Evernote, the universal notebook app and web service, just re-jigged its mobile site so it’ll work fantastically with Android phones. What’s more, it’s working on a fully-fledged Android app comparable with its iPhone and desktop client. Note-taking on the go just got a lot more interesting.
Evernote is a sort of free form database… thing for collecting and manipulating ‘notes’. You can fill it with text, photos, scanned business cards, doodles, etc. and it does its best to make it searchable using tags and keywords.
The Evernote website has a mobile version that can be used to enter and search your notes, but it is pretty basic and pared down, as it is designed to be usable on as many small borwsers as possible. Now though, if you go to the mobile site using and Android device such as the T-Mobile G1 you will be redirected to a new page optimised for the Android web browser.
This is still not ideal, and iPhone owners may be justifiably smug about their native Evernote app, which offers far more features and is much more usable that the web version. Happily, Android fans may not have long to wait as an entry on the Evernote blog revealed.
“We know what you’re wondering, and the answer is ‘Yes’. We do plan to release a native Android client.”
What’s more, although the initial Evernote client is likely to be free, as of today Evernote could actually charge for an enhanced version by taking advantage of the Android Market‘s new fondness for paid apps.
TBC | £free | Evernote
