Qipit and many Evernote partner companies including Fujitsu, Sony, Seesmic and many more will participate to the Evernote Notable Tech Event in San Francisco on February 25th, 2010. If you are in the bay area, make sure to come to the event and stop by the qipit table. Find more information such as registration on the Evernote Blog.

To our existing users of Qipit White who wonder about Evernote, or how Qipit and Evernote work together, you will find the right information below.

What is Evernote

It helps you remember things… it gives you a memory that competes with an elephant. How? By helping you to capture and store all the things you care about, from an article on a web page to a document. With its organization and search capabilities, you can find easily that stored content. Evernote is free, but if you need more memory space, advanced collaboration, versatility, and enhance security, you can go premium.

Qipit and Evernote

Since version 2.0, the social release of Qipit White, the application is seamlessly integrated with Evernote. All you have to do is to upload your copies directly from Qipit White with a title. Your high quality whiteboard, flip charts or paperboard copies will be available from anywhere. Cherry on the cake, the copy will be searchable thanks to the OCR capability of Evernote!

So, How does it work?

First, if you don’t have an account on evernote yet, create one by registering here.

Then, in Qipit White go the settings from the application deck by tapping the crank icon, scroll to accounts and tap on Evernote.

A popup comes up, simply enter your Evernote username and password.

Tap OK, go back to the deck with all the copies, and select a copy. Then, tap on the “Share” icon on the left side of the lower bar, a menu comes up, select Post to Evernote.

Use the default title or enter a new one.

Tap OK and the upload happens as shown below!

Thanks to Evernote OCR capability, it is now possible to search keywords in the document from the Evernote web interface. Here is an example of the term Yoga found and highlighted.

Have fun with Evernote, and see you on February 25th!

-Olivier

To summarize, this release brings two important new features: Landscape Support and Copy Rotation.

Landscape Support

Most whiteboard are horizontal, and most copies are made in Landscape mode. For example, the default copy in the application is horizontal. Prior to this new release, rotating the application from portrait mode to landscape mode, by turning the iPhone 90 degrees, had not effect at all. This new version let you enjoy the deck view with all the copies in landscape mode, and more importantly the copy viewer. Try it on the default copy, the whiteboard copy fills up the entire screen as shown below.

Deck in Landscape Mode

Copy Viewer in Lanscape Mode

Copy Rotation

If you happen to make copies of notepad or flyers, using the phone flat / parallel to the floor, you have probably face the 180 degrees automatic rotation of the photo. This happens when the phone is tilted more than a certain angle, a convenient feature when you take photography vertically, but no so much when you make copy of a document laying on a table. With the new version, no worries if this happens again, process the image into a copy and rotate twice to cancel the 180 degrees effect.

Before the rotation

After the rotation

The other use case is the ability to copy an A4/Letter style material holding the phone in landscape mode. This can happen when you try to get the best lighting for the best results or simply for personal preferences. In this case, after the copy is made, simply rotate the result once and you are in business!

In addition to few bug fixes in the application, you will probably notice that the navigation icons are more standard, more iPhone-sque

So go ahead, capture and share the world with Qipit White!

Cheers,
-Olivier

New features!

Friendlier deck for first time users with a default copy

To improve the first time experience with Qipit White, we have added a whiteboard copy by default. This lets new users interact directly with a whiteboard copy without the need to take a single shot with the camera. We hope this instant gratification will be appreciated.

Default Whiteboard copy for greater first time experience

Deletion from the application Deck

The deck of the application that contains all the copies, lets you access an edit mode with a new button at the top right corner. The edit mode enables the deletion of copies quickly by pressing the “X” mark at the top left hand corner. This feature is handy when you want to delete multiple copies.

Deletion mode available from the deck

Preference: Start with camera mode

Prior to version 2.0, the application always started in camera mode for minimizing the number of clicks to copy a whiteboard. Although this feature improves productivity, we are aware that some of you want to see the deck first, and browse the copies. It is now possible to select in the preferences (accessible from the crank icon) if the application starts with the camera mode or start with the deck.

Start in Camera mode preference

Twitter Message Character countdown

The ability to share on social media sites was added in version 2.0. In addition to sharing a copy thru Twitpic, you can add a twitter message. In version 2.0.1, the text entry will prevent you to enter too many characters and gives you the number of remaining characters in your message.

