There are applications that transform the iPad 2 from Apple in an entire mobile office. However, there are also others that will allow you to give another use to the Cupertino touch tablet: transform it into a notepad where you can write by hand. But this feature, what types of users would be good for? Well, for example, for students who want to do without one or more conventional notebooks and thus carry less weight in the backpack. It could also be widely used by users who often attend meetings where they have to take notes and notes and who do not want to use the virtual keyboard of theApple tablet. But these are more to use the traditional way, that is, pen in hand. Of course, in this case, it would be advisable to use a stylus specially designed for use on capacitive screens.
But not only students and regular users of meetings can take advantage of it. But musicians, doctors, or even teachers can make use of handwriting from the iPad 2. For all this, in the Cupertino application store - the App Store - there are a good number of programs that, once installed, will offer a user experience quite close to that of a notepad and a computer. pen of those of a lifetime. We will list a few options below:
Bamboo Paper
The app from digital tablet maker Wacom is called Bamboo Paper. This simple program - which is free - allows the user to take notes in a simple way and without too many menus to control. From the iPad 2 you can take notes by hand in strokes of different thicknesses and different colors, according to the needs of the moment. In addition, the attached notepad lets you add marks and allows you to show some of the notes as favorites. This means that once the view of all the notes written in miniature is applied, these can be identified thanks to the mark that will be attributed to them with a mere click of the finger.
However, it also has some shortcomings. There will be users who want to separate the notebooks by theme. And with Bamboo Paper, unless you pay 1.60 euros for 20 extra pads, the user will only get one for all the doodles; there will be users who want to separate the annotations by subject and thus access certain subjects more easily.
On the other hand, there is no wrist protection. What does this mean? Well, every time you rest your hand on the screen of the Apple tablet, there will be traces marked in the annotation and they must be deleted later, with the consequent loss of time. Finally, the notepad that is attached in the free version has blank sheets, without the possibility of changing its format.
Penultimate
This other application is paid. Penultimate is priced at 80 cents. However, it is more powerful than the previous Bamboo Paper: it has more customization and use options. To begin with, once the program is installed on the iPad 2, it comes with different types of sheets to choose from: squared, smooth, striped… in addition to being able to buy more in the online store, where you can find sheets for sheet music, to organize the day, etc…
On the other hand, in Penultimate the option will be given to be able to create more than one notebook where to make annotations and place, for each one of them, the desired theme. This way it will be much easier to access the information that has been saved. A clear example would be when using this application at the University where there is more than one subject from which to take notes.
In this particular case, there is a wrist protection. That is to say, if the hand is supported on the screen of the tablet, there would be no marks on it and the annotations would be clean without having to pass the draft later.
Of course, on the other hand, in the options to choose the color or the thickness of the stroke, there will be few alternatives; there is not even the option to highlight some parts of the handwritten text with some kind of colored text marker.
Noteshelf
The application that is presented now is, perhaps, the most complete of all. Of course, that is why its price is the highest: four euros. Even so, for very intensive users it is the most suitable due to its degree of personalization of the manuscripts. On the other hand, if the use is going to be sporadic, surely your purchase does not compensate and with the two previous alternatives there is more than enough.
With Noteshelf, the user can customize from the type of sheet they want to use: striped, smooth, squared, for scores, for sporting events, for professional use, etc… to being able to choose the type of notebook cover: leather, of cardboard, notebooks for the purchase, for the scores, etc… and all this within the price of four euros.
Once this application is being used, the client will be able to select between different types of pencils and colors, as well as the option of using a text marker - an aspect that was not found in the previous two cases. On the other hand, it should be noted that writing on the iPad 2 screen is not as easy as on a sheet of paper. However, with Noteshelf you can zoom and write in virtual boxes so that all the text fits on just one sheet of paper.
Finally, it presents the option of protecting wrists, as well as the alternative to buying an online store more types of covers or types of paper - all depending on the needs of the consumer.
