Taking notes on the iPad
One of the most obvious tasks for the iPad is note taking. This has let to an outcropping of specialized apps for doing just this. Read on for a few great apps for capture and retrival...
The first on the list are mind mapping applications. Mind maps are the easiest and most intuitive way for taking notes and brainstorm ideas. It's hard to beat a pencil and paper, or even a screen with a full keyboard and keyboard navigation, but some touch-based apps do it just about right. One of the best apps is iThoughtsHD (US$7.99). This makes it relatively easy to creates notes in a mind map format, with options for node color, icons and organization. It can expand and contract nodes, branches can inherit their parent's options, and you can manually or automatically organize and space out your mind map. You can add new child and sibling nodes by tapping and dragging, or use the handy buttons at the top of the screen. It can import and export maps via either a WiFi transfer, Box.net and email attachment. When it comes to formats, it handles Novamind, MindManager (6 and 8), iMindMap, XMind, Freemind, and others, as well as multiple image formats.
TUAWNotable iPad apps originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sun, 16 May 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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