Before reaching this task I used a really simple and straight forward app called ColorNote. It suited me just fine. When it comes to notetaking I just want something simple. I want to get into the app and get down to taking notes. So when reading my reviews for these apps just know that for me, the simpler the notetaking app, the better.
For this task I
downloaded for Bamboo Loop, Remember the Milk, and Springpad. Personally I
didn’t really care much of any of them for notetaking. I think they try to do
too much! Its like having a phone that does thousand things at a touch of a
button, but you have press 50 buttons to place a call. But if I had to pick I
from these three as my note taking app, I would “Remember the Milk”.
Bamboo Loop
I needed to make an account for each
of these apps. Why do we have to do that? Can’t the app just know it’s on my
phone? I’m just sick of giving out my email and hoping I remember my password
for another thing.
Anyway, I couldn’t find an app called
“Bamboo paper”, but I did find Bamboo Loop. First of
all, I don't think this app is all that intuitive, and I'm a fairly tech-savvy
person. If I can't figure it out pretty quickly, I lose interest pretty
quickly. In about 5 minutes of working with it I hardly figured anything out
about it. But when I did figure out how to send a “loop”, it turned out not to
really be for note taking. It’s more for a sending a picture with a pictures
with a little message/note. But it’s not really for note taking.
Another thing that really turned me away from
this app is that although the app itself is free, you have to pay for
applications for the app.
Remember the Milk
This app is OK. It’s a little more
intuitive. But it seems to be for a lot more than simply taking notes. You can
add tasks for a particular day in the future, or the day of, or you can simply
take notes. You can also add a location that the notes are for. You can decide
if the notes/tasks belong in your “inbox, personal, study, work or sent” inbox.
You can also add tags to notes/tasks. Thank goodness there is also a way of
searching within the app so if you forget where you put the note you can find
it via keyword search.
Basically there are so many parts to
this app for organizing your notes/tasks that I think it’s a bit too much for
me. Like I said, if I want to take notes on my phone I want to just get down to
it and not have to decide what inbox it’s in, what tags it needs etc. But if
you were someone who did want to take a lot of notes on your phone the
organization features could be useful if you get used to them.
Once again I don’t really see this item for notetaking. I
see it as more of a way to organize and keep track of URL’s and web pages I like. It also reminds me of
pinterest a little bit. Because has built in suggestions for various topics
such as recipes which is fun but not great for note taking.
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