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Now that iPhone OS 3 syncs the iPhone Notes app with the Mac, I was disappointed that the sync is to the notes feature inside Mail.app rather than to something more flexible like a folder of flat files.
Given this restriction, what alternative ways are there for non-Mail.app users to access notes? Is there perhaps a third-party app that syncs the Mail notes with flat files or something else?
I've seen complaints that syncing Mail notes with GMail is unsatisfactory. Is there a way to sync them with Google docs or something else editable in a browser?
Thanks for any tips.

Prentiss Riddle wrote:
Thanks, VK.
So sad that Apple would choose to sync iPhone Notes with a closed app that only has one way to access them, buried several clicks deep.
And syncing them to Gmail as "regular messages (with unknown sender) in my main inbox" is pretty useless, too. For the sync to be useful, it should be bidirectional. Doesn't sound like there's any way to edit a note in Gmail and have it make its way back to the iPhone, correct?
yes but you can't blame apple for that one. as I said, Notes are a feature of Mail only and other mail clients including web based ones wouldn't know what to do with them. they can only understand them in one way - as messages and there is no way to edit a message in your mailbox using gmail web interface for example.
That said, has anybody figured out how the imap (?) magic happens that gets the messages out of Mail.app and into Gmail? Must one run Mail.app for it to take place?
No, any mail client will do. it's just as I said, other mail client wouldn't know what to do with the notes. they will be displayed as regular emails in a separate Notes mailbox. that's what happens when I access my AIM account using Thunderbird for example. I see a separate Notes
Would it be theoretically possible to use imap to sync the notes to some other service that would enable bidirectional editing?
this isn't a matter of an IMAP service. it's a matter of being able to edit an imap message in an email client.

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