Android OneNote and Stylus input

Anonymous
2013-10-10T21:17:55+00:00

BLUF: OneNote for Android NEEDS support for stylus input for drawing and annotating!

Let me first say that on my IBM X200 with digitizer that OneNote is my most used application. I absolutely love the ability to make rough design sketches then annotate them with information. (Parts lists, notes etc) My favorite feature though is the ability of OneNote to actually improve upon the simplicity of pen and paper. You have the freedom to use it as a simple notepad. But where it excels is with the ability to move and resize drawing and text elements. All though college I used it to take notes in class and being able to move a diagram around was a huge benefit.

Android needs the pen input functinality. I can't stress this enough. I'm not talking about handwriting recognition for text input. I'm talking about being able to use the application like a notepad. Initially I bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 to use as my "idea pad". With all of the capability that the table has, the software available for the built in digitizer is abysmal. It does everything well except be a notepad. It's actually pretty horrifying how much trouble to have to go through to even try to use it that way. It was so poor at being a notepad that I returned it. The same is almost true of the Samsung Galaxy Note II I have been using as my phone. 

I have found an application published by Asus called Supernote that does a decent job at combining a notepad and drawing application. If the handwrighting recognition  feature were enabled it could give OneNote a run for it's money.  OneNote still has the advantage with the moving text and graphics around. If it could access the clipboard for the S-pen that would be great too...

The question is, with more and more devices being sold with digitizers and stylus', when is OneNote going to support their input? (Oh, and being able to ignore finger input while the pen in is use is an important aspect of that.)

Thanks for listening,

Michael

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-16T10:20:50+00:00

    MICROSOFT WAKE UP!!!  how much longer are you going to starve us from multi-platform (and useful) software.   I have paid for the office 365 subscription.   and I bet a lot of Android users would also pitch in and solve you dilemma that nobody is bothering to upgrade from office 2007..   All you're doing is shooting yourself in the foot as you lose loyal customers to cheaper software alternatives that deliver good quality, and lose market share as other companies give us what you fail to do.   

    Be a sport.  give us OneNote (with inking capability), word and Excel, and people might start buying your overpriced, self serving software

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-17T11:08:14+00:00

    Yes +1 for this feature request!

    Being able to jot down notes on the move is a really important feature for the mobile apps (any for me this means Android as I am not a Surface Pro owner). The cheap tablet market is saturated by Android devices.

    Also Evernote have recently added this functionality to their Android app... so it's tempting to migrate all my notes and jump to Evernote - but I really like the full OneNote desktop application which is where OneNote still wins in my opinion.

    I don't have the patience to wait much longer though!

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-04-18T05:10:33+00:00

    Sorry, not specifically to @rm81(1)... but I can't figure out how to just add to this thread ;)

    I agree also, but you guys that have Sammy Note devices, with styli,  really need to use Papyrus for sketches etc.  It is a great app for design, rough drawing sketches etc.  It's all vector, so copy/paste, enlarge/shrink, redo parts only, clean are all a breeze. Not a contender for OneNote, but a must have if you have a digitizer in your phone or tab!  Don't think I saw it mentioned here.

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