

Note that we are only looking for apps listed among the top 100 in the the Productivity section. We looked at both the top Free and top Paid apps.

Sign up for a free account, then punch your credentials into both the Android client and your browser. Bam, note syncing! It’s not a substitute for a full-fledged file syncing service like Dropbox, but 3banana is a drop-dead easy way to keep your notes/images synced between your Android handset and your computer.

via Ten Apps All New Android Users Should Check Out.

One of my favorite features of 3Banana is the sharing – it’s great at letting you create and share everything from a single note to your whole notebook. At the bottom of every note, there are links to share it in a huge number of ways – email, Facebook, Twitter, or even just by a link. This makes 3Banana perfect for sharing information with friends, colleagues and anyone else in your life.

One other thing I like is the tagging system. Instead of tagging individual notes by dragging and dropping or manually adding tags, 3Banana uses something like Twitter’s hashtags. At the end of a note, if it’s a task, typing “#task” adds it to that category and makes it searchable under the “tasks” category.

via Sync and Share All Your Online Notes with 3Banana.

If you’re looking for a simple way to take, store, and share notes in the cloud, 3Banana makes organizing your notes easy with notes based on in-text hashtags.

You can sign up for an account at 3Banana or use your existing Google credentials to jump right in and try it out. You can create basic notes simply by typing in the dialogue box, or enhance the note taking process by including HTML tags and images. 3Banana automatically recognizes pasted links and common formatting like phone numbers. You can categorize your notes by using hash tags like #tasks to tag your notes.

via Lifehacker – 3Banana Keep Notes Tidy with Hash Tags – Note Taking.

3Banana Notes Android App takes note taking to the next level by letting you add pictures from your phone camera to the note or Scan the bar code of the subject Shopping items, Websites and more. QR codes popping every where as a replacement for URLs, that’s great foresight from the developers.  3Banana Notes is an awesome Social networking companion. Just make a not,e associate a picture or even better… just scan the QR code and socialize. Added to that snappy bar code scanner, you can share your note to a whole slew of other Social Networking sties or  even make a QR code of the note if needed. Kudos to the developers and designers for their smart wholesome thinking in chiseling this brilliant app. 3banana Notes will also let you sync your notes on your Android phone or mobile device to their online servers. Using your Google ID, users can sign on to 3banana’s website for reviewing your existing notes or add new notes for later syncing to your mobile device.

via 3banana Notes | Android Tapp. Android App Reviews.

Evernote already has a native iPhone application and promises to release an Android client in the future. I actually contacted Evernote in early February to ask if they planned to develop a native app for Android and was told, “We do not currently have formal plans for an Android application and no definitive date has been set.”

I don’t know what has changed in the past 30 days since receiving that message, but I’m happy to know that an Android app is coming someday. I’ll be happy with an optimized Evernote Mobile for now, which is one of the tools I use on my G1 to increase my personal productivity.

via Evernote optimizes site for Android | Google Android Blog.

Never worry about others stealing your sensitive information anymore!

Private Notes uses your own password to generate the cipher key to dynamically encrypt your notes using the Blowfish algorithm. Furthermore, your password is encrypted with the one-way-only MD5 algorithm and securely stored on your iPhone. This approach is a much better way to protect your data than using a generic and hard-coded key, or store your password and your data unencrypted as in other applications. Our approach prevents hackers from retrieving the password or the key in your device and in turn accessing your private data.

Feature Highlights:

* Safely store your private info such as bank account numbers, ID information, PINs, and more on your iPhone and iPod Touch, for secure access at anytime

* Search keywords and browse your notes through a user-friendly interface

* Import notes from URL coded emails — you can edit your notes on a computer and send it to Private Notes via email

* Categorize your notes

* Export single or multiple notes to Mail for easy archiving

* Choose your favorite fonts and font sizes

To import a note into Private Notes is easy. Use any email client that supports rich formatting or URL editing, e.g., gmail, yahoo, hotmail, mail on mac. Add a URL link in the following format: privatenotes://your note here. Receive your email with Mail.app on your iPhone, and click the link. The note will be imported into Private Notes immediately.

via Private Notes – iPhone App.

Rather neat application has been released by Readdle, Take A Note. Take A Note is a awesome note taking application for the iPhone with a nice clean user interface equipped with Wi-Fi backing up. You can take notes as images, text, and audio. You can even draw yourself a note! How awesome is that?

Take A Note is a versatile note taking application with direct access to your notes from any PC or Mac computer. You can browse all your notes as text, sound and image files, copy these files to your computer and even add existing text documents as new notes.

