Microsoft has come up with another interesting app that is available only on Android. The app is called Parchi, and it is all about jotting down your favorite notes for later reference.
The app was created via the Microsoft Garage team, and it is now available on Google Play for Android phones with versions 4.2 Jelly Bean and above. From what we have seen of Parchi, it is nothing out of this world, just another note-taking app with some interesting differences when compared to the plethora of similar apps available on Android today.
"Parchi, a Microsoft Garage project, is a quick note-taking app - think paper-pencil, sticky notes, edge of a paper, the last page of every notebook, you get the idea," according to the description on the Google Play listing.
The app is interesting because it allows the use of #hashtags to filter search. There's also a "Quick Notes" feature that allows the users to jot down notes directly from the lock screen. With this app, users can add text and pictures to a note, and even use color if they want to spice things up a bit. Additionally, users can use the share option to share notes over SMS, mail, social media and WhatsApp.
We like the idea of Parchi and what it brings to the table, but for what reason did Microsoft need to create a note-taking app for Android? Some might be wondering about this due to the fact that Microsoft has OneNote out in the field already for a number of years now.
Well, we need to bear in mind that this app is coming from the Microsoft Garage project. This is where employees and interns within the company gets to showcase their talents by transforming ideas into reality. We suspect that if Parchi takes off, the most important features will be baked into OneNote and that will be the end of it.
Then again, we could be wrong.
