I’ve been meaning to checkout Evernote for a while now and I’ve finally given it a go. I like it. Quite a bit actually. As some of you may know, I recently bought the Palm Pre. I don’t love their Memos system. It’s a cool design visually, they use a little cork board screen with different color post-it notes that you can write on. However, cute and functional are two different things. It will not allow me to move back within the note. I’m either doing something really wrong or this is ridiculous! I make a mistake 50 words back, and I have to either live with it or delete everything I wrote after it. Not right!

Which brings me back to Evernote. I can see why this is one of the few apps that the Palm Pre has signed up for. I’m basically using this now instead of the Memos on my phone. One of the things I like most about it, is that you can type notes online or on your phone. Considering I spend the better part of my day on the computer, sometimes it’s easier to logon on my web browser and type there. However, I can always access my notes on my phone when I’m on the go.

And it doesn’t end there folks! There are lots of cool features for Evernote. You can not only type notes, you can also upload images. Say I’m scribbling an awesome new idea on a napkin at a coffee shop. I can take a photo of it with my phone and save it to my Evernote notebook. This way if I lose the napkin, I have a backup. I can also type notes on the images, if I wanted to. Also great for taking notes on that awesome wine you just drank at a friend’s house. Just photograph the label and you have it as reference.

Checkout this video tutorial on Sending Tweets to Evernote. You can use Twitter to post a tweet or photos and simultaneously copy them to your Evernote notebook. There are also additional tutorials on more features I won’t get into.

Another really great thing, is that Evernote is free! Yup, you can sign up for a free account with limited monthly upload and some restrictions of course. They also have a Premium Account, which offers additional features and bigger monthly upload allowances, which I’ve seen a lot of people say it’s worth the fee. I’m still playing with Evernote, but what I know of it so far is pretty damn cool. I definitely recommend it!

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Note on privacy: By default, notes are set to private so that only you can view, edit, and delete them. However, you can publish notes and make them available to anyone. Steps for that here: http://www.evernote.com/about/support