I rarely use the technical note takers, but when I do, I use Evernote. It's on my phone and home computer. I can't use it at work anymore. It's fine when I use it on the computer, but not as easy on the phone. I don't have a tablet, so I don't know about that. I assume I would feel the same way as I do about the phone. I mainly use it, now, for simple notes of things I want to remember. Not for grocery lists or anything.
I bought some journals/planners for daily use. I am using these for meal planning, grocery lists, to do items, etc. I think it's easier to use these for items that are updated constantly or I just have a thought I want to jot down. It takes less time to open them than it does an app.
For something like budget/bill pay tracking, I use Google spreadsheets.
For photos, I use Google picasa.
I think that's all I got