Lars Perkins likes Evernote for its ability to sync across devices. 'Teachers are really bad when it comes to wasting paper, and this is a great way for teachers to finally go green and give the photocopy machines a rest,' she says.įadel uploads the course documents to a shared Evernote notebook, which goes directly to the students' devices and computers. The former California resident teaches English in the United Arab Emirates, where she says the app has allowed her to go totally paperless.

'It's become a de-facto choice for users to capture data, as Dropbox has become the de-facto choice for storing data,' he says.

So if we give people enough time to fall in love with the brand, something clicks in the brain, and they start looking for things to spend money on.'Ĭhris Silva, an analyst with Altimeter Group, says Evernote is in a good position to become the next consumer must-have app, similar to Dropbox, which is widely used to transfer files for free and for a fee. What we found is that people love to buy things. Libin calls it an 'interesting psychology. For the monthly fee, users get customer service, extra security and larger file sizes to work with. Some 1.5 million folks have signed up for Evernote Premium, paying an average of $5 monthly, generating $90 million in annual revenue for the company. So cease-fire.'Įvernote is free, but the company makes money by charging for a premium version. I take notes in a physical notebook all the time. 'Then we realized, that's kind of pointless. 'For a while, we said 'the pen is our nemesis,' ' recalls Evernote CEO Libin. The Moleskine Smart Notebook ($24.95 and $29.95) ships Oct. It has special paper that can be scanned by a smartphone or tablet camera and made searchable within Evernote's app.

But this popular analog tool has been adapted for the digital age. Soon fans will be be able to make Evernotes the old-fashioned way, in a compact Moleskine notebook. His Evernote app - which gives folks one place to jot down and record written, spoken and visual notes, and sync them from computer to tablets and smartphones - has nearly 40 million passionate users. Here in the states, he's not doing too badly either. — - They love Phil Libin in Japan, where he's mobbed like a rock star.

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