Sent From My iPad

When I got my iPad I really liked the way it felt and acted so much like my iPhone and not my computer, but then after showing it to my Boss he hit me with a shocker.  He would want one if it just had handwriting recognition.  He is not the biggest fan of apple, and so I was really taken aback, not being defensive I showed him Penultimate, and he decided that would be good enough as he was going to just send the pages to his admin to convert anyway.

Then I discovered Phatware’s WritePad 3.3 for the iPad, it is a note taking application that, wait for it, has hand writing recognition and a whole lot more.

The application has a built in dictionary you can add to, with gestures and custom words (example – you write your initials and it fills in your complete name) to shorten your entry, that makes me wish it was system wide.  Additionally it has a crazy translation capability so thaty you could type something in and then have it translated from your language to another.  It requires an internet connection, but it is really cool and functional.

Once you have your document like you want it you can  email it  to whomever you want.  Or you can select and copy the entire note into another app to create a PDF.  Hopefully the developer will add this functionality in as well as the ability to stay in an ink mode to draw images for the meeting.  As it stands today this app still needs Penultimate to allow you the maximum flexibility of what your notes are going to look like, but it is well worth the $9.95 in my opinion to be able to take freehand notes whenever you want to.

Rating:  

This will be a 5 out of 5 star app when it has a form of folder structure to store your notes in other than entry date, and the ability to place “ink” within the text when desired, and create a PDF to email.  BUT this is still an awesome app.