I am always searching for the “holy grail” of collaborative tools online. You know me, I am a big fan of Wunderlist and Springpad.
Someone pointed me to Memonic, collaboration online, grouping, sharing, collecting, the whole deal.
I downloaded the iPhone app and started fiddling around with it only to be disappointed, it has limited features and some UX flaws (we will get back to that). I just dropped it and started to tinker around with the Web version.
All I can say is DAMN! why don’t they include the features of the web on the mobile!
Now off to the feature list that made me drool:
First things first, it is available for:
- Web-based usage
- iOs
- Android
- Mac OS X
- Windows
It got everyone covered except Symbian and Windows Mobile users. *fix it – cough – please*
In the web version you can:
- Create Notes (100 for the free version, unlimited for the paid),
- Groups
- Tags
- Attach files (2mb for the free version, 20mb/attachment for the paid)
- Contact organizing/inviting (it’s a collaborative tool!)
- Web clipper (my favorite)
- You can create notes just by sending an email
- Share notes by Email/Facebook/Twitter/Direct Link
Creating notes by email and web clipper; question: how many times did you email yourself a link at work just so you can check it later on? yes you can use Xmarks but you will end up using 1001 tools. Just install the web clipper (Supports all “modern” browsers) and you are off for some real goodies
The capture speaks for itself. The Gathering mode is a way to organize everything you “gather/clip” from the internet into specific folders, you can just create folders directly without having to log in to the web interface. Swift, easy and makes organizing a less tedious.
Last but not least, you can share your items on/to your blog/facebook/Google Reader and import your Delicious bookmarks
To keep things short, you MUST give it a try (web/windows/mac)
Now to the mobile version, yes it has some flaws in the design of interaction/flow, but it has some goodies too. Show and tell:
This is the welcome screen. What I do not personally like about it is that I have to actually go into the folders to check my notes. A direct access to the notes would be more than welcomed.
You can edit the notes, but you cannot comment/add tags (unless you already have a set of tags done through the web interface) and you can write total new ones straight from your phone.
Again, you can view the groups and posts under it but you cannot create any groups straight from your phone.
Now this bit made me smile, other than the fact you can check what your subscription type is, it was some neat options for syncing. Downloading images/files can be set to Wi-fi only/Always/Never.
Now with that kind of thinking, I know for a fact that Memonic the phone version will be better in the future along with the web/os versions. Is it worth it? If you work in teams, if you are hunting for locations (movie?photography?) you need to save info/pictures/links and share it with some people? Yes you should get it.
Paid or free? well I’d say paid version. Check their site and decide for yourself, but do give the free version a try.
4 bowls of soup out of 5 for the web version
3 bowls of soup out of 5 for the mobile version
