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The developers behind Evernote have brought on their cleanest-ever interface for the 5.0 version of the app here in iOS, making it perfect for your brand new iPhone 5, iPad 4th gen, or iPad mini. It’s not limited to those machines, of course, with anyone working with iOS 5.0 (or higher) able to take advantage of the new completely redesigned note-taking beast, complete with classic green accents. It’s the ease in use you’ll notice first here with Evernote 5.0 for iOS, with each of your main sections in a folder and quick-hit buttons for a new note, in-hand scanning, and snapshots too.

Evernote 5.0 brings on a user interface that will make you want to use it more often – a simple concept, to be sure, but not so simple to capture in the real world. The designers behind Evernote 5 have taken it upon themselves to concentrate not so much on the features and abilities of the app, but the usability primarily. Once the usability was made perfect – or perfect as they wanted it to get – they went back and added some features anyway, almost as a bit of a bonus.

Your home screen shows quick access to notes, notebooks, tags, places, and Premium features – now no longer relegated to a web browser. You’ve got your home screen quick buttons up top (or to the side, depending on which device you’re using), and you’ve got a new showcase style inside each section that shows off notes as cards – great for quick previews. Your shared notebook list can be seen easily identifiable (if you’re Premium, that is), with the ones shared with you waiting to be peeked at.

Once you’re gotten past the excellence of not just the interface at the front but the note-taking swiftness as well, you’ll see your tags and places as well. Your places are mapped out using TomTom and Open Street Maps data – and they work fantastically quick. From here, as before, you’re able to see where each of your notes were taken and have quick access to the lot of them.

The iPad version of Evernote 5 has a few unique features that utilize the extra screen real estate you’ve got, with added notebook stack support in Notebooks view and a list of recently viewed, edited, and created notes on your homescreen. Of course the whole app has bug fixes for bugs we didn’t even know existed in the first place and is rather speedy on the whole. Have a peek at this free app right now in the iTunes App Store and also consider upgrading to Premium for extra cloud storage space and some lovely bonus features.

Also have a peek at the timeline below to see many of the other add-ons Evernote has made clear over the past few weeks. This ecosystem is expanding at a great rate!

Evernote 5 for iOS Review is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.

Just a few days after announcing the beta version of Evernote 5 for Mac, the company is now telling us that Evernote 5 is now available for all iOS users. Evernote 5 for the iPhone, the iPad, and iPod touch has been redesigned and the major functions are now accessible with a tap. The home screen is now divided into two sections – one section for Quick Notes and the other for Views. The company says that the objective was to let a person create a new note or browse to an existing one with equal speed. The Quick Note buttons at the top of the app lets users create a new text note, start a snapshot or digitize physical documents with Page Camera.

Below the Quick Note buttons are the list of views that are designed to help users access their notes easily in the way that works best for them. Evernote 5 for the iPad has been added with a new feature called Recent Notes. It’s basically a horizontal scrolling list that shows the last several notes being viewed, edited and created on the tablet. On top of all the aforementioned features, Evernote 5 for iOS is also faster and more responsive. You can get the app here. There’s still no sign of Evernote 5 for Mac, although the company says that it’s coming really soon.

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If you ever wondered what it’d be like to keep every single bit of communication you had with other people on the web to yourself in an archive, today is your lucky day – so says Evernote. In a team-up move with the folks at mysms, Evernote has become able to store text message conversations inside its archive. With a simple download and activation of mysms you’ll have a connection to Evernote with just a couple of taps.

It’s quite easy to do and backs up your whole text messaging library as it happens in a set of new notes. Each time a conversation continues, that original note is updated. Evernote has made this whole process simple for the folks at mysms to integrate as Evernote’s APIs are both completely open and documented – that means anyone could do this sort of thing, really, but Evernote has officially “given the blessing” in this case.

With mysms you’re able to work with Android phones and tablets, Windows Phones, iPhone, and your desktop as well as inside any sort of web browser. This integration works on certain devices better than others, but iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone are able to save to Evernote with ease.

This app is now part of the Evernote Trunk, a site that brings you the best and brightest in apps connected directly with Evernote in many fun and helpful ways. You’ll also see such gems as Scalar, Found, Cotton Notes, QEver, and Cloud Magic, just to name a few. Have a peek at the timeline below to see a selection of other recent Evernote updates and the apps that aim to bring your Evernote experience to the next level!

[via Evernote]

Evernote teams with mysms for text messaging storage is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2012, SlashGear. All right reserved.

Mac users who love using Evernote will be happy to hear that Evernote 5 is here. Although it’s currently in beta for now, the Evernote team is obviously excited and decided to announce it anyway. Last week, Evernote Maketing Head, Andrew Sinkov, teased the new Evernote 5 for Mac, which is a completely redesigned version of the popular note-taking app. Evernote 5 for Mac is expected to be faster, better, smarter, and more accessible for its users.

The first thing that users will immediately notice is its improved interface and new left panel that makes things more accessible  There’s also a new top section called shortcuts for the notebooks that you access frequently. For many Evernote users, this is a dream come true. At the bottom of the shortcuts section is a recent notes section for your recently accessed stuff. Users will also love the redesigned card view on the notes section and yes, all the notes are now compiled in a single view. More after the jump. (more…)

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Evernote 5 for Mac is finally here … sort of. At least the beta is here, but that’s totally out now. Of course, you may not wanna jump into the madness of a beta — Evernote’s warning users that they could suffer data corruption, data loss, or other such calamities. Should that be the case, you’ll only have to wait “a bit” for the public release of the final software. Also, if you snagged Evernote via Apple’s App Store, your local notebooks may be endangered by the beta; “if you install the beta, you will lose all of your local notebooks,” Evernote says. Should you be bold enough to participate, instructions are right here.

What does Evernote’s latest release contain, pray tell? Smarter search with TypeAhead, for one, not to mention a more graphics-heavy note interface. The fine folks at Evernote have a full video rundown of new features in Evernote 5, which we’ve dropped below.

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