Twitter message countdown

Japanese Support

Qipit White 2.0 was localized in English, French and Spanish. As iPhones have become more popular in Japan, we are now supporting the Japanese language in the application. Arigato to all our new Japanese users who ranked the application in the Business Top 50 shortly after its availability.

Fixed Bugs

Qipit White 2.0 was released with switched labels between Send copy as JPG and Send copy as PDF with email. This created confusion about the availability of the PDF feature in the application, and we sincerely apologize for that. We are happy to report that the label switch between JPG and PDF is fixed in 2.0.1.

We are also glad to report that social media sharing is now more robust. We had few bugs when the connection was not available. Thank you to the Apple review process for pointing those issues that we have fixed.

Your feedback is really important, so make sure to drop us an email with your requirements for future release or other products. Make sure to tell your friends about the application as well as give us a review on the iTunes store if you have not already done so.

Cheers,
-Olivier

Before giving you a glimpse of what we will deliver in 2010, let’s have a look back at 2009, a transition year for the company.

2009 saw the release of a new product “Qipit White”, the first smart phone application to copy whiteboard, paper chart and flipchart in high-quality. Thanks to better cameras and faster processors, it finally became possible to process a copy on the device for instant gratification, resulting in a much better user experience for iPhone users compared to the online, server-based Qipit service. On top of that, you told us that it was important to you that whatever is drawn or written on a whiteboard should be shared on the spot with co-workers, classmates or friends. So in addition to the traditional email attachment sharing feature, we came up with a 2.0 release of the product to post the copy on the two most popular social media sites: Facebook and Twitter. As a cherry on the cake, we added the ability to post to Evernote for archiving!

To all the iPhone users who enjoy Qipit White today, we would like to thank you for your support and great feedback. Make sure to spread the word and to become a product fan on our dedicated Qipit White Facebook page. If you want to learn more about the product, visit our page on qipit.com or watch the 2-minute pitch by our CEO on our qipit YouTube channel.

2009 was also an important year for Qipit, the first ever mobile copy service. After few years of existence this free service was enjoying a growing user base and excellent feedback, a testimony that the qipit vision of putting a scanner in your pocket was a reality. At the same time the mobile industry shifted toward smart phones with better CPU, better memory, better vision and on-deck application, providing a much better user experience. This was contrary to an email based approach, better suited to feature phone. It was obvious that we had to adapt, offer the value of the service in other ways, by moving the technology from the server to the phone, as well as better monetize our technology to support our goal to become a sustainable company. The release of Qipit White was the first step toward this new strategy.

On the Enterprise front, we have been working closely with large companies to deliver mobile document capture solutions, closely with their IT departments. This is an important market for the company, dealing with strategic and often sensitive projects for our customers. We hope to be able to share with you more detailed information going forward.

In term of awards and successes in 2009, we want to highlight two key successes for the company. We participated and won the Entrepreneur Showcase hosted by the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley. In November, Under The Radar selected Qipit White to be fast-pitch in front of a key audience filled with VCs, carriers, handset makers and journalists.

So, what will be happening in 2010 for qipit?

Did you check qipit.com lately? It is official, it is here, the entire site got a makeover to reflect our new directions, just in time for the New Year. You will find the information about our products, solutions, link to the store and about us more easily. We hope you will like it as much as we do.

The battle for the smart phone is just starting and this is really exciting. Apple has revolutionized the mobile industry with the iPhone lately, and enjoys a growing market share in this category, but we believe that competition will be heating up, with a proliferation of smart phones and application stores translating into more opportunities for the company. The new Android phones are the most prominent examples. This was echoed by your feedback asking us to support more platforms with our technology.

For this reason, we will expand our commitment to the smart phone platforms in 2010. The preview of the qipit document capture technology running on Android at sfmobile was a step in this direction.

Make sure to stay tuned by following us on twitter, or to become a fan of qipit on Facebook, as we will be announcing new products and updates in the near future.

- The qipit team

News Facts:

Qipit White makes any whiteboard an electronic whiteboard by turning your iPhone into a portable copy machine.

Just point at the whiteboard, paper board, flipchart or other large-format information, and take a photo of it. What is created is more than just a picture, it is an easy to read, share and print digital copy.

