OneNote Gets More Mobile in Office 2010
The news that OneNote will be included in all versions of Office 2010 was welcome, and as more information appears, it seems OneNote will be getting more “cloudy” too. David Rasmussen, OneNote product manager at Microsoft, has blogged details about the next version of the note-taking app, and it’s sounding pretty good for mobile users.
- Sync to Cloud (Windows Live): Your notebooks sync and are available anywhere from any machine. Of course, this is in addition to all the existing ways you can sync notebooks — file shares, SharePoint, USB drives, etc.
- OneNote Web App: You can access and edit your entire notebook from a browser. This is even supported on a machine that doesn’t have OneNote installed.
- OneNote Mobile: A more complete OneNote version for Windows Mobile phones. Syncs whole notebooks. Syncs directly to the cloud. No need to tether your device. Richer editing support.
This is especially good news for Windows Mobile users, as the mobile version of OneNote has been very restrictive. This ability to cut the cord for syncing to OneNote Mobile is very good news, indeed. David’s details about the full OneNote to come are promising, and show a lot of improvements will be coming to a notebook near you.
Something I keep thinking about but don’t really know who to ask — what’s the expectation of privacy for doucments you store in “The Cloud”? If I store a document on my laptop, anyone wanting to see it legally (in theory) needs a search warrant or subpoena. What about in “The Cloud”? Can Microsoft or whoever is running the site where my data is stored, legally give access to whoever they choose under any condiditons of their choosing? By giving them the documents to store have I given up my expectation of privacy? I personally don’t have anything on my laptop I wouldn’t mind people seeing because laptops can be stolen. But If I were running a business, or was a journalist, I would be concerned about storing anything in a location that I wasn’t sure of my legal rights to. Have you guys looked into this?
That’s something that’s generally dependent upon the provider, and this is why you would want to more thoroughly investigate the provider’s Privacy Policy.
A complete guess on my part, IANAL, but I would imagine a search warrant (in the USA for servers hosted in the USA) would allow them access to the data. So what is MS hosts their servers somewhere else?
Along those lines I wonder if I should start a cloud storage company based in the Cayman islands. I could charge extra and advertize it for drug lords and other under the table storage needs
I think your best bet as always for the tin foil had crowd is to keep the data in your possession stored on your hardware and don’t transfer it on a network.
Good developments.
Is there any sign of having an e-mail address to send a short note or text to? This way, I can send an e-mail or a text message or even use jott much the same way that Ever Note does it.
Steve
Wonder if onenote mobile will ever be symbian friendly?
I suspect it’s a Windows Mobile kind of thing.
will OneNote for Windows Mobile support ink this time?
Does anyone know if the new OneNote will have better syncing options with Outlook? (Specifically, I’d like to see syncing of appointments. Syncing of tasks is fine already.) This was one area of potential improvement where there was a bit of buzz early on in various OneNote blogs, but Rasmussen’s post doesn’t mention anything about it.
BTW, Rasmussen is Group Program Manager, not Product Manager, for OneNote.
This is great news. OneNote is one of MS’s best — and least promoted — programs, so I’m glad to see they’re pumping it up even more. More syncing, especially with WinMob, is great (and much needed).
More integration with Outlook and handwriting in WinMob would be *perfect.*
Also forgot to add on my wishlist for OneNote:
– dynamic data exchange with Excel and Word
– expanded ability to search/filter tags
For more details on Office 2010, check out the videos available on the Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/microsoftoffice.
Here’s a link to the new OneNote Facebook page as well. Get the conversation started by posting on the wall!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Microsoft-OneNote/109445870147
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Cheers,
Kate
MSFT Office Outreach Team
Thanks for jumping in here, Kate. Good information, although “Outreach Team” sounds like you’re going to perform an intervention.
Back when I only had Windows Mobile devices for mobile computing on the go (it was all that I could afford at the time), I was interested when I learned that OneNote-a killer Tablet PC app-would get a Windows Mobile equivalent. Perhaps I’d get to learn why the tableteers love it.
Only thing is, they somehow completely forgot about the touchscreen aspect of non-Smartphone/Standard WM devices. Honestly, what’s OneNote without inking? That’s even more substandard than the default Notes app, which already has an irritating calibration issue as you go toward the lower-right corner in either orientation. Oh well, there’s always Pocket Informant.
Even though I have a TC1100 now that could easily run OneNote, it would be very nice if I could just pull up my notes on my hx4700, or maybe enter in some short notes for those times when lugging around the TC1100 is impractical.