PhatPad for Android tablets launches in beta: dumb name, but great app
PhatWare, makers of WritePad, CalliGrapher, PenOffice, and PhatNotes, launched the public beta of PhatPad for Android on Wednesday, a brainstorming, note taking and free drawing app for tablets.
PhatPad lets users draw with their fingers, jot handwritten notes, or use a mixture of pictures and drawings, handwritten text, typed text, and audio notes in a single field. With its handwriting recognition engine, users can hand write notes, and then convert them to copy-and-pasteable text. Documents created in PhatPad can then be synchronized with Dropbox, or exported as a PDF to local storage.
PhatPad was released one year ago for the iPad with essentially the same features as this Android beta version, and it eventually got some powerful additional features like synchronization with Evernote and Google Docs, and AirPrint compatibility. Since its release, it has received good reviews and enjoyed modest success.
The initial beta test period will only last until December 31, and the .apk is available immediately, the company expects the final version to be released before the beta ends. The launch price hasn't been announced yet, but the final app on iOS has cost between $4.99 and $7.99 at different times of the year.