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Originally Posted by kyteflyer
*Laughing* I went through this with my first iPad a couple of years ago. You just can never find the perfect note taker... then, a year later, I have stopped working and no longer need those blasted note takers anyway!!
I dont know which computer you have, but if it were a Mac, I would not hesitate (now) to say "get Pages". Its a wordprocessor for sure but it can be whatever you want and with automatic sync to iCloud and all your devices and mac computers, would seem to be ideal.
Other than that, have you tried ThinkBook? Its a really powerful piece of software, and has Dropbox integration. I've never really explored it to its fullest, and I think there's probably a steep learning curve, but could be worthwhile, depending on your needs. Also, its only for iPad, no iPhone version at all.
For my money, though, for flexibility and syncing to everything... it would be Pages. FYI you don't have to have a Mac and Pages on that, to get the use out of it, its universal to iPad and iPhone, and will sync between devices automatically, on your icloud account. |
See, that's what I meant about different needs... I would never consider Pages as a note taking app. It lacks two of the essential features I expect for note taking: a way to organize notes, preferably hierarchical (I never really got around to using tags), and a quick and distraction free access to typing text.
I've had Pages on my iPad and Mac for several months. I have used it a few times on Mac and exactly once on iPad. It's a very nice app to design documents for print or PDF, but that's not something I do very often. And you can't sync documents between Pages on Mac and idevices, or rather you couldn't until a few days ago, I understand the newer versions do this but I suspect not until I upgrade to Mountain Lion and iOS 6.
I did tryThinkBook recently and liked it very much, but I don't see it becoming my main notes app, because it's focused very strongly on outlining and isn't well suited to longer text notes. It's great to organize short paragraphs in a structured outline though. Its main weakness is the way it manages copy and paste, through something they call a slider, which is cumbersome and confusing IMO. Drag and drop and a standard clipboard functionality would work much better.