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Emailing Into Evernote Just Got Better

March 16th, 2010

One of the many ways to get stuff into your Evernote account is by sending notes to your personal Evernote email address. Today, we launched a big improvement to this functionality that lets you specify the destination Notebook and assign Tags to your emailed notes.

How it works

First, find your Evernote incoming email address. It’ll look something like [username].12345@m.evernote.com. The address is located under Account Info in the desktop versions of Evernote, under Settings in Evernote Web, and in the Sync tab of Evernote for iPhone. We recommend adding this email address to your address book or contact list.

Next, try emailing something into Evernote. In the subject line of your email, write the title of the note as you want it to appear in your account. In the same subject line, add one or both of the following:

• Use @ for notebooks: Use an @ symbol followed by the name of your destination notebook
• Use # for tags: Use a # symbol followed by the tag or tags you wish to assign. You can have multiple tags just make sure each one starts with an #

For example, Subject: Trip to Florida @travel #expense report

Would create a note titled Trip to Florida in my travel notebook, tagged with expense report.

Notes on this feature

• This functionality only works for existing notebooks and tags
• At this time, you cannot create new notebooks or tags with this feature
• In the subject line, always put the note title first, then add any notebooks or tags
• This feature will not work for notebook names that contain an ‘@’ or a ‘#’, and it will not work for tags that contain a ‘#’ in their name.

Resetting your email address

Your Evernote email is randomly generated to protect you from spam. If you ever want to change it to another random address, click “Reset incoming email” in the Setting section of Evernote Web. If you do reset it, don’t forget to update your address book.

We’re Innovative!

March 12th, 2010

We’re incredibly honored to be named one of Fast Company’s 10 Most Innovative Mobile Companies [article].

The remember-everything notebook app is beloved by 2 million obsessive project managers and forgetful creatives everywhere. Evernote’s breadth of ways to access your info is its best feature — Mac, PC, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Palm, BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android are all supported. Everything is stored safely in the cloud.

There’s certainly no doubting our commitment to mobile. Since launching Evernote, we’ve released versions for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Palm’s WebOS (Pre and Pixi), Windows Mobile, and a mobile web version (http://www.evernote.com/m) for other phones. We also recently announced partnerships with Nokia on their N900 and with Samsung Android phones. And that’s not all. More mobile goodness is on the way, so stay tuned.

Vote for us

We recently learned that we are nominated for a Bizzie Award for Best Mobile App. Please vote. Thanks!

Evernote for Android now included on the Samsung Behold II from T-Mobile

March 10th, 2010

We have some pretty exciting news to announce today. Evernote for Android is now bundled on new Samsung Android phones from T-Mobile US, including the Samsung Behold II. So, if you’ve been eyeing that shiny new Behold II, now’s a great time to grab one for yourself.

For those of you that are already proud owners of these phones, you have received, or will soon receive, an update that automatically installs Evernote.

Evernote for Android

The new Samsung phones come with Evernote for Android, the newest and fastest growing member of the Evernote family. Evernote for Android lets you create text notes, snap photos and record audio memos. You can also upload files, such as PDFs. If you’re a Premium user, then you can attach any type of file, including the videos you shoot with your phone.

Besides creating new stuff, you can always launch Evernote and find all of the notes that you made on your phone, desktop or the web. You can even find notes created near your current location.

The future…

Evernote is making a major investment in Android this year, and now that so many people will get to see us on Samsung phones, we’re even more motivated than ever to make the Evernote for Android experience as great as possible. Expect lots of new features and improvements in the months ahead.

Don’t have a Samsung Behold II?

Evernote for Android is available for free from the Android Market.

Evernote for Mac Update (1.7.1) – Now 1.7.2

March 8th, 2010

A new version of Evernote for Mac is now available (1.7.1). Here’s a list of what we’ve added and improved:

Check for updates or download it here.

• Stability and performance improvements
• Reduced memory usage
• Localization improvements
• Resolved a problem that created a “.webarchive” file attachment or a message to upgrade to Premium when clipping from Safari
• Resolved a problem that failed to update user information from the server
• Resolved a problem that would fail to find all text matches within a note
• Resolved a problem that caused decryption problems for short encrypted text segments
• Improved PDF handling
• Evernote log messages are now sent to ~/Library/Logs/Evernote/ and are also viewable in Help > Activity Log
• Numerous additional fixes throughout the application

Check for updates or download it here.

Update: Version 1.7.2 addresses PDF error messages

A number of users have reported PDF-related error messages when upgrading to our previous release (1.7.1). Today’s update (1.7.2) addresses this issue. Here’s an explanation of what was happening and what to expect from now on.

Whenever possible, Evernote indexes your PDFs looking for searchable text. In some cases, Apple’s built-in PDF handling functionality would encounter a problem finding text inside the PDFs, so we added an error message alerting you to this problem. Unfortunately, some users would become inundated with these popups. This is now fixed.

To be clear, this error message does not indicate a loss of data. It simply states that there was an issue finding text within the PDF.

