3 reasons why you should try out Evernote beta for Android
by George T on Dec 13 2009 at 02:52 
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If you can’t live without notes you should definitely try out Evernote. Evernote helps you capture everything, organize it and find anything fast!
A few hours ago I installed Evernote beta for Android. You can download it directly to your phone here (make sure you have checked the box that says “Unknown sources” in the settings first). Well, the first screen that you get when you first launch Evernote on an Android phone is a simple login form. After that the magic unveils.
After a few hours of use I can give you 3 main reasons why you should try out Evernote beta for Android.
- Note everything!
The first one is that with Evernote you can take notes of any type! Not just text notes, but also pictures, voice notes and even pdf files. There are quite a lot of notepads, todo lists and task managers in the Android Market with various features including advanced notifications, great user interface and even encryption. For my text notes and todo lists I mainly use Astrid which is a life saver for me. Astrid also supports syncing with Remember The Milk. Evernote is not exactly a todo list but you could use it as if it was. OI Notepad is another Android app which supports voice notes and encryption. Evernote combines some of the best features in these apps, but still has work to do. - Your notes in the cloud.
The sync feature between many devices is perfect. You can capture a picture with your phone and then access it from anywhere. - The icon rules!
The icon’s look and feel is awesome! It is one of the best icons I ‘ve ever seen in the Android platform. Just this.
There are also a few video tutorials and some very interesting user tips here that are worth watching.
However there are a few drawbacks in this current release. (Remember this is a beta release). In my opinion, the most major drawback of all is the lack of speed. I am aware that every note is synced to the cloud but speed is very important for an application like this, let alone a mobile application like this. Except for this, I believe the whole user interface needs a lot of improvement. It needs icons above each menu option and maybe a few custom components making it more evernoted. Not everything has to be Android-native. Maybe just the homescreen’s search textfield and button.
Compared to the iPhone version, the beta Android version still has work to do. Anyhow, Evernote beta for Android looks promising and I can’t wait to see how the first final version will look like. What do you think?
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The long-awaited Evernote for Android is now available for free from the Android Market. Just go to Android market from your phone and search for “Evernote”.
How to decrypt text encrypted in Windows version when I use Android phone?
@glen If I am not mistaken notes encrypted on your desktop can be decrypted and viewed on your android phone. However, I am not sure if this works with text encrypted on windows phones.