July 13th, 2008
See that? I’m looking at a webpage while in airplane mode. Thanks to Tumblr’s own Marco and his essential Instapaper app, the internet is now ubiquitous. If you’re an internet addict who’s out of connectivity often (like, say, on a subway system or most airplanes or while spelunking), this might be the most useful app there is. Another theoretical use: If you’re stuck on Edge and understandably annoyed with its crap performance, sync your Instapaper account via wifi before you head out to Edge-only land. You won’t have to wait an hour for pages to load, since they’re already downloaded to your device.

See that? I’m looking at a webpage while in airplane mode. Thanks to Tumblr’s own Marco and his essential Instapaper app, the internet is now ubiquitous. If you’re an internet addict who’s out of connectivity often (like, say, on a subway system or most airplanes or while spelunking), this might be the most useful app there is.

Another theoretical use: If you’re stuck on Edge and understandably annoyed with its crap performance, sync your Instapaper account via wifi before you head out to Edge-only land. You won’t have to wait an hour for pages to load, since they’re already downloaded to your device.

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