[App] Quill - handwritten notes

[Volker1]

I am the developer of an app for handwritten notes targeted at tablets with active pens. Since I don't have a HTC Jetstream to test on, I would like to ask anybody who is interested to give it a try. Pen detection / palm rejection works on the HTC Flyer in the newest version (6.2), so I am pretty confident that it works on the Jetstream as well. Here is some more info about Quill:

Handwriting note-taking app for Android tablets (Honeycomb)

A key design goal is quick response to pen strokes and 100% vector graphics. Developed on a Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet.

Features

• Very fast response to pen strokes.
• "Fountain pen" mode supports pen pressure data, more pressure = thicker line.
• Pinch-to-zoom.
• Double-finger tap to zoom.
• Two-finger move gesture.
• Pen strokes are vector art, zoom does not pixelate your writing.
• "Pen only" mode (optional) disables touch input while writing.
• Android 3.x hardware accelerated graphics.
• Open source (GPL), so your notes are not stuck in an opaque file format.
• PDF export (save to SD card, Evernote, Share).
• PNG (raster image) export.
• Can backup/restore your data.
• Ruled/Quad background paper
• Tagging for pages so you can group them together.

The n-trig active pen has been tested on the ThinkPad Tablet and the HTC Flyer (Honeycomb). The basic functionality should work on any Android tablet, but distinguishing pen from finger data and pressure sensitivity might not work on others. Please let me know your results if you try it on another tablet. See also http://code.google.com/p/android-quill/wiki/SupportedDevices

There is a thread on the Lenovo forum http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-slate-tablets if you want to discuss anything.

You can also get the app for free (as in free speech) at http://code.google.com/p/android-quill. Also available on the Android Market.

Reviews

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1yxYXMPXA0
• http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/11/16/lenovo-thinkpad-tablet-review (contains above video)

 

[nmyseteroious]

YESSS!!!! Thank you for dropping by the Jetstream forum!!!

It is working perfectly to me!!! NO MORE Lag when making notes like the Notes app that came with the Jetstream itself.

The pen is working fine and the pressure variation is really good!!! Hopefully, the app would support the eraser button on the ScribePen in the future.
I know that this is mainly for handwriting, but option for keyboard input would also be nice.

Now I finally have a decent note taking app for my school!

Thanks again!

 

[guru_shastri]

GREAT!

works flawlessly!
finally someone made it work. thanks for letting us know.
if only your app were more like antipaper. more paper patterns, better way of creating entire notebooks. i use the jetstream as an electronic notebook and the antipaper gives me a pretty good solution.
all but the proper pen support..

 

[GerhardKi]

App works great on my jetstream! Much better than the HTC note app.

The only thing I miss is a better way to organize my notes in some kind of folders/notebooks. At the moment I have to tag every page I want to export. It would also be great if we could import pictures or even better take them from within the app.

Anyways thanks a lot for the nice work!!

Sent from my MB860 using XDA App

 

[guru_shastri]

you shoul try "antipaper"

it's a very nice app, really helps with organizing the notes.
i use while putting my hand on a piece of cloth, which prevents the screen from feeling it, and makes the movement across the screen smoother.
i know its not ideal (and looks ridiculous) but it works for me.

also, the developer there is also implementing this feature. the only problam with this feature is the lower right corner...whenever you touch it, it pops up and disturbes. in both apps.

 

[marygladys]

Great app! Thanks!

Sent from my PG86100 using xda premium

 

[kailashpchhabria]

Amazing app. Love it. Just got my Jetstream a few days ago (may be like 8 days) was struggling with the inbuilt notes app which refused to save anything new that i added to a particular note beyond a certain stage. No such problems here.

 

[Radarscratch]

COOOLLLL!!!

Rocking! This apps is cool. I'll keep playing with it, so far so great.

 

[mysparkle]

Happy holidays

Have a relaxing, calorie rich, weekend everyone ! Dont forget, giving a piece of rainforest or a brick in an African school can make your Christmas Joy last a life time!

 

[miro101]

wow it app sounds awesome! Can you tell me if it will run on the kindle fire with android 2.3?

 

[guru_shastri]

why wouldnt it?

 

[marciedoo]

Nice app

Works on a rooted kindle fire running miui ics.

One feature that would be great is the zoom box in which to write. That lets your see your document and write neatly.

 

[aladdiniii]

Would it be possible to allow for inserting images into the documents?

 

[rangercaptain]

Thank you for the honey bar hide setting. Could you include an exit or quit icon up on top? To quit now I go to tags so the honey bar is revealed, then I tap home.

 

[Radarscratch]

Quill

Been using Quill since ver 6. Love it, use it almost everyday.

Thanks for the hard work!

 

[caffeineplz]

I deleted my comment because I was actually thinking about the app Papyrus, not quill.

 

[Velvet2000]

AWESOME, I took Quill for a test drive and I can conclude that it's way better than the Stock application