Qipit White, the first iPhone application that effectively turns any iPhone into a portable scanner for capturing white board notes from the conference room to the classroom.

Qipit White is the first of a series of smartphone applications from Qipit, Inc., the inventors of the mobile copy industry. Qipit White instantly converts the hard-to-read picture captured from the iPhone’s camera, removes unwanted shadows and glare, whitens the background and darkens the writing. The result is a fully transformed ink-on-white digital copy (PDF or JPEG) shareable via email right from the iPhone handset. The app is currently available at the Apple App store (http://itunes.com/app/white) for $4.99.

Qipit White lets anyone with an iPhone share that written image with colleagues, other students or parents, and friends, and save it for future reference.

Qipit White Benefits:

• Saves time and preserves the flow of meetings, no need to rewrite information
• Allows you to concentrate on listening rather than writing notes
• Makes it easy to share and collaborate after the workshop, meeting or class
• Integrates seamlessly with popular web services such as Evernote, Facebook and Twitpic.
• Easily store, print and organize notes
• Improves the accuracy of notes with exact copies
• Creates an endless whiteboard (Never run out of space again)
• No expensive extra equipment to buy, maintain and learn to operate
• Much faster than printing on a traditional electronic whiteboard or copyboard.
• Handset-based processing for immediate results

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How Qipit White Works

iPhone users who have downloaded the Qipit White application simply point their iPhone at any whiteboard, paperboard, flipchart or anything else that contains large-size information they wish to capture.

Normal iPhone Picture of a Whiteboard

Within seconds, Qipit White automatically cleans up the image and provides a crisp and clean, ink-on-white copy for the user to review.

iPhone Picture of a Whiteboard after Qipit White

The copy of the image remains on the phone where it can be uploaded to a computer for future reference, shared via email, as a PDF or JPEG file or it can be seamlessly uploaded to popular web services such as Evernote, Facebook and Twitpic.

Qipit White works with any iPhone model, running version 3.0 or higher, regardless of its camera resolution or the presence of an autofocus lens.

Immediacy and High Quality Image Capture Make Qipit White The Collaborator’s Choice

Unlike other applications that provide low-quality copies that can be difficult to read or print, Qipit White produces ultra sharp and clear color copies of most whiteboard photos. The application automatically corrects the photo from the camera, increasing contrast, removing unwanted shadows and glare, and whitening the background to create a professional looking, shareable and printable result (Read more on the Qipit transformation process). With its patented mobile copy engine that transforms photos directly on the handset, Qipit White provides immediate results so users can quickly and effectively turn their collaboration into actions.

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“We designed Qipit White from the ground up, creating a product that better meets the needs of anyone seeking to instantly and clearly capture and transmit the results of their collaborative efforts,” commented Benoit Bergeret, CEO of Qipit, Inc. “It’s an affordable application that costs less than the price of two cups of coffee.”

Key Features

• Handset-based processing provides immediate results
• Lightening-fast image processing from efficient algorithms
• Application opens in camera mode for optimized usability
• One-click color copy
• No multiple menus to navigate; the application opens in camera mode for immediate use
• Quick glance viewing
• On-the-phone browsing with zoom in/out capability
• Gallery storage of photos and copies
• Create copies directly from the camera or process them from stored images
• Store and browse copies on the phone
• Create copies as PDF or JPG
• Share via email and online services such as Evernote, Facebook and Twitpic.
• Stored copies labeled with date and time
• Document view with zoom in / zoom out with double tap and pinch
• No registration to an online service needed
• Created by the inventors of the mobile copy industry
• Award-winning, patented ‘ink extraction’ technology provides industry best mobile copy performance
• Runs on any iPhone running version 3.0 or later of the iPhone OS
• Low one-time fee
• English, French and Spanish language versions

Blog Posts

Introducing Qipit White for the iPhone on the qipit blog.

What Users are Saying

The latest tweets from twitter. (Follow @Qipit on twitter)

“Works great. Really makes a difference when capturing whiteboards. Allows you to email a PDF version, which is nice!” – Alexzaltsman

“Best application to date for taking pictures of whiteboards or whitepapers. Really fantastic algorithm to make reading the text much easier! A+. Nice to be able to share with pdf or image.” – Beachst

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