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37signals’ Draft app helps you sketch ideas on your iPad

Categories: Applications, Featured, iPad
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 7:00 AM

37signals which you may know for their web-based products and services such as Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack and Campfire is out with its first iPad application called Draft. As you can figure out from the app’s name, it’s a tool that helps you “get an idea out of your head and into a drawing” so you can share it with the entire team.

If you’re familiar with 37signals’ philosophy of doing business, you know what to expect – a simple app that does what it says, nothing less and definitely nothing more. It lacks features, but that’s the point – not to overwhelm you with its complexity, but to be a useful tool that you will actually frequently use.

You can sketch diagrams in white, red, or a combination of both on Draft’s black canvas. Each drawing will be automatically saved in a library from where you can send it to your co-workers via email or to Campfire, which is 37signals’ popular chat service…

And that’s about it. You decide whether Draft is worth 10 bucks. I think it is. ;)

Draft ($9.99) [iTunes link]

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • Alan

    Great app idea!

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  • Guest

    There is a similar app for Windows, it is called Sketch (by Strix Code): http://www.strixcode.com/sketch/