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Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tapping the screen? Also, is right/wrong reporting really that important? I don't have a way to do it with paper flashcards...

I find being able to report right/wrong answers makes flashcard programs much more effective. Once you try a program like Mnemosyne or SuperMemo, you'll never go back to paper flashcards. http://www.supermemo.com/english/ol/sm2.htm

or anki, the OSS version of supermemo:

http://ankisrs.net/

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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post #9

Very clever use of the smart cover, but in the end I don't feel many people will use it. Its cleverness relies on having an iPad 2 and a smart-cover, which segments it. Then, from a usability standpoint, I feel it would be more annoying to continue to lift up a cover than to tap the screen to reveal the answer.

But isn't the whole point to target people who want a novel use for their smart-cover?

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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post #20

This is such a great example of excess. iPad 2: 500$+ Smart Cover: 40$ Evernote Peek: 0$. vs. Pack of index cards: 2$

Let me guess, you wear one of those giant trenchcoats in which you keep a film camera, a TV, a travel Scrabble kit, a rolodex, a piano, a homing pigeon, an encyclopedia, a barometer, a thermometer, a bubble level, a compass, a paintbrush and paints, an ocarina, a walkie-talkie, and of course, a pack of flashcards =)

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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post #23
post #20

This is such a great example of excess. iPad 2: 500$+ Smart Cover: 40$ Evernote Peek: 0$. vs. Pack of index cards: 2$

Let me guess, you wear one of those giant trenchcoats in which you keep a film camera, a TV, a travel Scrabble kit, a rolodex, a piano, a homing pigeon, an encyclopedia, a barometer, a thermometer, a bubble level, a compass, a paintbrush and paints, an ocarina, a walkie-talkie, and of course, a pack of flashcards =)

An ocarina? Really?

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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post #20

This is such a great example of excess. iPad 2: 500$+ Smart Cover: 40$ Evernote Peek: 0$. vs. Pack of index cards: 2$

Calculator: $5 Address book: $3 Notepad: $2 Camera: $40 ...

How is creating a useful application for an expensive device that replaces an inferior took an example of excess? It's not really like people buy iPads simply to replace a pack of notecards and nothing else.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It does not actually require Apple's Smart Cover; any of the third-party covers which are using magnets would work the same way. And there are already quite a few of those.

Even if we change it from "needing a smart cover" to "needing a magnetic cover", the same general principal holds: You won't just need an iPad 2, you'll also need a cover that takes advantage of this capability, which will cut down your audience by a good amount.

I would be willing to bet that the intersection of users with iPad 2's and users with iPad 2 + Smart Cover is very large.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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post #24
post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let me guess, you wear one of those giant trenchcoats in which you keep a film camera, a TV, a travel Scrabble kit, a rolodex, a piano, a homing pigeon, an encyclopedia, a barometer, a thermometer, a bubble level, a compass, a paintbrush and paints, an ocarina, a walkie-talkie, and of course, a pack of flashcards =)

An ocarina? Really?

I carry two in case the first breaks.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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post #24
post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let me guess, you wear one of those giant trenchcoats in which you keep a film camera, a TV, a travel Scrabble kit, a rolodex, a piano, a homing pigeon, an encyclopedia, a barometer, a thermometer, a bubble level, a compass, a paintbrush and paints, an ocarina, a walkie-talkie, and of course, a pack of flashcards =)

An ocarina? Really?

There's an app for that.™ http://ocarina.smule.com/
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