Best Reader: Instapaper Pro 2 Marco Arment introduced Instapaper to wide acclaim in 2008. But he topped himself in 2009 with Instapaper Pro 2. At the heart of this $5 version of Instapaper is the ability to download articles to the iPhone or iPod touch and read them anytime, anywhere, with or without a Wi-Fi connection or a cell phone signal. With its nifty tilt-scroll feature, the app is ideal for reading long articles or blog posts. Arment built on his app’s earlier strengths by giving users more tools to organize stories, while adding an RSS-like feed feature and intriguing new social network functions, such as Give Me Something To Read. You will never lack for interesting reading with Instapaper Pro installed.
Instapaper Pro is my hands-down-without-a-doubt-favorite-and-most-used app on my iPhone. I can remember when I first got the phone, I was trying to concoct PDF templates that would size articles perfectly to the iphone screen. I didn’t want to have to zoom and move around “full page” PDF documents to try and read. One day I stumbled onto Instapaper and it has changed how I read. Marco quickly added any features that stood out to me and continues to innovate what the reading experience could be. When he added the RSS feature, I was a bit puzzled but now I’m so thankful that I can sync in the morning and have a day’s worth of articles downloaded from my favorite websites. I can’t wait to see if Marco has more surprises up his sleeve, but I’d be happy with the current version if he never added another thing!

Posted: December 15th, 2009 | Author: Mike | Filed under: Personal | No Comments »

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