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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“Motion browsing, when used in combination with touch and tactile feedback technologies, represents the wave of the future in mobile devices,” said Benoit Bergeret, founder and CEO of Realeyes3D. “We believe we’ve created a new usability paradigm that effectively moves the mobile experience away from mimicking a PC’s keyboard and mouse, to one that is a direct extension of a user’s perceptual experience through motion and sense of touch. The Instinct is just the first of what we expect will be many mobile devices that will incorporate our technology in the coming months and years.”

Motion browsing Effectively Brings Large View Down To Size
Anyone who’s attempted to view full web pages on a typical mobile device is often frustrated by the limitations of the screen. Essentially it is like trying to fit a 15-19 inch screen into a 2-inch display. With motion browsing technology, the bridge from large to small becomes almost seamless. And unlike pure touch screen navigation, motion browsing avoids the missed clicks that are nearly impossible to avoid when touching the screen to navigate.

How It Works
Motion browsing uses the phone’s built-in camera to estimate the motion of the phone (“handset egomotion”) and translate it into commands for the browser to pan the web page that is being viewed. Because motion browsing uses thumbnail size images, it works regardless of the resolution of the camera. This design is a very compact solution that is easy to integrate into any phone, and very responsive to user movements. And because it does not need specific hardware such as an accelerometer or a gyroscope, motion browsing brings a powerful new interface paradigm to any camera phone, not restricting UI advances to the high-end, expensive phones.

Sold exclusively to handset manufacturers, motion browsing is available for all the major mobile web browsers, including but not limited to Teleca’s Obigo, and ACCESS NetFront Browser, as well as for proprietary browsers.

Motion Cortex, the technology behind motion browsing, and the winner of last year’s Mobile Monday Global Peer Awards (“Jury Favorite”), has been implemented in a variety of mobile applications such as image viewing, navigation, games, and can be integrated within any mobile user interface involving panning across a plane or a list.

About Realeyes3D
Realeyes3D designs, develops and sells award-winning embedded applications and wireless data services for users of camera phones. Realeyes3D applications enable new camera-based features and services in the areas of personal productivity, mobile messaging, user interfaces, gaming, and more. Realeyes3D enables camera phone manufacturers, mobile operators, and mobile content specialists to increase their value proposition to consumer and professional camera phone users. Founded in 2001 and based in Paris, France, Realeyes3D has offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong and San Francisco. Realeyes3D customers include top-tier global handset manufacturers and mobile operators.

For more information, visit www.realeyes3d.com.

On-going conversation about Motion Browsing

Motion-Based Browsing on the Samsung Instinct (the Qipit Blog)

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“When service members are deployed rapidly, they often are unable to complete all the necessary arrangements prior to a long absence,” says Trish Forant, president of eMOM. “There may be lease agreements, insurance documents or health records that need to be transmitted quickly. We were impressed at Qipit’s ability to lessen the frustration of handling some of the difficult details of daily life.”

Military families can use Qipit to scan an important personal document, quickly save it in a PDF format, and then email it to a family member stationed overseas or fax it to personnel at a U.S. military base.

In addition to scanning and transmitting documents, the free service can also be used to copy handwritten notes or little Johnny’s artwork. Forant adds that sharing an everyday moment or a special occasion can help ease the pain of separation.

Qipit transforms physical documents into scan-quality copies that users can securely store, print or conveniently share as digital documents on their computers and online. Qipit’s technology automatically removes glare, shadows, distortion and crops the picture resulting in a crisp, clean, highly legible ink-on-white digital document.

“We are always looking for innovative ways for people to use Qipit to help streamline their personal business and communicate with their loved ones,” said Conrad Hametner, vice president, consumer marketing for Qipit, Inc. “We are so pleased to collaborate with eMOM to provide this free service to our military families.”

Hametner stressed the ease of use of the free service. “Simply create a free account at Qipit.com, take a digital photo of a handwritten or printed document, then email it to Qipit or upload it on the Qipit Web site. Then wait just a few moments while Qipit cleans up the image and converts it to a PDF, then email or fax the PDF, or publish and share it online.”

Qipit has created Web site and blog badges to help eMOM promote the service among social networks where military families gather for support. For those who do not have a family member or friend in the military, eMom will match participants with individuals serving in the armed forces, in the tradition of the Any Service Member email and regular mail programs.

About Qipit

Qipit turns camera phones and digital cameras into mobile copy centers so people can turn photographs or written and printed materials into scan-quality digital documents they can share and store on the go. Based on advanced, patented image processing technologies developed by Realeyes3D, Qipit provides consumers with convenient communications services that enhance and enable their increasingly mobile lifestyle.

About eMail Our Military

eMail Our Military was created in 2001 as a response to the DoD’s cancellation of the “Any Service Member” and “Operation Dear Abby” mail programs. A safe alternative, eMOM picked up where these programs left off. eMail Our Military’s founder is a military wife, the daughter of a veteran and an avid troop supporter. The organization is composed of volunteers from all walks of life who understand that regardless of our political views, our military service members deserve our respect, support & encouragement.

