Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Getting started with Drafts for iOS


Drafts is a popular iOS app for jotting down notes and lists, passing thoughts, and great ideas. The app boasts a simple interface, but underneath it offers a long list of options for sending your musings to other apps and sharing via social networks. The iPhone app was updated earlier this week, along with the release of a separate app for the iPad. Drafts for the iPhone costs $1.99, and Drafts for iPad costs $2.99. While owners of both iOS devices will bemoan the lack of a universal app, you can sync the two. Let's take a spin through Drafts 2.0 and then take a quick look at the iPad version of the app.


(Credit: Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET)

When you first launch Drafts on your iPhone, you'll see a blank writing area at the top of the screen, a row of four buttons in the middle, and the keyboard below. From left to right, the buttons let you create a new note, view a list of your previously created notes, search, and share.


To start a new note, you need only to start typing. And like Google Docs, there is no save button. Notes are saved as quickly as you create them, with the first few words of your note showing up as the title in the documents list. Because the app does not require you to create a new note with a series of taps and swipes, Drafts is an excellent tool f... [Read more]



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