Pro hits Android
We've all been there, cruising by some news in a browser only to think "Man, I don't have time for this whole article." At that point you have two options: type "tl; Dr. "in the article comments and smug continue with your life, or call on one of the many services that let you cache content for later perusal. Read it Later Pro is one of the more popular and, with support for a flurry of platforms, makes it easy to start reading one thing in one place and later retrieval that thing on a different place. With the release of an Android version you now have even more places at your disposal. We pulled this new addition, $ 99 from the Android market and gave it a spin.

The idea is very simple, similar to instapaper and such. In fact, Google's own Chrome phone functionality has much the same concept: you read something in the Web browser of your computer, want to finish on your phone so that you have a tangling and it appears on your handset. But, read it Later Pro is more extensive than that of course you want to read links later, but the app will proactively download text and images, so you that content on a plane in the air or a train in a tunnel can read.

On the app you'll be presented with options or text and graphics or text only needs to be downloaded, or indeed anything at all if you complete and total confidence in your data connection. You can also choose whether or not the integrated browser itself referred to as mobile or desktop--handy for those who like scrolling. Unfortunately we could not get videos and other Flash content to display within the app, but that's not much of a surprise considering the app is called Read it Later, Watch it Later.

Pro hits Android
There are plug-ins and smart bookmarks that can be added to just about every desktop browser in existence, making it just a click or two for you to add content to your list. Read it Later has been added to the share menu, which means that you can quickly add content from your mobile browser or a bunch of other apps on Android. Once added, we found it takes around five to 10 seconds for a new link appears in the app itself, and maybe so long again the content depending on the size of the item to download. You can also apply tags to entries for filtering purposes and of course mark as read to clear them from.

Ultimately it is a convenient app. "article default view" does a good job of simplifying content for readability on smaller screens, and that you can send as many things as you want and they want to read when you but is definitely fun. Ground-breaking revolution in mobile reading? Neu Worth. 99? Sure--if you read things.

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