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Microsoft's Office Team Steps Onto iOS With 'OneNote'
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hmmm...
I downloaded, but it looks like you have to have a Windows Live ID to use it. If that means you have to be on-line to use it, I'll be deleting, particularly since my work firewall blocks Windows Live (because of the web mail), so it'll be pretty useless if that's necessary.
Can't MS do anything without onerous lock-in?
I downloaded, but it looks like you have to have a Windows Live ID to use it. If that means you have to be on-line to use it, I'll be deleting, particularly since my work firewall blocks Windows Live (because of the web mail), so it'll be pretty useless if that's necessary.
Can't MS do anything without onerous lock-in?
And what else? Compared to the Windows Live suite which includes six free (and useful) applications. Then there is the Security program and so on. And those 12 free items - did you like all of them? I only liked about two.
But beyond the 12 days of christmas (if you really count that, the overall cost probably wasn't over £20?), do they provide much else for free?
And we all know that Apple would never do that.
.....Have you ever used iTunes on Windows ????
I tried, but it was very sluggish on an 8 core workstation with 16 GiB of RAM....
Once I made it past the login error, it gives an error 500, unable to sync. Trying to press any button other than settings leads to "waiting for sync to complete". Cannot get it to work.
I loved OneNote and used it heavily for school related stuff. It kept me using a PC for longer than I otherwise would have, and still greatly miss OneNote while still in school. iOS is a nice start, but if it came to OSX, there would be no other logical choice for students.
I am also an Evernote (free) user. I also have Informant HD ($5) which I use if I need a calendar.
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Of course you need a Live account, the app uses Live SkyDrive to sync your notes from your PC. That much is specifically said in the OP.
And you do know that you can add a Windows Live account to any existing e-mail address, right? You don't actually need an @live.com or @hotmail.com address.
I've been using my Gmail account to log into Windows Live for years now, and it works just fine. Just go here and stop whining about a free app.
That said...I hope this comes to the Great White North soon. I use OneNote all the time at school, this would be very handy.
At least from my experience, Evernote excels as an inbox/collection mechanism (where its OCR really shines), whereas OneNote excels when you want to synthesize the raw data into more focused notebooks.
While OneNote on iPad may very well be compelling, the program really is a 'digital notebook' so having stylus support is still needed to get 100% out of the program in my opinion. It'd be interesting to see if OneNote evolves to match the iPad before the Windows 7/8 slates come out, by which time it may be too late.
Why is it that whenever I get asked this question it is usually by people with of less clue than me?
Because OneNote (a proprietary technology which is highly regarded) is no longer a Windows Phone exclusive.
Every platform has a web browser. It is no advantage to Mac OS X to have a web browser.
The parellel would be if Garage Band or iMovie were released for Windows.
Only Windows and Windows Phone 7 had OneNote. Well, until today. You really think that Microsoft would be doing this if Windows Phone had anything like parity with iOS and Android?
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Thanks for the tip, I just installed Evernote, which works on my iPhone (original) whereas Onenote only works on 4.2 or higher. THANKS!
I tried my external/personal domain that is associated with a Live ID (but has not inbox support) and got the same error. Tried my much older Hotmail account and it worked. Wondering if the lack of an inbox on that account caused the issue?
Edit: Logged out and back in...failed. Wondering if this is just a network/server load issue? Perhaps more people jumping on at once than the expected?
Because it uses your Live ID to sync to the cloud. Seriously, why is this a problem?
There is intelligent life outside of the Continental US
That's not what I was taught in school.
I'd trust Microsoft with my note taking data before I'd trust Google. Just sayin'...
Because I'd like to try the app out and IF I want it to sync the to MS cloud then provide that option.
I had a difficult time logging in. Then it won't sync. Typical Microsoft half baked software. They'll fix it so that it works in the next update. Whatever. I've already deleted the app from my iPhone. And it requires Office 2010 for some features. I'm surprised it doesn't require temp and a registery.
