iPad experiences so far – handwriting
I like the iPad. The native applications work well. The system is snappy. It has lots of potential. The thing its missing, and what I consider the killer app for something like this is handwriting. I don’t care much about converting from handwriting to text, I would be happy with taking notes and using it that way. The conversion and such is a nice to have for me.
I got a Pogo sketch to go with it. It doesn’t work to bad, but the amount of pressure needed to apply to make it work is more then I would prefer. The apps I have tried so far also aren’t the best. I tried “Draw for iPad” but thats more for kids. Also tried “HandWriting Mail Free” which is so so. Its very basic, but it wasn’t horrible.
I am going to try “WritePad for iPad” and “Scribble Notes”. I also found a number of “Notes” style applications that handle handwriting, so going to try those. Much better results then a search for “handwriting”.
Have now tried about 10 different note apps that allow input from other then the keyboard. “Mental Notes” so far is the best. “Adobe Ideas” is good as well but is more of a drawing doodle type app instead of a note taking one. Adobe does a great job at handling the input and adjusting it to fit. One app for instance a circle would be a triangle due to how it handled the input.