Actually, I think the best note-taking device I have ever seen (and now own) is called the Livescribe Pulse Smartpen. Can be had for as little as $150 and it basically records all of your notes and if desired, synchronizes with an audio recording.
You can upload from the pen to your computer and it has everything you wrote as well as the accompanying audio recording. And if you like, you can just use the pen to "tap" the table where you wrote and it plays back the audio it recorded at the moment you wrote that (starting a 5-seconds earlier if you want that) It works very well. I think its infinitely more elegant than what I could do with my X61 tablet & OneNote software. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of David Ross > Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:20 PM > To: [email protected]; Thinkpad Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Tablet Machines? > > I am completely sold on tablets; while my X61t was in the shop last > week I > felt naked using a non-tablet backup. > > For meetings, I now take all my notes on the tablet. I don't care > about the > the handwriting recognition, it is just a way to keep my raw notes in > an > archived form and stay paperless. I think not having a screen sticking > up > while doing this makes it easier to stay engaged in the meeting. > > For giving lectures, I like being able to write on the screen (eg, do > computations) while projecting a prepared lecture. > > For students, there is software (eg, OneNote) that lets you take notes > and > (audio) record a professor's lecture at the same time; when reviewing > the > notes, if you can't remember what something meant you can play back > what he > was saying at the instant a particular note was made. Also, if your > daughter will be taking any math or physical science, she will find it > easier taking notes on a tablet than with a keyboard; few computers > have > keys for mathematical symbols. (Incidentally, as a professor, the only > computers I allow for notetaking are tablets, since otherwise I can't > see > the students' faces.) > > Some of these functions can be done with an external tablet, or a pen > computer, or other tools. > > The ability to use it in portrait mode is sometimes useful. > > There are certainly some downsides to the X61 tablet compared to its > non-tablet siblings, and I suspect this holds as well for the X400t: it > is > heavier than its non-tablet counterpart, the battery life is less, the > single hinge is slightly wobblier, there is no ThinkLight, it is more > expnsive. The ones which also have touchscreens (esp. from HP and > Fujisu) > are also slightly fuzzier because of the touchscreen layer. > > I hope this helps. > > David > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.10/2231 - Release Date: > 07/11/09 05:57:00 _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
