We love post-its. Nifty little sticky pieces of paper that we use in offices to remind our colleagues what we have to, we stick them on the refrigerator at home so mum remembers what you want to have for dinner. If not that, they're just fun to play with. Now, post-it notes come to the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch thanks to the PopNotes app which brings location based post-it notes for your favourite iOS device.
PopNotes App for iPhone will create geo-triggered post-it notes on your device itself. It allow you to create and post the notes at any location that you want. You have the freedom to choose whether you want to keep a certain note private to yourself or to share it with everyone you want to. The PopNotes app also lets you set a note to pop up at any given time or location making sure that you are reminded what you have to do and where you have to do it. Its a great app for keeping yourself organized as well as those with whom you want to be organized with.
PopNotes app for iPhone allows you to:
- Create notes by typing and/or drawing.
- Place notes at specific locations.
- Control who gets to see the notes you post – just yourself, your friends and family or anyone with the app.
- Invite friends and family to connect through the app.
- View notes posted by you and others within 500 yards of your current location via an interactive map.
- Set location-based reminders anywhere in the U.S.
- Simple and fun to use, encourages creativity and spontaneity.
- Choose from nine different Post-it® Note colors.
At the moment, location based reminders only work in the US however we can expect that more locations will be added in future updates. The app has been developed by 3M, the same people who brought us original paper based post-it notes.
The drawback:
There's a little drawback to the PopNotes application. You need to make an account even if you want to make your own notes and don't want to share them with anybody. Privacy buffs would obviously think about the possibility that collecting information posted in notes becomes very easy for the company. The app should only require an account if one wishes to share notes, if not, needing an account as a pre-requisite will definitely tick some privacy concerned people off.
PopNotes App is designed both for the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad. You need to have iOS 4.0 later running on your device in order to install PopNotes App, which is available for free on the App Store.
Download PopNotes App for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch [iTunes Link]