Take A Note has everything you need for your note taking needs on the go: four types of notes, custom categories, search, send by email functions and very nice custom made interface.

Features:

Transfer your notes to any Mac or PC

Write, speak and draw notes anywhere

Categorize the notes

Share your notes

Search notes

Create new notes from your computer

Awesome app indeed! I just wish it wasn’t so expensive, $1.99USD is probably the most i’d pay for a note taking application.Take A Note is $4.99USD (Worth it if you’re a heavy note taking user) and you can get it from the AppStore

via Take A Note by Readdle | iPhone-Hacks.com.

It’s here at last: a version of viJournal that you can put in your pocket. Built for the iPhone and iPod touch, viJournal M is designed to be used either on its own, or for real journalling heaven, integrated with its desktop cousin.

Incorporating the outstanding design thinking of viJournal, it’s elegant, easy to use, and powerful. It has the same support for multiple journals and multi-session entries. And it has a photo gallery feature, letting you add photos to your entries, either from your Photo Albums or direct from your iPhone’s camera.

• Add photos from your Albums or iPhone camera
• Secure passcode protection
• Browse your entries in list or calendar views
• Send entries to your computer by email or sync directly with viJournal
• Search your journals
• Multi-page session view with landscape typing mode

The Library of Life – in your pocket

viJournal M is fully compatible with viJournal. At the tap of a button, you can sync your journal entries between your mobile to your Mac. The transfer is passcode-protected, ensuring that your private journals don’t go astray.

viJournal incorporates the transferred entries, creating a set of special mobile journals in your Library.

via SkoobySoft – viJournal M.

Ever wanted to use your iPhone’s / iPod touch’s Wallpaper’s image as a note keeper? Now you can!

Just open the application and follow this simple instructions:

-Tap in the center of the note

-Write your note

-Tap done

-And finally just hold both, the home button and the sleep/wake button to take a screenshot and in Settings set that image as wallpaper.

(Please note that in v1.0 you can’t save notes, but it will be a feature in a next update as well as some other features)

Version 1.1 is coming! I’m finishing some things before releasing it, but it won’t be long…

via Wallpaper Sticky Notes.

44 Jots is a GTD manager with media notes(audio and pictures). You also get an archive feature for those important notes that you need to go back and reference at any time. It comes with a search feature too, which makes it super easy to find a note you’re looking for. . .which is good if you end up taking a lot of notes with it.

44 Jots reminds me of the PhotoJot application. . .except with a lot less features. PhotoJot is geared more toward photographers, but so this is like a slimmed down version of it.

I think this would do much better if the developer combined both applications, but allowed you to customize the extra detail fields. Like if you don’t need voice notes, then let the user remove it from the ‘add new jot’ page. . .and the same goes with location, date, photos, or voice.

PhotoJot is even on sale right now for $2.99. . .and since it allows you do to more, I would recommend getting it instead of this one. The only thing that PhotoJot doesn’t have that 44 Jots has is search. But if they combined both apps, then it would be the best of both worlds.

via 44 Jots | iPhone and iPod Touch App Store App Reviews.

Quick Memo is designed to be a tool for jotting down a quick idea, or “quick memo”. It is not for taking long, detailed memos. Instead, it is for when you just have a phrase or sentence that you want to write down – a quick reminder.

The Quick Memo interface is clean and simple. One note, it only works in landscape mode, which caught me by surprise. Landscape mode is nice, but I want to have the option of using either modes.

When you start the program, you are presented with a screen that lists you memos by date. To scroll through the memos, you can either scroll manually (swipe the screen) or you can use the “play” and “reverse” buttons at the top. The app indicates you can save up to 3000 memos, so scrolling may be critical. Unfortunately there is no other way to sort or search memos. You can’t categorize them (and then sort by category), you can’t search for keywords, so the method to find a memo is somewhat limited.

On the screen, you can check off a memo (presumably to indicate it is completed?) but checking it off doesn’t do anything other than make a check mark appear.

To write a memo, you can simply tap the “write memo” button – you are presented with a one line screen to write your memo. The edit button on the main screen allows you to delete memos – you can’t edit them after they are written (a major drawback which is supposed to be fixed in the next version).

You do have the option to email memos – but the email is not very intuitive. Instead of choosing individual memos to email, you choose a date range, and automatically email all the memos in that date range. When you type the email address, it doesn’t look through your contact book so you need to type it in completely yourself. Finally, when you hit the “send email” button – rather than sending it, the app takes you to the email application, where you then need to send the email (and you can edit the email, email addresses, etc at that point). The email function is a nice way to export some or all of your memos, but the functionality seems to be very limited beyond that.

