Totally agree. Evernote is my note-taking app of choice on the iPad. I tried using SimpleNote for a while, but it just became irritating. For Scrivener I use the sync to folder with Dropbox rather than using the SimpleNote sync.

I think it takes quite a lot of playing around and trying new things with the iPad to figure out what works for you since we've never had anything truly like it before. You're right, it doesn't work well for some things, but for what it does well, it's amazing!