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Old 04-04-2012, 12:05 PM   #1
BananaSlug
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College "e writer"?

Hello guys/gals,

Over the last week I have been doing a lot of research, and still have not made a decision. I'm weary because if I'm gonna spend 200-500 dollars on something, it had better do everything I need it to do.

Let me tell you what I'm looking for, tell you what I've looked at, then let you know my questions for each one.

What I want:
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  • Must be able to take free hand lecture notes on, just like a normal piece of paper
  • Be able to convert said writing into some usable format on my computer
  • Be able to read/write on PDF's
  • Something that would be really nice is being able to record lectures while taking notes
  • I would prefer something with WiFi so I can connect to SSH, dropbox, & download PDF's from professors web pages.

What I have looked at:

Asus eee note ea800:
I like this because it is much more inexpensive then other things, my biggest concern is in actually purchasing one.
Does anyone know if they are sold in Korea?
Can you record lectures while writing on one?
I heard about some issues in syncing notes to computers.
Onyx Boox M92
I have been most interested in this recently. However the price is a litte high for a college student. I was wondering how does the note taking side compare to the Asus eee note ea800? The ea800 has that 64 different depths things.
Also, how much ram does this have, I read that it had 256 mb, that just seems like it would not be able to keep up with my quick pace note taking.
Ectaco jetBook
This seemed pretty cool. Except I don't really need all the features it had. Also I had some questions about weather you could even write notes on it at all.

Is there anything else I am missing?

I would just love to hear personal experience of these items. Along with if possible answering these questions:

Does it have WiFi?
How are the hand written notes on it?
Can it record lectures?


sorry for the wall of text, it's my first post on this forum.

Thanks,

BananaSlug
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