移動:5大筆記軟體盤點
With 50 million users, Evernote is the pack's leader. The service, available on iOS and Android, has most everything users need like the ability to organize information into individual notebooks and share with others. To avoid having to type notes, Android users can use an automated transcription service that turns speech into text -- at least in theory. However, there is no built-in equivalent for iOS users. Evernote's free service limits uploads to 60 MB per month. A premium version with up to 1 GB of uploads per month costs $45 annually. Earlier this month, Evernote suffered a black eye when it revealed that hackers had infiltrated its computer system. As a result, it had to reset all user passwords.
印象筆記（Evernote）是筆記軟體領域的領軍者，使用者高達5,000萬。這款應用在iOS和安卓上都能找到。它擁有使用者所需要的幾乎所有功能，比如把資訊組織成個人化的筆記並與他人分享。為了讓使用者不用手寫輸入筆記，安卓使用者可以用它提供的自動抄錄功能把講話變成文字——至少在理論上是可行的。不過，iOS使用者就無法享用同樣的內建功能。印象筆記每月免費上傳量是60MB。只要每年付45美元，就能享用尊享版，每月上傳上限為1GB。本月初，印象筆記透露曾有黑客入侵其電腦系統。結果，它不得不重新設定了所有使用者的密碼。A close rival of Evernote, Simplenote offers many of the same kinds of features, but limited to iOS devices and the Web. Unlike the others, Simplenote's free service comes with ads. A premium version without ads and extra features like synching with Dropbox, the online storage service, is $20 annually. In a sign of how hot the note-taking field is, Automattic, the company behind WordPress blogging software, acquired Simplenote's parent earlier this year.
作為印象筆記的死對頭，Simplenote的很多功能都和印象筆記類似，但它僅限於iOS裝置和網路使用。跟其他服務不同的是，Simplenote的免費服務含有廣告。而不含廣告、並提供可與線上儲存服務Dropbox同步這類功能的尊享版則每年收費20美元。今年年初，部落格建立軟體WordPress的母公司Automattic收購了Simplenote的母公司。筆記服務領域的競爭達到何種白熱化程度，這個例子可見一斑。Notability is known as a palette for annotating notes and files stored on the service. Users can highlight text, write using their finger on documents including PDFs and draw pictures. Annotated files can be saved and shared. Notability is available only as an iPad app, which costs $2. Because of its limited compatibility, the service is not for everyone. Schools and people in creative professions may find it highly useful (and fun).
Notability是一個調色盤式的軟體，能為儲存在內的筆記和檔案添加註解，並以此而著稱。使用者可以讓文字高亮顯示，用手指在包括PDF在內的各種檔案上寫字、畫畫。加註的檔案可以儲存、分享。它是個只能用於iPad的應用，售價2美元。由於其相容性有限，它並不適合所有人。而教育行業和創意行業人士可能會覺得它非常有用（而且有趣）。
Catch covers most of the bases necessary in note taking service. Text, audio and photo notes can be organized into folders and tagged so that they can be easily found. Users can also create checklists, share information privately and collaborate, with each contribution listed so you know who added what. Catch's free service, which limits uploads to 70 MB per month, is available on Android and iOS devices along with the Web. Premium versions with bigger uploads and extra sharing -- aimed largely at business customers - cost $45 and $145 annually.
Catch擁有筆記服務所必需的大多數基本功能。文字、音訊和照片筆記可整理到資料夾裡，還能做好標籤，以便查詢。使用者還能建立清單，私下分享資訊，開展協作。而每個資訊來源都有標註，這樣就能知道誰建立了什麼內容。Catch允許使用者每月最多免費上傳70MB內容，有安卓版、iOS版和網路版。更大上傳容量和額外分享功能的尊享版主要面向商業使用者，年費是45美元和145美元。Basic is the best word to describe Google's foray into note taking, which is part of its Drive online storage service. Keep has a simple design and offers voice to text transcription and sharing. But compared with some rivals, it lacks some functions like the ability to categorize notes and set an alarm for reminders. It is also only available on Android 4.0 devices or higher and through the Web. Google has a reputation for introducing skeletal products and then improving them over time. But more recently, it has also developed a reputation for killing products that don't work out, which doesn't exactly build confidence among users who have been burned. In fact, this is Google's second try at note taking after killing a previous effort, Notebook, last year.
“基礎之作”這個詞用來形容谷歌這次挺進筆記服務領域推出的產品最合適不過。 Keep是谷歌線上儲存服務Drive的組成部分，設計簡潔，有語音文字轉化和分享功能。但和一些對手相比，它缺少一些功能，比如給筆記分類，設定提醒。而且只有安卓4.0或更高版本的裝置在網上才能使用。谷歌一向以推出乞丐版產品，隨後不斷改進而著稱。不過最近，它還有了另外一個名聲，就是斃掉那些不好用的產品，搞得使用者焦頭，信心渙散。實際上，這已經是谷歌第二次試水筆記領域了。就在去年，它剛廢掉Keep的上一代產品Notebook