The settings you can choose from include entering the “write mode” at startup, turning autocorrection on or off, and deleting old memos when you reach 3000. You can also choose to delete all memos from the settings page.

Pros: Nice interface, easy way to write down a short note

Cons: Features seem half-hearted and not fully implemented

All in all, I like the idea of Quick Memo – being able to just write down a quick note, note a detailed memo. But in practice, I found this app lacking. Lack of a sort feature, lack of an ability to edit memos, a lack-luster email option – the all contributed to an overall poor impression of the app. Unless the app focuses of improving ways for quick entry and using the short memos, there is no real reason to purchase this app over using some other note app (and simply writing a short memo in that). The price isn’t bad ($.99), and if you find yourself wanting to write down short memos all day, the app might be useful. But until some of the problems are addressed, I only give this app two out of five stars.

via Review: Quick Memo – The iPhone Blog Forums.

Notespark’s idea is to offer an app with less features and to make sure they are of the highest quality. If there were nothing but bloated and buggy note taking apps available, this would be a great argument, but with great ones like Evernote and Appigo Notepad available, it doesn’t hold a lot of water.

Regardless, while Notespark doesn’t offer the breadth of features of some of the other note taking apps available, it does give you a reasonable way to take notes. It’s simple, with customizable tags and the ability to flag notes with stars. You can share notes with others, as well as e-mail them, and it has a number of user settings. The app also includes a search feature that shows results as you type.

What it lacks is customizable folders, though it can generate folders based on tags, which can make finding notes fairly easy to do. The online site, while free to use, is very bare bones but does at least give you an easy way to paste in things from a computer so you can create a library of information to reference offline. The continuous syncing also works best with an iPhone since it requires a constant connection to the Internet, but it at least silently fails to connect instead of popping up annoying error messages.

If you aren’t satisfied with the iPhone’s built-in note pad, and you are connected to the Internet most of the time, you can really benefit from Notespark’s constant syncing. There are a myriad of apps to consider though, and many are far better than this one. This app doesn’t do that much wrong, but it has a slim feature set and though what it offers works well, it’s best for iPhone users who want something simple.

via Notespark – Productivity,Reviews – 148Apps – iPhone App and Game Reviews and News .

* Keep your everyday ideas, plans, events, trips, encounters, and more  — you can even keep multiple diary entries in a single day

* Protect your privacy with password authentication and data encryption with Blowfish and MD5 algorithms

* The calendar-like interface enables you to easily navigate through, organize, preview, and edit your diaries

* Search key words and locate your journals conveniently

* Export your diaries to the built-in Mail app, send multiple diaries from a range of dates, and share your journals with your friends and family

* Choose your favorite fonts and text sizes for the editing view

* Support landscape editing mode

* Mark dates with different colors

When you run the iDiary for the first time on your iPhone or iPod Touch, you will be prompted to set up a password. Please keep the password safe because you will need it when logging into the application later.

On the Monthly Calendar view, a green dot above a date indicates that you have saved journals for that day. Click on the date, a preview of your diary will appear on the bottom of the screen. Double click the date to highlight with different colors. Press the ‘+’ button, you’ll add a new entry and enter the Editing view. You can also easily navigate to the previous and next months, go to a specific date, or return to ‘today’.  Use the search view to browse all your journals in a list.

If the encrypted journal was altered without authorization, or the database is damaged, iDiary will display the following message: “Corrupted data!”.

via iDiary – iPhone App.

Fenix notes was designed to be fun and functional at the same time, so even with such a simple task as creating a note, Fenix notes tries to make the experience as joyful as possible without sacrificing performance and functionality. Sorting notes has never been more fun, just shake you iPhone or iPod Touch and Fenix notes will show you how it sorts through your notes. With Fenix notes you can sort your notes by color, title or date. Your information is just a keyword away with search, Fenix notes will search through all your notes, searching your notes’ titles as well as it’s contents.

via Fenix notes – Features.

Simplenote is about as plain as that. You write simple notes, and they are saved automagically to the application. The outstanding function is the online synchronization which allows you to log in and input notes yourself online or simply view the notes you have.

The application starts you off right away with the few options it has available. Creating new notes is a breeze with the plus button, and making a new account with Simplenote is well… simple. Every time you open the application it synchronizes with the online database, making it fast and convenient to use.

