Is it practical to use a PDA for extensive note taking?

[Prozak]

Like for physics and math class? I don't have any experience with PDA's, but my intuition tells me that paper and pencil are still better for taking long notes, like physics and math class, is it correct to assume this?

[NJL!2016]

I wouldn't think so. Especially with all those formulas with symbols and stuff. Yes paper and pencil are still the best.

[smokeymountain]

I'd agree. You just can't beat your paper and pencil..

[dihinaloudh]

I saw something at office depot - a pen and paper digitizer that connects to the palm. You take notes on paper with ink, but somehow the pen movements are recorded and the writing is transferred to the Palm, which sits in a little cradle next to the paper. I don't know if it is Sony compatible, but you never know...

[ncoday]

Originally posted by Prozak
Like for physics and math class? I don't have any experience with PDA's, but my intuition tells me that paper and pencil are still better for taking long notes, like physics and math class, is it correct to assume this?

Have you looked into the new Tablet PCs?

[yr3698]

juz say the formula out loud, and record it hehe. I do it whenever im lazy

[yr3698]

that was me btw:D

[Prozak]

Originally posted by ncoday


Have you looked into the new Tablet PCs?

I know very little about Tablet PC's. I got a PDA because one of my classes requires a Palm device. We are using this program called Paperless Testing, so basically I'll be taking all my chemistry exams on my PDA. I was gonna get the cheapest model I could, but I slowly found out that you can do a lot of cool things with PDA's, so decided on the NX70v. Not to mention I'm a sucker for electronic devices with nice color screens.

Originally posted by dihinaloudh
I saw something at office depot - a pen and paper digitizer that connects to the palm. You take notes on paper with ink, but somehow the pen movements are recorded and the writing is transferred to the Palm, which sits in a little cradle next to the paper. I don't know if it is Sony compatible, but you never know...

I think I've seen that pen before. I know it transferred your hand written notes to a pc. I thought it was something like 100 dollars too. So not something I want to invest in right now. I have no problem writing with a pencil and spiral notebook, was just wondering really.

[jehhrie]

You can probably go to this site: http://www.siibusinessproducts.com/
I've some friends who used a different brand but with almost the same functions.
We have a lot in Taiwan but some are not as good as they say they are.
So it would be better to use the link above, it is made by Seiko, they say that they are Seiko Instruments.

Hope this helps you!

jehhrie

[Bendex]

You can always use Clie Memo or Penpencol for note taking math formulas. Of course your handwriting may not be as good as in the paper but it can work.

[Trienco]

you can of course just record a video (too small to read anything) or just audio. i dont think you will find a way to record audio and take "assorted" pictures of formulas without interrupting audio. or clie memo, but the screen is still small compared to paper and probably turning a page is simpler.

also: all this would require a lot of memory AND you're screwed if you loose the data for some reason. battery for internal storage or youre memory card acting up.

so i would definitely stick to pen and paper. less hassle and less risk to loose it.

who knows, maybe in 10 years teachers and professors will just send their stuff via bluetooth or sockets in the desks or whatever might be used by then. at least over here you're getting used to just download the scripts from the net and maybe add some notes during lectures.

and THIS would be a nice thing. copy the pdf or whatever to your pda and add notes on the fly. that much should well be possible and data loss wouldnt be that terrible.

[soulreaver99]

Just depends on how good you are in maneuvering yourself through the palm. If you are really good in grafitti and wih the symbols, then I think its ok.

[arielb]

the nice thing about taking notes with a pda is that you can always review them at any time, you can store them on your computer and print them any time and they will always be legible. You also do computer searches!
The question is what about math and physics? I use grafiti or the keyboard for letters punctuation and symbols but I wonder if there was some sort of equation editor or even something like latex for palm

[Unregistered]

I take extensive non math ( i would agree with pencil and paper here) notes at school with a decently sized external keyboard. You just need a keyboard and a program such as WordSmith

[IB Michael]

I've used a program from http://www.ritemail.net/rm/support/index.asp for quite some time now. Check it out.

[mrSONYman]

You probably have an older Clie but for tons of note taking I use Decuma on my NX80. It lets you create short cut strokes for certain words or in your case formulas and if you don't have it on one of the newer CLIE's then check inot it as a 3rd party app. I hear they will sell it for Palm and Pocket PC's.

It works best for me. But it is a matter of prefrence.

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