[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] brooon:
Heeey folks! :)

Due to the fact, that I´m still a bit dissapointed about not being able to find THE perfect note solution for my demands, I want so share the solutions that I use after one week with my sweety-little-big note^^

S-Memo is nice is some ways (and they did a pretty good job when it comes to the Usability Experience), but IMAO it lacks some essential features ( e.g. a good automatic two way synchronization or at least a good & simple folder backup solution (i just found the folder were the manually synced jpegs are stored)).

Not to put too fine a point on it, let´s start :D

This is what I definitely want to have:

These would be some nice addons (not obligatory):

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Now...here are some apps which I´ve tested, but which are

not able

to "fullfill my demands" :) ​

1.) S-Memo: As said above...well done, nice optic...but no automatic two way sync and pretty much lag when it comes to lavish notes/drawings (have a closer look right here)

2.) TabNotes: This pretty much seems nice on the first sight...but the strokes are too thick, there is no backup feature yet and all in all it seems not to be developed for our note (more a tablet thing perhaps?)

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3.) Canvas-Memo: Definitely a very nice looking app with a good surface and nice tools...but NO possibility to backup (or sync ;)) your notes...and it really cannot handle my DPI settings ;) (240)

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4.) ApMemo Lite: I really like the widget idea...you can place single notes directly on your homescreen...but hey, try it yourself, it´s not exactly what I´m searching for ;) (and...not sync!)

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5.) Picasso, Drawing Pad, Zen Brush, Omni Sketch etc.: Nice drawings, but no alternative solutions for note-taking

Links:

Picasso

Drawing Pad

Zen Brush

Omni Sketch

6.) Autodesk Sketchbook and Sketch&Draw: These are drawing apps as well, but i wanted to seperate them from the others, just because they simply RULE!!! :D

Sketchbook (if you like sketchbook, go for the pro version...it´s worth it!)

Sketch&Draw

Okay and last but not least:

7.) Evernote: Of course one of the most famous notes apps on the market. Very nice programmed, windows version available, very good databank system...but I really hate the smoothing in skitch! I am barely able to write words without loosing at least one letter through smoothing! That´s really sad because beside this fact, Evernote would be one of the Kings to me! But like that it´s really not a good notes app for the Note :eek: @Evernote Devs: Just integrate a "smooth-off" function AND a palm recognition...and you are definitely my personal Notes-Gods ;)

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Okay folks, so this was an overview about some of the apps I tried out...and which did not really make me happy. Come on, this pretty expensive phone calls itself a "note"...

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So which apps are tending to fit to my ideas of productive notetaking?

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1.) NOTE EVERTHING

I´m pretty sure that all of you are aware of "Note Everything" (link). This IMAO really is a great tool for our note! You can make notes with your keyboard, you can write/draw with the pen, you can make voicenotes, you can make photonotes (paid)...and these are only a few of it´s possibilities. Okay it does not look that sexy...but hey, usability kills style here^^

But Note Everthing lacks some features as well...there is no palm recognition yet and there is no backup-sync! You can just send your notes to GDocs manually or backup them to your SD.

2.) GNotes:

I loved Datos Gtasks...and I love Datos GNotes (link)! GNotes is just pretty perfect like it is...it syncs your notes (written and drawed) with your gmail acc (places a label called "notes" within your labels) very reliable! What I dislike here is the lack of possibility to adjust the thickness of your pen...but I´m sure that dato will try to integrate that feature in near future! And I had some problems with uploading big pictures to my gmail acc...but beside that: Very nice app!

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Ehm...okay...and that´s it for now^^ As I said, this was just a "perhaps there is somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody that might be interested in what I think" thread...so if there is some interest in this, I will update the thread as soon as my "research" on this topic goes further... ;)

I´m still so excited about my Note and of course I am happy with it...but I have to admit that one can "feel" that android is still new to this "pen thing". There are more apps like ...

...which of course are really looking damn promising...but which are not running on the note yet due to compatibility reasons (Android Version 3.0+). I hope that our Note will unfold its full potential by the release of ICS.

...and if you like what you´ve just read, feel free to use the "thanks" button...feels so nice when the counter grows^^