InstaPaper for Kindle now more Kindle-like
By Donald Melanson 
posted January 22nd 2010 12:34PM
posted January 22nd 2010 12:34PM
InstaPaper's "read later" bookmarking service was already a pretty handy way to get any article or web page onto your Kindle, but it looks like the company's now taken a considerable leap forward in usability with its latest update. Nothing's changed in the way you actually get articles onto the Kindle (via wireless delivery or .mobi files), but once they're loaded up you'll now have a decidedly more Kindle-like experience. That includes being able to tap left or right between articles downloaded from a site and, perhaps most notably, you'll also now get a convenient table of contents that can be accessed from any article by pressing the back button. Those using wireless delivery will also now see old InstaPaper files moved to the "Periodicals: Back Issues" folder as new ones come in, rather than see them fill up their home screen. Sound like just the thing you've been waiting for? Hit up the link below to get started.
I hope they've patented it good, before apple assimilates the concept into its tablet.
Dead trees are dead.
It's Instapaper and the "company" is @marcoarment.
Wow, had no idea that you could send instapaper stuff to Kindle. Nifty.
You can already do this with the open source software, Calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/), and you don't have to pay for the wireless delivery via whispernet. In addition to being able to sync your Instapaper feeds, it will also grab 100's of other feeds (including Engadget, Wired, ZDNet, Ars Technica, etc).
This seems pretty interesting. Instapaper gives you a toolbar button to click, and then you go to Instapaper and you will see an inventory of all the articles you have clicked on. By clicking a KINDLE button, it quickly downloads a comprehensive file (like a multichapter book) of all the articles in MOBI format. Then, you can (a) email to your kindle, (b) drag to your kindle, or (c) probably read on the laptop with the Kindle app for Windows. It would be nice if it could auto-email to your kindle and you would not have the extra manual drag or email handiwork with the MOBI file.