StatusNotes
Status Notes is an HTC Evo app that integrates simple notes with the Android pull-down notification bar. It’s extraordinarily useful to make quick notes and reminders that won’t need you to launch an app or keep a widget on your homescreen. Even creating a new note is as simple as sliding the notification bar down and tapping “New StatusNote”. You can do this while you’re in the middle of another app as well. Each note can be associated with an icon, which makes it very easy to assign implicit priorities and categories based on your preferences. The notes will stick around even if you clear the rest of your Android notifications.
The app is otherwise pretty bare-bones. If you’re looking to do GTD-level productivity management, look elsewhere. For quick and simple day-to-day notes and reminders, this Evo app beats the competition simply based on the perfect integration with Android’s existing notification interface. It’s also making use of an existing interface element that for most people will develop into muscle-memory. So creating and seeing notes becomes second nature much more quickly with this app than with others. There are sufficient icons to offer an easy way to differentiate between notes without needing to read them in detail. Overall, this clever notes application will change how you manage simple notes and tasks on your new HTC Evo smartphone.