Another interesting facet of this application is the fact that it will work in Landscape mode. Simply turn your iPhone at any point while using the application and it will turn to landscape.

Pros: Search option, online synchronization, landscape mode

Cons: no options for rich text editing

Bottom Line: Simplenote is almost a copy of a landmark application, and the addition of one option doesn’t really mean that this app was cut from a separate cloth.

via Simplenote | iPhone Alley.

Overall, Memo Book is simple. Unfortunately, the interface is not all that intuitive and it takes a few minutes for me to get accustomed to the layout. In fact, figuring out how to delete an existing memo also took me more than five minutes to deduce—that’s much too long for such a basic tool.

If you are simply looking for a replacement for Apple’s own Notes app, Memo Book is a decent option. Its quick-note entry and label-based organization are suitable for that type of usage. Anything more than that, and you may want to consider a more robust app.

via Memo Book for iPhone Review | Business Center | iPhone Central | Macworld.

We couldn’t have thought of a better way to end 2008: on New Year’s Eve, we officially closed a $4.5 million round of funding from Troika Dialog. That’s enough runway to keep us going strong into 2010 and, with a little more hard work, indefinitely. Our users deserve all the credit here: you told us how to make a great service and your obvious enthusiasm for Evernote is what got us this deal. Thank you! I’m officially taking a week off from worrying about money before going right back to securing some additional financing to fund our more ambitious plans (Evernote for Cats, Evernote Zero G, Evernote eXtreme Sportz Gel).

via Evernote Blog » Blog Archive » Evernote Gets Funding.

Evernote’s G1-optimized website is only a few days old, but 3banana is already offering it competition in the note taking department. Though both products are good memory-aid services, 3banana has one advantage that Evernote currently doesn’t offer: native Android support.

3banana Notes is a free note-taking app that syncs between Android and an online account. The CEO of the company that developed the app explains it was created so “users could quickly jot down a thought or tag a photo on their Android smart phone with as few keystrokes as possible, and then sync and share those notes wirelessly and effortlessly.”

Users can snap a photo and then add a text note explaining its significance. That note can then be synced or shared with friends. A trip to the grocery could help you discover a new wine you’re not sure about purchasing, so snap a photo and attach the note “Look into this brand.” Interesting books, ideas gained from newspapers, sporting events, tech conventions, or any other situation could be cause to create a note that will help remember thoughts at a later time.

Aside from jotting down photo and/or text notes easily, 3banana can also:

• Reverse sync so notes made on the computer appear on the Android phone
• Label notes to provide category separation
• Share notes via Facebook, Twitter, or E-mail.

3banana is available in the “Productivity” section of the Android Market. Register for an online account at 3banana.com

via Apps: Remember everything with 3banana Notes | Google Android Blog.

Note taking: 3banana has launched a notes application for the Android platform, intended to let people take notes on their handsets and synchronise, share and discuss the notes with friends on the web at its own site and via social networks like Facebook and Twitter?it uses a permalink for that. In addition to photos and notes captured on their smart phones, online users also can keep track of web pages, presentations, and videos, all organized and labeled inline?without the need for extra data entry fields or repetitive typing.

via mocoNews – Android Bits: Caller ID; Finance; Notes; Games; – washingtonpost.com.

Original Dutch Post: Slim Android-notitieblok van 3banana

Na een paar dagen spelen met je G1 besef je dat twee applicaties toch echt wel ontbreken: een goede mediaspeler en een notitieblok. Terwijl het toetsenbordje van de G1 juist zo handig is voor het maken van notities. 3banana springt in het gat met een ’slimme’ notitie-applicatie voor Android, waarmee je draadloos kunt synchroniseren. De applicatie heet 3banana Notes en is gratis te downloaden. Er zit ook een link naar sociale netwerksites zoals Twitter en Facebook in.

3banana Notes is bedoeld om spontane ideeën vast te leggen: die fantastische film, het restaurantje waar je nog eens wilt eten, of die geweldige domeinnaam, die je tijdens de lunchpauze opeens hebt bedacht. 3banana Notes voor Android synchroniseert draadloos met de online dienst van 3banana, waar je de notities en ook foto’s online kunt bekijken. Je kunt notities delen met anderen. Elke gedeelde notitie heeft een unieke URL die je kunt rondsturen of op populaire websites als Twitter of Facebook kunt publiceren.

3banana Notes is gratis te installeren via Android Market.

