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Image Gallery: BugMe! for Google Android, Palm webOS, Apple iPhone, and iPad

BugMe! is one of those mobile applications that has been around for over a decade and serves an important purpose. Even though it is a fairly simple program, creating quick notes and having them appear as alarms is important. The Google Android version is the most capable while the iPhone & iPad versions look great. There is even a Palm version that reminds me a bit of BugMe!'s roots in the late 90s.
By Matthew Miller, Contributing Writer
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BugMe! is one of those mobile applications that has been around for over a decade and serves an important purpose. Even though it is a fairly simple program, creating quick notes and having them appear as alarms is important. The Google Android version is the most capable while the iPhone & iPad versions look great. There is even a Palm version that reminds me a bit of BugMe!'s roots in the late 90s.??Check out my full review that covers BugMe! on four operating systems.

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Settings available on the Apple iPad.

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Creating a new note on the iPad.

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Six different colors are available for you to setup the note background.

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Eight different color pens in two different sizes are available on the iPad.

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Four different share options are present on the iPad version of BugMe!

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The alarm options are present, yet they do not work on the iPad with the current version of the iPhone OS.

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A virtual cork board does look good on the iPad.

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BugMe! on the iPhone also has the cork board look to it.

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Similar settings appear on the iPhone.

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The iPhone supports handwritten and text notes in BugMe!

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Eight different colors and two pen sizes are available on the iPhone.

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There are four note background colors, camera option, and photo album selector for your note background.

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With the iPhone version of BugMe! you can use a photo as a background sticky note.

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Several options appear on the iPhone to share your notes, including Twitter.

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Reminders work on the iPhone only if you have a wireless data connection up and running. This is a limitation of the iPhone OS that may be fixed in version 4.

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Customized alarm days and times are supported.

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Different alerts sounds to choose from appear in BugMe!

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This screenshot shows you the settings in BugMe!

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Custom note backgrounds and the cork board.

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BugMe! works on webOS devices and as you can see text only notes are supported.

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The same alarm settings found in Google Android are present on webOS.

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There are a few settings available while you are creating notes in BugMe!

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There are only a few preferences available in BugMe! on the webOS platform.

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This is the typical home screen of BugMe! on webOS.

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This is a view of the typical pop-up that appears on webOS devices.

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The home screen view is least attractive on the Google Android platform, but the capabilities are the best.

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Notice how the handwritten text appears to be a bit fuzzy on Android devices.

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The alarm selector is the same as on other devices.

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Pressing the menu button opens up these options on Google Android devices.

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You can enter both text and handwritten notes on Google Android devices.

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The typical Google Android share functions also work with BugMe!

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The home screen after adding a couple of notes.

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There are several settings available in Android, including custom LED notification settings.

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You can choose to have text, ink, or text and ink notes appear when you tap on New Note creation.

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There are many colors available for the ink in BugMe!

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Android widget support is available for BugMe!

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