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Importing notes from android smartphone: which software?
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Posted by mamayani
Jul 26, 2012 at 08:53 AM
I am new here, so a short intro first: the past few years I have been doing a multitude of things. Running a webshop, writing, sewing, raising a kid, programming and so on.
I often have plenty of ideas, but obviously when I am cooking and my kid is crying. I have tested about 30 note taking programs the past few weeks, and am left now with 2 options:
1. OneNote
2. Righnote
What I really, really, really want is an easy way to make notes on my android phone and get them to the program on my laptop (W7).
OneNote: their android app is a bit limited (can’t even use the share command to create a note quickly :S). Plus I don’t like the fact that I would have to sync my notebook on their skydrive. I just want to import my phone’s notes. I like the tabs and sections of the OneNote program on my computer, but so far don’t really need the drawing /handwriting stuff.
Rightnote: I love it, I love it, I love it! So many nice things in it, but: I can get the Evernote syncing to work (see here: http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/4159/10 . The evernote app on my phone is fine, but can’t get them into Righnote so far.
Are there any other options to accomplish this? I don’t want my entire notebook on a server somewhere, I want it on my pc. And I would like to be able to easily import notes (text, images, links) from my android phone. Cloud based solutions for the phone are fine, but the pc must be the mother of my notes. thank you!
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 26, 2012 at 05:41 PM
Erm, you sound very slightly confused, if I may say so. On the one hand you seem quite happy to use Evernote as a synchronisation service (through Evernote’s servers), on the other hand you don’t want to use a third-party’s servers for communicating with your ‘phone… Hm.
If you’re prepared to use somebody else’s servers (like Evernote, for example), there are loads of options (Remember The Milk, SimpleNote, Memonic etc. etc.); the most obvious option is DropBox, for which dozens of notetaking applications exist in Android; there are also a few good ones in Windows (my favourite is one of the simplest: install NotePad2 as a complete replacement for the standard Windows NotePad, then use its Favourites feature to set your preferred file folders).
Otherwise you could set up a wifi link between your phone and your PC using something like ES File Explorer (which I can personally vouch for). Useful instructions can be found here: http://www.guidingtech.com/10885/access-shared-windows-folders-android-wifi/
Cheers and good luck!
Bill
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 26, 2012 at 05:48 PM
Actually, I’ve forgotten one really nice option for Windows-Android synchronisation: EMA Personal Wiki, available on both platforms. It’s very easy to use and syncs very efficiently. I thoroughly recommend it (I didn’t think of it before because I tend to sync three ways: Android-Windows-iPad!).
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 26, 2012 at 05:58 PM
Although it’s worth mentioning that EMA Personal Wiki actually uses Dropbox to synchronise (but it’s scarcely noticeable)!
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jul 26, 2012 at 06:21 PM
mamayani wrote:
>Rightnote: I love it, I love it, I love it! So many nice
>things in it, but: I can get the Evernote syncing to work (see here:
>http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/4159/10 . The evernote app on my
>phone is fine, but can’t get them into Righnote so far.
If you have followed the main points in the said thread (most importantly: leave the password inside Rightnote blank) then the one thing I can point out is that synced notes can only be initiated from Rightnote.
I don’t know if this limitation will be lifted in the future and it will be possible to create notes from scratch in Android and sync them with Rightnote afterwards.
In the meantime, if you expect to want to write new notes in your Android, I suggest that you create a few blank Evernote type notes in Rightnote and sync them, to use as ‘blank paper’ in Android.