Microsoft Releases OneNote for Android

Today Microsoft announced the release of OneNote for Android on the Android Market app store.

With this release, the OneNote mobile apps are available across a variety of platforms — including Windows Phone 7, iPhone, iPad, and now Android . The release allows users to effortlessly collect, share, and find all of the information they want to keep track of, using a variety of features from simple lists and pages to full-fledged notebooks that can be shared with friends, family, co-workers, or classmates.

OneNote 1.0 for Android supports the following features:

•             Text formatting, images, and bulleted lists in any note

•             Checklists and To-Do lists

•             Quick photo capture with a phone’s camera

•             Quick access to recent notes

•             Store and access multiple OneNote notebooks

•             Sync to your free SkyDrive  account for access anywhere

•             Offline access to notes

•             Option to sync notebooks only over a WiFi connection

•             Built-in spell checker

•             Support for external hyperlinks

•             Table editing

•             Free technical support

OneNote for Android is free to download and use for up to 500 notes. When users have reached this limit, they can upgrade OneNote for Android for a one-time fee of £2.99 for unlimited use.