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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 by kinkora »

While the use of app + smart cover is ingenious, what I am more excited about is that this opens to a possibility of a whole slew of "smart accessories" + apps that utilises the magnets on the iPad screen.

Which got me thinking...what sort of really clever apps/accessories can one make that utilises these magnets?

I.e. Perhaps a puzzle game that uses "magnetic chopsticks" to interact with it. Or maybe an organizer app with "magnetic labels" where when you cover different parts of the screen, it pulls up a different functionality.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by forensic »

why is evernote diverging so far from their core product?

there are other flash card apps that already do this way better and i dont see evernote catching up anytime soon

the peek thing looks cool but it's not a useful gimmick because

1. you want the ability to use longer questions as well as images and video in your flashcards

2. you want to be able to move on to the next question quickly without the carpel-tunnel implications of physically unfolding this cover

3. proper flashcard learning requires more complex interaction than this. Each time a card is finished one needs to indicate how well they learned the card (among other things) In order to do this people would have to use 2 hands here.

The evernote marketing team is at the top of their game, as are the UI designers. But this is just brand cannibalization -- leveraging the evernote brand to get sales in an unrelated market with an inferior product based on a gimmick.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by forensic »

lazerwalker wrote: post #33

This is nifty enough, but Evernote has so many problems with its client UI design that I hate to see them spending front-end engineer development time on side diversions like this. I recently let my Evernote Premium subscription lapse and migrated my notes to another system because I was so frustrated with the painful user experience across their various clients, despite their core product idea being so awesome and t…

I'd like to know what you switched to?

As a Premium subscriber to EverNote, this news about a very bad flash card app indicates to me that they aren't serious about improving their core product and instead want to capitalize on the brand with gimmicky spinoffs.

Basically I just lost a lot of confidence in the EverNote brand.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by forensic »

nateberkopec wrote: post #10
flurie wrote: post #3

It's an interesting use of the Smart Cover, but can it be a serious competitor to other flash card replacement apps since there's no easy way to report success or failure by lifting/replacing the cover?

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

1. Tapping the screen means you're using 2 hands.

2. If you aren't using spaced repetition statistics with your flash cards... you're doing it wrong.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by forensic »

droz wrote: post #20

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

What you really want is Anki for iPad, which is a GOOD flash card program that uses modern neuroscience to improve your learning. And it's free.

Also doesn't force you to lift up a magnet in meat space to use it.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by nhangen »

forensic wrote: post #42

why is evernote diverging so far from their core product? there are other flash card apps that already do this way better and i dont see evernote catching up anytime soon the peek thing looks cool but it's not a useful gimmick because 1. you want the ability to use longer questions as well as images and video in your flashcards 2. you want to be able to move on to the next question quickly without the carpel-tunnel i…

Last I checked the app was free. Sounds to me like a product they thought would be fun to make, so they made it. I dig it.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by forensic »

nhangen wrote: post #46
forensic wrote: post #42

why is evernote diverging so far from their core product? there are other flash card apps that already do this way better and i dont see evernote catching up anytime soon the peek thing looks cool but it's not a useful gimmick because 1. you want the ability to use longer questions as well as images and video in your flashcards 2. you want to be able to move on to the next question quickly without the carpel-tunnel i…

Last I checked the app was free. Sounds to me like a product they thought would be fun to make, so they made it. I dig it.

Sounds like you dig it because you're not a serious user of either flash card apps or EverNote.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by nhangen »

forensic wrote: post #47
nhangen wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Last I checked the app was free. Sounds to me like a product they thought would be fun to make, so they made it. I dig it.

Sounds like you dig it because you're not a serious user of either flash card apps or EverNote.

I use evernote all day every day, and I use mostly homemade flash cards. Evernote doesn't owe you anything if you're a free user, and if you're premium, then you obviously dig it enough to pay for it, so what's the problem?

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by bryne »

forensic wrote: post #47
nhangen wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Last I checked the app was free. Sounds to me like a product they thought would be fun to make, so they made it. I dig it.

Sounds like you dig it because you're not a serious user of either flash card apps or EverNote.

Today I learned there are people who consider themselves serious users of flash card apps.

I use Evernote every day and it doesn't annoy me as a diversion from their core product. The smart Smart Cover integration is cool, at least.

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