Chess Notation Devices?

I send the amazon list of used devices, the frist one in the list say $10, but that one is only the user manual of the dell device... See the full list, there are a lot of them from $50 to $150

So, which thing should I buy if I want best quality and best price? Please try to keep the price under $100 if its possible...

Well...Did the Dell Axim PDA come with the built in chess software?

And can you please tell me if this device comes with the chess software and if its a good seller and all:

http://www.sell.com/27B1TC

I cant bileieve how hard it is to get this thing, I played in a recent tournament and all 4 kids I played had one!

Uhg, no search results on craigslist!

I dont know. I think ill just buy the Dell Axim X50 and then have one of my friends download eNotate on it. I think its the best way to go. Thanks for the help guys.

The Monroi, has a nice price tag....$300.00 I think. Seems most of the stuff for e-notate is used. You can get seperate Axim or package deal with the software. Not sure if its worth it. I am just to lazy to notate my own games it seems.

i bought a monroi.

The other dedicated device that has been authorized for use in tournament play by the USCF is the PlyCounter: http://www.plycount.com/plycounter

Cheaper than a MonRoi, though not as cheap as paper

I know this thread is old, so things might have changed by now.  I see where droid app store has an app called yNotate which is supposedly approved by USCF?   Phone must be run in airplane mode for tourney game recording.  Anyone know anything about these?

Here's the link to USCFs approved electronic scoresheets--http://www.uschess.org/docs/gov/reports/eScoresheets/CertificationGuidelines.pdf  (It's way down at the bottom of the .pdf.)

I don't see yNotate listed.  eNotate is, but I don't know if a TD would allow a player to access his cellphone during a tournament, airplane mode or not.  Hopefully, someone with TD experience will chime in.

I am a TD and from everything I know, no device other than the ones listed on the USCF list of approved ones can be used, officially in a USCF event.

Now, if a person wants to use a non-approved device and the TD and his opponent agree, then it's alright.

I have seen pictures of an event where people were using an app on an iPad to keep score. 

As a TD, I would allow such a device in my tournament if it was put on airplane mode and could be shown that it would not use an engine for analysis during the game.  Understand that I am involved in local, low or n money events.

When you get to the big money events like the World Open and the Chicago Open, I am sure no one would be allowed to use such a device.

As a bit of a side note, I used the eNotate device for over 4 years.  That is the only approved program that does not have a completely dedicated hardware device to it.  But the program locks and blocks out all buttons and programs during its use.  If you want access to another program on the device, you must exit the program which you cannot do without ending the game in that program.

I quit using it because it would stall in the playback mode during the after-game analysis, and that got very annoying.  I just went back to writing the moves down with a pencil and scre paper and that works just fine.

ynotate is not certified by the uscf for use.  That said, I've used it at many tournaments with TD approval.  In a couple of the events, the TDs even said they would prefer nearly any electronic scorekeeping methods just because it makes it so much easier for them to keep track of game records.  This varies by TD, obviously.  My avatar is me playing in last year's Arkansas Open, and you can see my Nexus 7 with ynotate running on it in the foreground of the photo.

My opponent in that game was using some sort of dedicated device, probably a Monroi.  You can see that, too.

Thanks, Eyechess!  That info helps me out a lot for when I finally get my nerve up to go OTB.

Thanks for the respones guys...very informative.

Update:   I ordered Plycount for testing (they come in white now also).   Overall I'd say plycount is a much more affordable option than Monroi.  I will post a review on another thread.