iPhone Hack: Notes
Posted by: kmikeym | From: August 22, 2007
So I wanted to copy some text from the internet, and put it on my iPhone as a reminder. We all know you can't copy text on the iPhone, but I was on my computer! So I copied the text and then ...
Wait.
What the? Where can I put text so that it shows up on my iPhone? You can't do it!! You can't write anything on your computer and then move that text to your iPhone. That is crazy.
Your dear friend Notes McNoterson to the rescue! Who is Mr. McNoterson you ask? He is your an entry in your Address Book where you paste notes. This entry is then sync'd to your iPhone and you can view and even edit the notes.
Let's see it in action!
Yesterday on the Belmont Station Blog they mentioned Lakefront's Fuel Cafe Coffee Stout, a beer with caffeine! YES PLEASE! I want to remember that the next time I'm there, so I copy the text and paste it into the notes section of Notes McNoterson:
(I did a Google Image Search for "fancy man" to find an image.)
Next, sync your iPhone with iTunes:
And then look up Mr. McNoterson to see what you want to be reminded of:
Pow! There you have it. You now have a notes field you can edit on your iPhone or your computer and they will sync. (But really Apple, how hard would it be to just make "Notes" work?)
The 37Signlas guys put together a slightly more advanced version of this hack awhile back using Highrise's ability to create tasks via email to add to a to-do list and then multiple address book entries to categorize them and sync them to the iPhone. Here's the blog post about it:
IPhone Highrise A Quick Email A Task
Posted by: Greg at August 24, 2007 1:05 PM
Mr. Notes McNoterson has a sweet avatar.
Sounds like the iPhone is going to be released in the UK in a couple of months. But I won't get one because I don't want to get mugged for it. VERY FANCY AND ATTRACTIVE TO LONDON THIEVES AND THUGS.
Posted by: Alex at August 23, 2007 5:49 AM