
It can even parse multi-page content for you, saving the entire article or forum thread, for example, not just the first page. But where Instapaper cleans up and reformats text for easier reading, Spool works with any media type, whether it be text, audio or video. Like Instapaper, there’s also this idea that what works on the Web isn’t necessarily what works well on mobile. Simply put, Spool works like an evolved version of Instapaper, the popular service that saves long-form Web articles for later reading either on your computer, iPhone, iPad or Kindle. And because Spool is intelligent, it knows what part of a webpage to save, and what part to discard.
FORMAT INSTAPAPER OFFLINE
Any Internet content, including audio, video and text, can be made available for immediate, offline viewing on mobile, simply by using the Spool app, browser add-on or bookmarklet. On an iPod Touch or other standalone media player, you need a Wi-Fi signal in order to browse the Web.īut with Spool, you don’t have to think about these sorts of things. On iOS devices, for example, you can’t watch Flash videos without serious workarounds.


Spool is a new service aimed at addressing the problem created by the multi-device, multi-screen environment we now live in, where the content consumption experience can vary widely from platform to platform.
