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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 benwyrosdick »

nooneelse wrote: post #11

It looks cute, but for a flash card app other interaction methods are just as quick and easy, maybe more so. Now, if something like this could be used so that a person could see, for example, their next appointment by peeking, but fully opening the cover activated the iPad normally, that would be cool.

yeah, I agree. I tried it and it was very interesting but the interaction was very bad. For instance, you can't peek then close and think ... once you peek you have to open all the way or it will move to next question.

I appreciate the imaginativeness of it but it isn't really an enjoyable interface for long term use.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by lazerwalker »

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 their syncing/OCR/backend services working well.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by r00fus »

guptaneil wrote: post #26
eggbrain wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Not only that, but it's literally the cutting edge and folks with most disposable income... ie, a great market even if it the covers aren't a large % of iPad2 owners.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by droz »

qq66 wrote: post #23
droz wrote: post #20

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

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 =)

Absolutely :)

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by esrauch »

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...

If theres no advantage over paper flashcards then why use such an expensive device instead of $1 paper?

Statistics are pretty much the only advantage I can see for using an iPad here instead of physical notecards, unless you have so many notecards that it would be a pain to carry them around which seems like a very obscure use case to me.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by philfreo »

steve_b wrote: post #15
nateberkopec wrote: post #10

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 Quizlet.com :)

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by smhinsey »

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…

What'd you switch to, out of curiosity? I loved the idea of it but the UI kept me from ever really getting into it.
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