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The productivity experts over at Lifehacker.com ran a survey recently asking its readers which note taking service or application was the best. The top 5 contenders were:

• Evernote
• Springpad
• MS OneNote
• Simplenote
• Pencil & Paper

Once the votes were tallied, the results were as follows:

Evernote fought off the competition to take the top spot, winning the poll with close to 37% of the vote. Hot on its heels in second place (and only falling behind in late voting) was good old pen(cil) and paper with 33% of the votes cast. In third place with 18.5% of the vote is Microsoft OneNote. Bringing up the rear in fourth and fifth place are Springpad and Simplenote with 6.75% of the vote and under 5% of the vote respectively.

Here’s what Lifehacker has to say about the winner:

Evernote helps you remember everything—and by everything, we really do mean everything. The service’s webapp, desktop apps for Windows and Mac OS, mobile apps for iPhone and iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7, and even WebOS mean that Evernote can help you take notes, save them, tag them with a location, create and organize notebooks, and share them anywhere you are and on any device you happen to have on you. Evernote is great for taking notes and organizing them, but it’s just as good at letting you capture, scan, and save objects in real life, clip web pages you browse, and share them with friends, colleagues, and classmates.

What system do you use for managing notes?

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