Translation to English: Smart Android Notepad from 3banana

After a few days playing with your G1 you realize that two applications are really missing: a good media player and a notepad. Even though with its keyboard, the G1 is particularly useful for making notes. 3banana jumps into the gap with a smart note application for Android that you can synchronize wirelessly. The application is called 3banana Notes and is free to download. There is also a way to share with social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. 

3banana Notes is designed to capture spontaneous ideas: That great movie, the restaurant where you’d like to eat, or that great domain name, or when you suddenly have a thought during your lunch break. 3banana Notes for Android syncs wirelessly with the online service of 3banana where you can see the notes and photos online. You can share notes with others. Each shared note has a unique URL you can send or publish to popular sites like Twitter or Facebook.

3banana Notes is free to install via Android Market. 

via Slim Android-notitieblok van 3banana > Nieuws > Androidplanet.nl.

News Release: 3banana Launches First Android Smart Phone Note Taking App with Wireless Sync and Social Media Sharing

San Francisco (PRWEB) March 3, 2009 — 3banana Inc. today announced the launch of 3banana Notes, the first note taking app for the Android smart phone with wireless online sync and social media sharing. 3banana combines fast and efficient private note taking on the Android smart phone with the ability to sync, share and discuss notes with friends over the web at http://3banana.com and via social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.

“Do you ever want to quickly jot down an idea before you forget it? Whether it’s your next great movie plot, or the keyword that will help you find that ridiculous YouTube video everyone is talking about, the 3banana note taking app helps you catch those ideas before they escape,” said Andreas Schobel, 3banana co-founder and CTO. “3banana also makes it easy to share your notes with friends — rather than being lost forever, that idea in your notes can be the beginning of an online conversation.”

“Since before the invention of paper and pencil, people have sought to improve their lives by capturing and sharing thoughts, experiences, and ideas,” said Steve Brown, 3banana co-founder and CEO. “In the information-rich and fast-paced world today, the challenge is to get information from the brain in your head, into the brain in your pocket, and connected to the brainpower in the Internet cloud. We streamlined and simplified our note taking app so that users could quickly jot down a thought or tag a photo on their Android smart phone with as few keystrokes as possible, and then sync and share those notes wirelessly and effortlessly.”

3banana Notes for the Android smart phone stays synchronized wirelessly with the 3banana online service, where users can view and edit their private notes, share notes with friends, or comment on shared notes. In addition to photos and notes captured on their smart phones, online users also can keep track of web pages, presentations, and videos, all organized and labeled inline — without the need for extra data entry fields or repetitive typing. Each shared note has a private permalink that can be posted to popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter or shared on http://3banana.com for a more private online discussion.

The 3banana Notes Android note taking app is currently available as a free download in the productivity section of the Google Android App Market.

About 3banana

3banana Inc. creates smart phone and web applications that capture and share information effortlessly, wirelessly and securely. 3banana Notes are less work and easier to share than any other smart phone or online note taking app available today. Combining patent-pending innovations in semantics and social media sharing with fast, efficient and secure wireless information capture, 3banana mobile and web applications help people become more productive and more connected. For more information, please visit http://3banana.com.

3banana name and logo are trademarks of 3banana Inc. Android is a trademark of Google Inc.

via Android Just Got Smarter — And More Social — With 3banana Notes.

Note-taking app with sync and share

*Text & Photo notes with less work

*Secure sync & backup with free 3banana.com account

*Share via Email, Facebook, Twitter

*Label notes by putting a # in front of any word, #label

*Easy sign-in with Google Account

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via Cyrket – 3banana Notes .

Nowadays we have so much going on everyday that its hard to remember what needs to be done. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could leave a note for yourself reminding you what needs to be done? And even better, if you could see that note every time you grabbed your iPhone, without the need to go to a specific application? Now you can! This is a very simple application that will definitely help you simplify your busy day! It is as simple as writing what you need to do, and save it as your wallpaper. This application has other uses as well; you can send notes to co-workers, or a loved one in a very simple step. Furthermore, the note is sent as a picture, saving you the cost of text messages, or time writing long emails with what needs to be done. The recipient can also save it as their wallpaper, making it convenient for them to! We are constantly working on our applications, in order to help you simplify your life; any comments or suggestions are welcome! Have a nice day!

via iPhone Apps – Wallpaper Notes | Apptism.

Jot is a simple categorized note-taking application that allows you to store any information you like using a fast, user-friendly interface.

* Create categories to order your notes logically.

* An optional subject field can be applied to any note.

* Email your notes to anyone in your contact list.

