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Originally Posted by dapriuk
As an engineer I have similar requirements. For the last 4 years I have been using a tablet PC with the Microsoft OneNote application as a replacement for my paper notebooks and have not used any paper in that time. I can thoroughly recommend OneNote for annotation and notetaking.
I now need to replace my tablet but see no alternative yet to tablet + ereader. The Entourage Edge looks an interesting step but needs some refining. In the meantime I will get a Windows 7 tablet pc or slate and a large format ereader, possibly the ASUS 950 if it is ever released.
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Very similar to my needs...OneNote and a dual panel device with a Wacom or other active digitizer that is accurate enough to manage handwriting. It just needs to take and save the notes they can be run through HWR later on a larger machine.
My biggest concern with all of the larger format readers is the lack of solid OneNote alternatives out there...call it research/study/whatever management software is the real key to making those devices of use to students, professionals or even just someone who wants to manage everything you can imagine via OneNote (I dumped Evernote when they started charging a yearly fee if you want any sort of real use out of it...).
There was one other besides the Edge that was announced having dual 10" (or was it 12"??) panels. Many here blew it off because, well I guess because it din't bake cookies or change a tire on your car, but I thought it was the ideal device for exactly what you are describing...
Hopefully someone will recall the device...Nate would know, or ??? I don't remember but I think it was a more well known brand like Samsung, or maybe not...I don't mind 8-10hrs battery life and 3-4lbs if need be...I need the device able to run Win7 and OneNote and not cost thirty-eleven-zillion-bucks....even a single panel 14" device (14" ~diagonal of 8.5"x11" page) but 12" will smaller margins is fine with me.