In today’s release (1.7.2), we have addressed the multiple popup issue. We will still display an error message if a new PDF proves problematic.

Evernote iPhone App Integrations

March 8th, 2010

Partner Month may technically be over, but we still have lots of cool integrations to talk about. Today, we’re focusing on iPhone apps that play nice with Evernote. There are quite a few in the AppStore already, with more on the way.

We’re excited not only by the number of applications, but also the variety of uses they enable. Some of the apps make Evernote more powerful, others rely on your Evernote data to offer more robust functionality. Put another way, using Evernote together with these iPhone apps creates a Voltron-like mega-app.

Here is a quick rundown of some iPhone Apps. For a complete list of integrations, check out the new Works With Us section.

Capture more

The sharper and cleaner the image the better Evernote’s handwriting recognition technology works. These apps all improve the quality of images before they’re sent to Evernote.

DocScanner
Take a picture within the app or add a picture from your camera roll and select the Add to Evernote option to get a scanner quality note in your Evernote account. There is no cropping or rotating required, DocScanner does it for you automatically.

JotNot
JotNot for iPhone is a nifty app that corrects your less-than-perfect photos and sends them into Evernote. The paid version of JotNot allows you to send your improved images into Evernote (you can even assign titles, tags, and notebooks right from their app).

White – by Qipit

If you are a student who takes pictures instead of writing out the contents of the whiteboard or a professional that snaps a photo at the end of meetings and brainstorms, then Qipit White is a great addition to your work flow. Snap a picture of that whiteboard in the app and select the Post to Evernote option to send the vivid, cleaned up image into Evernote.

Scanner Pro
Snap a picture within the app and drag the edges to frame the image. After you’ve adjusted the contrast and brightness to your liking, Scanner Pro launches the Evernote app directly. From there you can add a title, tags, and select the notebook in Evernote you wish to send it into.

Get your news

These apps allow you to view and save articles from various news sources into Evernote.

AP Mobile
The AP Mobile app brings you worldwide coverage of breaking news, sports, entertainment, politics and business on your iPhone. When you come across an article you want in your Evernote account click the send option and select Evernote.

iNews
iNews is a news (RSS ) reader that delivers news to your iPhone from an assortment of sources including CNN, BBC and The New York Times.

mDigger
mDigger is an RSS reader that allows you to subscribe to a variety of web sites including news, entertainment, blogs, pictures and podcasts and view them nicely formatted on your iPhone. This integration allows you to send the content you come across, straight to your Evernote account.

Stay organized

Keep your notes, tasks and ideas organized with these apps in conjunction with Evernote.

Awesome Note
Awesome note is a note taking and to-do organizer app for the iPhone. You can fully customize the note app with different fonts, colors backgrounds, themes and more. Best of all, after you’ve taken your notes you can send them straight into your permanent external brain, Evernote.

reQall – [Integration part of reQall Pro]
The reQall integration makes lists and reminders really useful, here’s how. Just speak or type a reminder into reQall. Then when the reminder pops up, they will automatically search through your Evernote account and display any related notes.

And more

BibleReader
Bible Reader is an iPhone and iPod touch app designed for reading and studying the Bible. The Evernote integration lets you take notes on Bible passages and syncs the notes with your Evernote account.

FastFinga
FastFinga lets you take handwritten notes on the iPhone and send them into your Evernote account.

Pixelpipe
If you are the type of person that wants to update a number of your social media accounts at once but would also like a copy sent to your Evernote account this is for you.

SpeedText
Is a memo app that lets you use your finger to easily input letter and numbers using your finger right on the iPhone screen. Once you create the memo send it along to your Evernote account.

You can see all of our partners and integrations on our new Works With Evernote page.

Evernote 3.5 for Windows Update

March 3rd, 2010

Evernote 3.5 for Windows gets an handful of nice enhancements in its latest update to version 3.5.2. Here’s the rundown.

Check for updates or download the latest »

Improved screen clipping

You can now choose whether to send your screen clips into Evernote, onto the desktop or to the clipboard. Here’s how it works. While selecting the area you wish to clip, you have three options:

• Do nothing, which will send the clip into a new note in Evernote
• Hold Shift, which will send the clip to your desktop
• Hold CTRL, which will send the clip to your clipboard

Flexible note views

You can now choose to show or hide any combination of the three view panels: left panel, note list panel, and single note view. Customize your look from the View menu.

And more

• Made significant improvements to Asian character search and highlighting
• Added the ability to assign a destination notebook for clips under Tools>Options>General
• Added the ability to set the created and modified date/time to current time
• Added the ability to drag and drop tags onto notes
• Improved text note thumbnails
• Improved pasting text and images from Evernote into other applications
• Resolved problem with live-editing PDF documents
• Resolved issues with new note creation
• Replaced spell checker with a more memory-efficient version that supports additional languages
• Improved access to diagnostic information about the Evernote application

Creating on the desktop, editing on your phone

Here’s a simple tip to that will let you edit notes created on your computer from your phone. Both Evernote for Windows and Evernote for Mac have a “Paste Without Formatting” option in their respective Edit menus. Copy the content that you want to keep editable, create a new note, then Paste Without Formatting. That’s it. In the meantime, we’re working to improve our handling of rich text in our mobile versions, but this is a good temporary solution.

