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Re: E-ink writing pad, Noteslate.

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Post by naner »

rst wrote: post #63
famousactress wrote: post #10

Awesome concept. I was thinking about this yesterday actually (while looking for the pads of paper I like, which are virtually impossible to find!).. I really think for these products to be successful, there needs to be an obsessive level of thought and craft put into how it feels. For one thing, in some of the screenshots you can see a shakiness in the lines... I've found any of the electronic writing surfaces I've…

They claim that "no antialiasing" is "one of our best features". I guess they like the jaggies. I could see this as being useful as an input medium to something like Balsamiq, but that might conflict with the "we're keeping it simple. just like paper. nothing you can't do with paper." feel they're going for. Which is an odd pitch --- people selling electronic whiteboards usually say something like, "you can pretend i…

Jaggies aren't a good thing. No anti-aliasing is a good thing if you have a high enough dpi. I don't think 100 is going to cut it, though.

Re: E-ink writing pad, Noteslate.

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Post by jseliger »

lukifer wrote: post #68

I would love to have something like this for sketching out UI/design ideas. Digital tools are typically too bulky, and awkward for collaboration; pencil and paper lack the ability to save and re-edit easily. And at $99, it's cheap enough that I'm willing to gamble on it. Consider me sold once it's available for sale.

I've been using Moleskine notebooks for years; if you do get one, let us know how it goes. I expect it not to work very well, but every so often my expectations are confounded in a delightful way, the most recent being the Livescribe pen (see James Fallows's description here: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2009/07/my-new... ). Based on his recommendation, I bought one and, shockingly, it works as advertised and is vastly more convenient than conventional dictaphones or pen/paper.

Re: E-ink writing pad, Noteslate.

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Post by yequalsx »

lukifer wrote: post #68

I would love to have something like this for sketching out UI/design ideas. Digital tools are typically too bulky, and awkward for collaboration; pencil and paper lack the ability to save and re-edit easily. And at $99, it's cheap enough that I'm willing to gamble on it. Consider me sold once it's available for sale.

I couldn't believe the iPad didn't come with digital ink native to the OS. If it did I think it would have been a killer educational device. I would have been one of the first to buy it had it come with digital ink.

This product has me excited too. I hope it doesn't get canceled like the Courier.

Re: E-ink writing pad, Noteslate.

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Post by Kaizyn »

yequalsx wrote: post #84
lukifer wrote: post #68

I would love to have something like this for sketching out UI/design ideas. Digital tools are typically too bulky, and awkward for collaboration; pencil and paper lack the ability to save and re-edit easily. And at $99, it's cheap enough that I'm willing to gamble on it. Consider me sold once it's available for sale.

I couldn't believe the iPad didn't come with digital ink native to the OS. If it did I think it would have been a killer educational device. I would have been one of the first to buy it had it come with digital ink. This product has me excited too. I hope it doesn't get canceled like the Courier.

Digital ink doesn't work well with Apple's capacitive touch screen. You can buy a "stylus" for the iPad though it is really too fat/big to be worth calling it that. It's about the size of your finger, and you have better control just using your finger to touch the screen.

Re: E-ink writing pad, Noteslate.

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Post by guynamedloren »

Can we call this "the last notebook you'll ever need"?

Just brilliant. This is one of those things you kick yourself for not thinking of. Ridiculously simple, yet infinitely useful. I wish the price was just a bit lower, because for the same price (maybe slightly more) you can have a low-end Android tablet with similar functionality and more bang for your buck.

Re: E-ink writing pad, Noteslate.

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Post by colbyolson »

I like the concept, but one feature that would make this rock is audio recording.

When I'm in class, writing away on notes, I have a hard time listen and writing at the same time. Let me scribble away while the pad records in tandem. That would be neat.

Re: E-ink writing pad, Noteslate.

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Post by mambodog »

colbyolson wrote: post #88

I like the concept, but one feature that would make this rock is audio recording. When I'm in class, writing away on notes, I have a hard time listen and writing at the same time. Let me scribble away while the pad records in tandem. That would be neat.

I'm sure you could just use your phone for that.

Re: E-ink writing pad, Noteslate.

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Post by vamsee »

sudont wrote: post #29
vamsee wrote: post #19

I think this has a LOT of potential. As a web developer, it would help me make quick wireframes and share it immediately with my client. This is priceless.

Have you considered a wacom? You could pick up a used one for around $150 or less, and it will allow a lot more flexiblilty in what program you wire-frame in.

Good idea, thanks. I realized that almost immediately after posting this :)
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