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I fully agree, but let's dig a bit deeper. Having tried virtually all compatible note-taking apps on my M96, i was disappointed to find that they are either extremely laggy (=unusable), lack the necessary features, or (usually) both. I think Onyx has two possible approaches if it wants to make a killer note-taking device:
1. Add functionality to the built-in Note app.
It is super fast, but even after all these years (its predecessor was already on the M92) it still lacks basic functions such as a Search function (text search in file names), or an option to list note files without thumbnails (so that many more files could be displayed on one screen). I have written to Onyx as well as its European distributor, to no avail - development of this crucial app is going at a snail's pace.
And yes, handwriting recognition should be on the roadmap! Users could search all of their notes, not only the file names. Also, sharing notes with colleagues would become much easier (at least in my company, sharing handwritten notes is frowned upon - so I have a choice of typing the memo in the first place, or retyping afterwards.
2. Make the hardware powerful enough for mainstream note-taking apps. Google Keep, Microsoft OneNote, and Evernote are very well known in the market, and all of them support handwriting recognition in one way or another.
Onyx should recognise that all those people going from meeting to meeting with paper notepads are potentially a huge market - but if it doesn't hurry, someone like ReMarkable is going to eat its lunch.
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