<p>Hiello all,</p>
<p>I’m considering on going paperless next semester. I was thinking of getting a tablet for all my purposes such as note taking and maybe reading the pdf’s of textbooks. I’m a math major/finance minor so my notes would compose of a lot of equations and some words. I am planning on buying an external keyboard/case in conjunction with the tablet to type up any notes that compose of words, while I to use a note taking app to take note of equations using a stylus.</p>
<p>Has anyone tried doing this? Is it feasible? If so, what tablet should I be looking at? The first thing that popped into my head was the iPad but I heard that writing with a stylus isn’t optimal. What other tablet should I be considering? Also would anyone know what apps I should be looking for that has the functionality I described above?</p>
<p>I use my iPad to take notes whenever I don’t need equations, diagrams, or monospaced code. Evernote meets all my needs accordingly.</p>
<p>I have a Wacom Bamboo stylus solo (best one for capacitive touchscreens) and an Adonit Jot Classic (interesting concept, but the lack of resistance between glass and plastic makes it too awkward for me). With the Bamboo, I have to write about 10</p>
<p>I’m also looking into going electronic (as a lefty I hate writing in binders and notebooks), and the most important thing I’ve found is that screens with active digitizers (select few tablets, all come with styluses as far as I know) are miles ahead of ordinary capacitive screens (a majority of tablets). Capacitive styluses have much thicker tips and are less accurate.</p>
<p>For instance, I’m looking at the Samsung galaxy note 10.1 (8.0 also has it), which has an active digitizer and comes with the spen. The spen is pressure sensitive and has a fairly thin tip. The only other tablet with an active digitizer (that I remember off the top of my head) is the Microsoft surface pro, which is double the price. Samsung’s comes with S-note, which has fairly good formula, handwriting, and shape recognition if you choose to use them. Other apps like lecturenotes are also supposed to be good, but I’m not sure how well they support the Spen’s added features.</p>