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I have a palm pilot and a cell phone that I use as well. I can't type quickly enough in either one of them, however. Sometimes I walk away from the table to record things (usually). I record a person's tells or how they played a certain hand if it was noteworthy.

A few people take notes w/ pen and paper at the table. I think that might reduce the amount of action you get, but who knows? Especially in a game where people are playing and having fun, who wants to give any action to someone w/ a pen and paper keeping a record of every hand? I play w/ 40-50 of the same people day in and day out, however I also play a lot out west. It especially helps to be able to review everybody's tells when I get back home. Otherwise I may forget some things. Sure I can recognize the tell, but I may forget what it means for that particular person. At one time I took voice notes w/ my cell phone, but never listened to them (in replaying them I found 'em to be way, way too loud!). I'd like to have a cell phone that I can take pictures with and record notes like that.

As far as taking notes of your own play I'm not sure what to record. After the session I have 3 columns for, overall play, hand selection and reads then rate each from A-F. I actually have a very good memory so I remember most of the hands I played for the session and don't find it necessary to keep track of how much I won or lost with any particular hand. Does anyone else find that to be note worthy?