Check for updates or download the latest »

Notable Tech Event Panel: Competition in Tech

February 26th, 2010

Last night was Evernote’s first Notable Tech event in San Francisco. In addition to great partners and guests, we also had an interesting panel discussion on Competition in Tech. The panelists were Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote; Loic Le Meur, founder of Seesmic; and Adeo Ressi, founder of TheFunded.com. The panel was moderated by Guy Kawasaki.

The video

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Evernote and Lexmark SmartSolution Printers (Giveaway time!)

February 23rd, 2010

As a person that lives and breathes tech, it’s not often that I get surprised by a device—certainly, not by an all-in-one printer. But then, the Lexmark SmartSolution printers are different from any that I’ve encountered. Just as Eye-Fi elevated SD cards and changed digital cameras, Lexmark is changing the way we interact with our printers by making them more versatile, smarter, and easier to use. Plus, they now work amazingly well with Evernote.

A printer with Wi-Fi, touch screen, and apps?

The Lexmark SmartSolution All-in-One printers combine a bunch of great innovations. For one, these printers can cut the cord, bypassing your computer entirely and sending scans directly to web over WiFi. What’s more, these savvy machines can be loaded with apps. So, with one tap of the touch screen, you can send those documents, papers and receipts to that big shiny elephant in the cloud.

Evernote SmartSolution

Lexmark developed the Scan to Evernote SmartSolution to let you easily send those scans right into your Evernote accounts over WiFi with a single tap. Installation is as simple as getting an app on your phone; you just choose Evernote from the Lexmark SmartSolutions site, go through a quick setup, and within seconds your printer has it. That’s it. Then, as with everything you put into Evernote, those scans will instantly become accessible from any phone or computer you use.

As a special bonus, if you happen to live or work with other Evernote users, you can load separate Evernote SmartSolutions for each person. This way, everyone has their own app for their own account.

Or, you can keep it old school

We really like this new web-enabled Evernote SmartSolution, but you can always choose to scan to your computer instead, and then bring the files into Evernote manually.

Learn more

The Evernote SmartSolution is available for the Lexmark Interact S605, Prestige Pro805 and Platinum Pro905 printers. Check out Lexmark’s SmartSolution blog for more information on the integration and these new devices. While you’re at it, why not order one for yourself.

Update: Giveaway time! (Closed)

This giveaway has ended. We will post the winner announcement video shortly.
The generous folks at Lexmark have given us 10 Lexmark Platinum SmartSolution All-in-One Printers to give away. Here’s how to enter:

• Follow @evernote and @LexmarkNews on Twitter
• Send a public tweet containing the hashtag #evernotelexmark

That’s all. We will check to make sure that you have followed both companies. The winner will be randomly selected on Monday, March 1st and contacted via Direct Message on Twitter. All entries must be received by 8:59am PT on March 1st. This giveaway is open to residents of the US, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, UK, South Africa, Brazil, and Australia!

For developers

Join Lexmark and over a thousand other developers that are building Evernote integrations. Check out our Developer page »

Evernote Podcast #15: Partner Month, Windows 3.5, Walt Mossberg, iPad

February 22nd, 2010

 
Podcast MP3 | iTunes | Audio feed | Length: 37mins

Podcast #15 topics

• Walt Mossberg reviews Evernote in the WSJ [read the article]
• Evernote 3.5 for Windows [related post, update]
• iPad plans [related post]
• Partner month! [Nokia post, Cliqset post]
• Notable Tech Event on Feb 25th [get your free ticket]
• Twitter questions!
• Use cases

Call me!

We’ve set up a voicemail box just for you. Call us and tell us how you use Evernote-–don’t forget to tell us your name and where you’re from. We’ll choose the best ones and play them in our podcast. Call +1 (347) 497-3572 and leave a message.

Any questions?

Have a question you’d like us to cover in a future podcast? Leave it in the comments section or send a tweet with the hashtag #EvernotePodcast.

Ask the CTO: API and integrations Q&A webinar

February 18th, 2010

With Partner Month in full swing, we thought it time to help you get your awesome Evernote integration off the ground.

Join the man behind the API, our CTO, Dave “el c-API-tan” Engberg, for a half-hour live Q&A session on all things API and integration related.

We will be taking questions in advance, so if you have one for us, please write it in the comments section of this post. Dave will also answer your questions live.

Participate

• Date: Tuesday, February 23rd
• Time: 11am PT
• Register: Sign up now »

We will post a recording of the session on our blog.

The Evernote API

If you’re looking for more information about the Evernote API and scripting options, check out our Developer Section.

Notable Tech

Want to see how others have integrated Evernote into their products? Come to the Evernote Notable Tech event in San Francisco on February 25th. Register now »