I am new to the list and enjoying this topic. I think early in the tread someone was interested in off-line access to PDFs.
I have dropbox on my computer and iPhone. Dropbox doesn't give native offline support, but from my iPhone I open the PDF from dropbox then I can open it in iBooks. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 21, 2010, at 7:18 AM, "Kenny, David" <dke...@district100.com> wrote: > I use the free version of Evernote just in general (alas, no iPad). I love > Evernote, although I can see a day coming soon where I'll likely have to find > another solution, or pony up for the paid version (which allows you to > surpass 40 MB of online storage on a monthly basis). I use Evernote to track > pretty much everything I'm investigating on a personal level. I should say > that I use Evernote in the same way that I use OneNote at work: gathering > documents, snippets from websites, web links, and screenshots into one > central location that provides superior performance to the kazillions of > little notes I have scattered around my desk. The notes on my desk work > great, mind you, despite their disorder. The advantage of Evernote is... I > don't have to worry about traveling-to or sitting at that one particular desk > to access them. I can access them anywhere. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Tom Donovan > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:58 PM > To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] iPad questions > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Mike Oliveri > <mike.oliv...@student.rb60.com> wrote: >> I'll second Google Apps should do what he wants. >> >> If he's just looking for general note-taking apps, have him check out >> Evernote or Simplenote. I'm a fan of Evernote. He could take any kind of >> notes, pictures, etc., and they would sync between his iPad, his Evernote >> desktop app, and the Evernote website. > > I'll second Evernote. It has been the perfect solution for switching > back and forth among iPad & laptop (with access via iPhone a side > benefit). One key detail to keep in mind is that for off-line access > to notebooks, you need to upgrade to the paid Premium version. That's > obviously not an issue when one can count on having Internet access > everywhere one might want to use Evernote. I paid for the upgrade > before leaving on a trip to Colorado. I wanted to carry a bunch of > PDFs of reservations and maps and such and make sure I could access > them even if I couldn't connect to the Internet. > >> >> iAnnotate is supposed to let you mess with PDFs, but I haven't tried it: >> http://www.ajidev.com/iannotate/ > > It lets you annotate and draw on PDFs with a pencil tool, as well as > highlight and add text annotations. > > I find that I use iAnnotate, GoodReader and ReaddleDocs for different > purposes because each has some unique strengths. > > -Tom > > -- > Tom Donovan > Chief Technology Officer > Aptakisic-Tripp SD 102 > Buffalo Grove, IL > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > Pursuant to Illinois’ public records law, this written communication may > constitute a public record which is available to the public and media upon > request. Please be advised that this email communication may be subject to > public disclosure. > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
