Evernote vs. OneNote
Now that Microsoft has gotten around to seeing the value of supporting Android, I thought I would re-evaluate my decision of using Evernote.
The bottom line for me is that Microsoft has lost too much ground in this space by not utilizing SkyDrive and OneNote itself. One of the real aspects of Evernote I find myself using more than I ever thought I would is the ability to send voice recordings from my phone straight to EverNote. This is still one feature that has not been addressed by Microsoft as yet. Yes, still playing catch-up. Android AppStorm has a good article on the OneNote Android app which we have a link to in our Google+ Feed.
UPDATE: EverNote has updated their Android app to include Speech 2 TxT. I had been doing this by calling my Google Voice number and having it forward to my EverNote email. EverNote has now included this using Google Speech2Text technology (Surprised ?). Now in EverNote you can do a voice recording and it will automatically convert your recording to text and post to EverNote.
Not much of a decision for me, but everyone needs to make their own call. I would recommend you take a look at the EverNote Trunk. This is the area on their website that lists all of the 3rd party addons. Some pretty neat stuff.
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Office Live vs Google Docs
Office Live is Microsoft’s new cloud based document system goes one better than Google Docs
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SkyDrive Usable?
SkyDrive and its 25GB of storage is getting more usable thanks to ‘Skydrive Explorer’.
I came across this really impressive application the other day and it really gets Windows Live SkyDrive one step closer to becoming a great online tool. One of the problems with Skydrive in the past is there has been no easy way to incorporate it and easily get your files uploaded.
Skydrive Explorer (http://skydriveexplorer.com) has come up with a solution that is easy to install and use. Here is the review from their site:
SkyDrive Explorer is a free, easy-to-use, but very powerful extension for Windows Explorer. With SkyDrive Explorer you can make any every-day operations with your documents from Microsoft Live SkyDrive™ service using Windows Explorer, as if they were on your computer.
Moreover you don’t need to install and configure any additional programs or ActiveX components. SkyDrive Explorer will organize the interaction with the online storage itself.
Windows Explorer
In short when you install this application it will create a virtual folder in your Windows Explorer…
When you first set this up you will be required to provide your Windows Live username and password. After that you will be able to use this like any local drive with a few exceptions which I will cover shortly.
Follow are the listed features for the product:
- View the structure and contents of folders in SkyDrive™;
- View files information (type, size, creation date in GMT format);
- Create new root folders and subfolders;
- Copy files into the storage;
- Delete files and folders;
- Copy files from the storage to the computer;
- Copy folders and subfolders from the storage to the computer keeping their structure;
- Use Drag & Drop for files operations;
- Rename files and folders;
- Create links to SkyDrive™ folders on your computer.
So whats missing?
I sent the developers a note telling them what a great product I thought this was, and what I thought would be cool in their next release. The only thing that I think they have left out is the ability to use applications like Microsoft SyncToy to sync folders and files to your SkyDrive. Currently SyncToy does not recognize the virtual folder so you must drag and drop your files. If this one functionality could be incorporated this would be a really smoking tool.
SkyDrive Explorer is still in Beta and I have great hopes for it in the months to come. It is by far one of the best tools I have come across. If you decide to use it, please consider making a donation as we need this kind on innovation in our lives.
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