San Francisco, CA – October 17, 2007 – For decades moving a document quickly from one person or office to the next meant scanning a document and emailing it at a PC or powering up the old fax machine. Now Qipit, the inventor of mobile scanning, is leading a Scan-on-Demand movement that is quickly making desktop scanners and fax machines obsolete. Qipit is a free online and mobile service that turns photos of handwritten or printed documents into clear, crisp digital copies. Today the company made yet another leap forward with the release of technology that maximizes the readability of scanned text and preserves the integrity of photographs in “qipit” copies.

Original Image taken with a Camera Phone

Image after processed by Qipit

(Qipit copies in color enhancing the readability of text while preserving the integrity of photographs)

Click to see live published document and to download a PDF version of the qipit.

Whether used for reports with graphs, magazine articles or real-estate fliers with pictures, Qipit is the first and only scan-on-demand service capable of converting photos of color documents into high fidelity copies. The company accomplishes this by combining patented ink extraction with automatic picture detection and enhancement. The result is vibrant, easy to read, easy to print color copies of documents that preserve all significant information from the original document.

“Consumers’ desire for color is what led to a color TV revolution, to the growth of the desktop publishing industry and an explosive growth in color printing, “said Conrad Hametner, Vice-President, consumer marketing, Qipit, Inc. “Now Qipit’s color scan-on-demand capabilities are shinning a bright light on the outmoded black and white fax machine.”

Already a crucial service for many mobile users, Qipit works with any digital camera or 1 mega pixel (or higher resolution) camera phone. Qipit’s mobile document acquisition capabilities can also be easily integrated into enterprise applications such as ERP, CRM and document management applications, filling a void and providing an additional, efficient new data stream into these powerful business systems, which are so often only fed with digital documents. With Qipit’s new technology, even information that was difficult to capture and transmit, such as white board and paper meeting notes, single-copy contracts or print articles can now be easily captured, stored and shared through enterprise IT infrastructure.

“Qipit has the potential to progressively reduce the need for fax machines and scanners,” said Ron Glaz, Program Director for IDC’s Digital Capture Devices and Photofinishing research. “Qipits mobile document acquisition now offers people the ability to create, acquire and share documents digitally in an environment that will change the way people share, understand and interact with their documents.”

“Mobile document acquisition frees us all from common faxes and scanners. Qipit gives consumers a mobile option for document sharing and collaboration that significantly simplifies their work and personal lives,” said Benoit Bergeret, CEO and president of Qipit, Inc. “We initiated the mobile copy revolution two and a half years ago at 3GSM 2005. Today we are unleashing the full potential of mobile document scanning; with high fidelity color capabilities, we are expanding the market potential dramatically, making mobile copying a reality even for the most demanding personal and professional users.”

How to Use Qipit

To use Qipit visit www.qipit.com, or for Facebook users apps.facebook.com/qipitnoteshare/. Once signed up simply take a photograph of a handwritten or printed document and send the picture to copy@qipit.com or color@qipit.com. Qipit’s patented ink-extraction technology then automatically transforms it into a high contrast, easy-to-read digital copy or “qipit” that can be sent back to your phone emailed to an email address stored anywhere or shared online.

About Qipit

Qipit turns camera phones and digital cameras into mobile copy centers so people can turn photographs or written and printed materials into scan-quality digital documents they can share and store on the go. Based on advanced, patented image processing technologies developed by Realeyes3D, Qipit provides consumers with convenient communications services that enhance and enable their increasingly mobile lifestyle. Qipit, Inc., is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and is a wholly owned affiliate of Realeyes3D S.A.

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Overnight stays in the campus library are fast becoming ancient history thanks to numerous websites that offer college students quick and easy access to information, resources and tools designed to make college life easier for students – without costing them a penny.

BBC Languages – Offers resources in multiple languages including Spanish, Mandarin, English, French, German and more – resources include MP3 downloads, tutorials, and testing.

DailyLit – Need help managing your reading schedule? DailyLit will send you regular installments of your latest reading by email (on your PC, mobile, etc.).

Pink Monkey – Over 450 free study guides, book notes, book reviews, online chapter summaries, and analysis for literature.

Qipit – Turns any camera phone into a mobile scanner so you can convert photographs of documents (like class notes or whiteboards) into easy-to-read PDFs that can be saved online, or emailed or faxed right from your phone to friends who missed class.

Ninjawords – This free online dictionary emulates three ninja characteristics – they’re smart, they’re accurate, they’re really fast. Plus, everyone likes ninjas.

Refdesk – Interested in learning the value of a dollar in Mongolia, how to make soap by hand, what happened on this date 20 years ago, which are the top 100 US newspapers, and the definition of “omniscient” – all on one website? Done.

About Qipit

Qipit turns camera phones and digital cameras into mobile copy centers so people can turn photographs or written and printed materials into scan-quality digital documents they can share and store on the go. Based on advanced, patented image processing technologies developed by Realeyes3D, Qipit provides consumers with convenient communications services that enhance and enable their increasingly mobile lifestyle. Qipit, Inc., is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, and is a wholly owned affiliate of Realeyes3D S.A.