Pear Note 3.0 released with new look and sharing support Summary: Useful Fruit Software today announced Pear Note 3 for Mac, the latest version of their note-taking application for Mac OS X. Pear Note goes beyond a typical note-taking app by integrating audio, video, and slides with traditional text notes and storing all of this on a timeline for easy navigation. Pear Note 3 adds several new features, including support for auto save and versions, full-screen mode, HD video recording, and support for taking notes on Skype calls. Body: Columbia, MD - Useful Fruit Software today announced Pear Note 3 for Mac, the latest version of their note-taking application for Mac OS X. Pear Note goes beyond a typical note-taking app by integrating audio, video, and slides with traditional text notes and storing all of this on a timeline for easy navigation. Pear Note 3 adds several new features, including support for auto save and versions, full-screen mode, HD video recording, and support for taking notes on Skype calls. Pear Note records audio and optionally video while the user types their notes, recording not only what the user typed but when they typed it. This enables the user to later find what was being said when they typed something. They can play back the entire recording or jump to the point they need to hear. Pear Note 3 adds support for several new features present in Mac OS X Lion. Auto save and versions are two features that work together to prevent users from losing data. Versions of a document are continually saved automatically as a user works. If there's ever a problem, a user can browse back through history to see what the document looked like at any time in the past. Also, full-screen mode has been added. Pear Note 3 includes a completely new recording and playback engine when running on Lion or later. This improves efficiency and enables new recording settings including high bitrate audio and HD 720p video recording (assuming a HD-capable camera). Pear Note 3 also integrates with Call Recorder for Skype from Ecamm to enable users to take notes on Skype calls. Call Recorder will record the call, including audio and video, while Pear Note synchronizes its timeline with the recorded Skype call. This means notes can be taken on virtual meetings just as they can be taken on physical ones. Additionally, Pear Note 1.0.4 for iPad is also available today which brings improved compatibility with Pear Note 3 for Mac as well as Retina graphics for the new iPad. Pear Note feature highlights include: * Records audio, video, every keystroke, and slide changes * Playback navigation utilizing text notes or slides * Rich Text notes, including lists, outlines, highlighting, and images * Auto save and versions * Full-screen mode * Integrated with Call Recorder for Skype to take notes on Skype calls * Sharing notes on the web * Playback speed control * Spotlight support for Pear Note documents * QuickLook support for Pear Note documents * Spell Checking * Export text, audio, video, and slides * Import audio and video Minimum Requirements: * Mac OS X Version 10.6 Snow Leopard or later * Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel * 10 MB Hard Drive space * A microphone (if recording audio) * A camera (if recording video) Pricing and Availability: Pear Note 3 can be purchased for $39.99 (USD) from usefulfruit.com, the Mac App Store. A free fully functional 30 day demo is available for download. Pear Note 3 - http://www.usefulfruit.com/pearnote/ Download Pear Note - http://www.usefulfruit.com/downloads/pearnote/Pear_Note.zip Purchase Pear Note - https://www.usefulfruit.com/store/ Press kit including images - http://www.usefulfruit.com/press/ Located in Columbia, Maryland, Useful Fruit Software LLC is a privately funded company founded in January 2008 by Chad Sellers. Dedicated to creating useful, well-made software for the Mac, Useful Fruit focuses on ease-of-use, user experience, and simplicity. Copyright 2008-2012 Useful Fruit Software LLC. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. ### Chad Sellers Founder Useful Fruit Software 443-406-6837 United States chad@usefulfruit.com