A video demonstration of this product is available at my website. Please watch the video brief before posting negative reviews regarding functionality. The video demonstrates all of the functions available.

via iPhone Apps – Jot Notebook | Apptism.

Unfortunately, TextGuru’s huge feature set isn’t without problems, and its finicky text selection for copy and paste isn’t the end of it. The FileServer program mentioned earlier is prone to crash, at least under Windows Vista, and wifi sharing in general is unreliable.

Additionally, sometimes the user interface doesn’t give solid feedback, and it’s unclear whether a tap has actually performed an action or not. Lastly, the app’s inability to preserve the very folder structure that it allows you to create when you share files or upload them via FTP undermines it and prevents you from using it as a means of not only editing and viewing files, but also backing them up to your computer in their native format.

TextGuru is a great utility that should be on the iPhone of anyone who needs more than simple note taking or document viewing. It has steadily grown in usefulness since its release, and its sheer versatility means that just about anyone can find some use for it, or some way to make use of its sharing features. While it has its share of problem, it’s a necessary app simply because you can never know when you might find a need for one of its features.

via TextGuru – Productivity,Reviews – 148Apps – iPhone App and Game Reviews and News .

Curio’s Evernote Integration Allows for Idea Gathering Wherever You Are!

RALEIGH, N.C. & SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb 12, 2009 BUSINESS WIRE — Zengobi and Evernote today announced a new integration that makes brainstorming and idea collection quick and easy whether the user is at their desk or away from the office. Text notes, voice recordings, and snapshot photos taken using one of Evernotes desktop or mobile solutions are now instantly available from within Curio 5.4 where they can be intuitively collected, arranged and managed as part of a creative project.

Curio is Zengobis award-winning note taking, mind mapping, brainstorming, and task management application for Mac OS X. Its innovative freeform interface promotes visual thinking, a more natural way to gather, associate, and recall ideas.

Evernote is a multi-platform solution that allows users to create, capture, and search for any and all of the information that they interact with web clips, images, audio files and handwritten notes, on any device they have at hand. Evernote is available on the Web, desktop, and mobile devices including the iPhone and Windows Mobile.

“Evernote is an ideal companion for Curio customers,” said George Browning, Founder of Zengobi. “Customers find inspiration anywhere–not just when they are sitting at their computer–and Evernote allows them to capture those ideas–wherever they are–and instantly bring them into Curio.”

“Evernotes mission is to let people capture and recall whatever inspires them in any environment, on any device” said Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote. “By working with Curio, Evernote users can take any of these ideas and inspirations and use them to develop and build their creative projects.”

A YouTube video announcing the integration can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhwOrHbJ2z4.

Pricing and Availability

Curio 5.4 is available immediately for download from www.zengobi.com/curio. Curio 5.4 is a free upgrade for Curio 5 customers and upgrade pricing for all other existing customers is available via Zengobis online store. Detailed release notes can be found at www.zengobi.com/support/articles/AR050400.html.

Evernote offers both Free and Premium service. Evernote Premium is available for $5/month or $45/year and gives users the ability to add and sync any file type, increases their monthly upload allowance, enhances security, and more. For more information visit www.evernote.com/about/premium.

About Zengobi, Inc.

Zengobi, Inc. was established in 2002 to create exciting and innovative software for creative thinkers and design professionals working on the Macintosh. For more information about Zengobi, visit www.zengobi.com.

About Evernote Corporation

Evernote allows users to easily capture information in any environment, using whatever device or platform they find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere. Evernote is available on the Windows, Mac, Web, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and other devices. For more information about Evernote, visit www.evernote.com.

via Zengobi and Evernote Welcome 24×7 Brainstorming – MarketWatch .

Helipad lets you write notes online with an accessible web interface. Tags make organisation a breeze, and you can always search your documents. You can also share documents with friends.

Helipad also features a mobile interface, so you can use it on your phone even some games consoles.

via Helipad – Product overview.

Need to keep notes on your iPhone? SyncBook is the better alternative. SyncBook allows you to keep all your important information perfectly in sync between your iPhone (or iPod touch) and your Mac, while still being able to edit it on either.

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and WiFi is required for Mac syncing.

via SyncBook.

Using Zenbe lists, you can create all of your lists (like grocery) online and then sync them to your iPhone. You can also share lists with others which is helpful. For example, I can share a list with Ryan and he can share one with me. The interface for both the online and iPhone portions are really intuitive. This is one of those applications that can help you become more productive and save you time.

via Our Top 10 Best iPhone Applications.