With my midterms approaching I have been going over a lot of
my notes and typing them up so that I have them available in different formats.
After recently purchasing a new mobile phone I was just browsing the Android
app market when I noticed a free app called ‘Evernote’. I downloaded it as it
had a lot of good reviews and claimed to be a great way of syncing my notes
from my laptop to my phone and other computers. After a few days of using it, I
have to say that I am quite impressed!
It took around thirty seconds to create a free account,
allowing me to use Evernote where it is installed. I started by creating
Notebooks on each of my modules that I have notes. I would then create
individual notes in each notebook for each lecture on that specific module. The
program automatically saves any updates made to notes every minute or so. Once
I have finished with the note, I can log in on another computer, or on my
phone, and sync my notes. Notes created only ten seconds ago will quickly show up
on my phone and I can browse through them with ease.
The program also hasa a useful search feature, so that I can
search all of my notes for a certain term or phrase, making it simple to locate
a specific note, or part of a note that I may want or need to revise.
Another thing that I thought was pretty cool and useful was
the ability to take snapshots using my phones camera. I can take a photograph
of say a page in my textbook, add a title, some specific notes or tags and then
add it to my notebook. It is quite nice if you want to have a reminder of what
to read, or if you don’t have time to type your notes up. I didn’t think that
it would be that useful as I thought the small writing would be eligible on the
image, however you can zoom and pan with ease.
Overall I think that the app is great, and even better when
you consider the fact that it is completely free. Whether you type your notes
straight into the program, or use it just as a way to access your notes on the
go, it is a great little app, and definitely one that I would recommend to
Android users!
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