Instapaper for Retina iPad

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Post by nsavant » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 4:32 AM UTC

Re: Instapaper for Retina iPad

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Post by pixelcort » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:07 AM UTC

I'm very impressed by the year over year continued refinements and improvements to Instapaper. Back in 2008[1] Marco mentioned he only spends a few hours a week on it. I wonder how many hours a week he spends on it these days.

[1]: http://blog.instapaper.com/post/60070053

Re: Instapaper for Retina iPad

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Post by jonursenbach » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:11 AM UTC

pixelcort wrote: post #2

I'm very impressed by the year over year continued refinements and improvements to Instapaper. Back in 2008[1] Marco mentioned he only spends a few hours a week on it. I wonder how many hours a week he spends on it these days. [1]: http://blog.instapaper.com/post/60070053

He left Tumblr back in 2010 to work full-time on it.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/21/marco-arment-instapaper/

Re: Instapaper for Retina iPad

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:11 AM UTC

pixelcort wrote: post #2

I'm very impressed by the year over year continued refinements and improvements to Instapaper. Back in 2008[1] Marco mentioned he only spends a few hours a week on it. I wonder how many hours a week he spends on it these days. [1]: http://blog.instapaper.com/post/60070053

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Re: Instapaper for Retina iPad

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Post by rdl » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:17 AM UTC

Instapaper is one of the main reasons I got an iPad 3.

Re: Instapaper for Retina iPad

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Post by theraven » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 5:20 AM UTC

pixelcort wrote: post #2

I'm very impressed by the year over year continued refinements and improvements to Instapaper. Back in 2008[1] Marco mentioned he only spends a few hours a week on it. I wonder how many hours a week he spends on it these days. [1]: http://blog.instapaper.com/post/60070053

After listening to the recent Build and Analyze podcasts, the 'threat' of readability has him very busy refining and cementing his vision for the app.

Re: Instapaper for Retina iPad

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Post by mds101 » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 6:05 AM UTC

rdl wrote: post #5

Instapaper is one of the main reasons I got an iPad 3.

That doesn't really make much sense. If reading articles is your main application for the device, why not buy the iPad 2 especially after the huge price drop?

Re: Instapaper for Retina iPad

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Post by hboon » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 6:09 AM UTC

mds101 wrote: post #7

rdl wrote: post #5

Instapaper is one of the main reasons I got an iPad 3.

That doesn't really make much sense. If reading articles is your main application for the device, why not buy the iPad 2 especially after the huge price drop?

Because the retina display makes it so much better for reading.

Re: Instapaper for Retina iPad

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Post by katabatic » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 6:16 AM UTC

mds101 wrote: post #7

rdl wrote: post #5

Instapaper is one of the main reasons I got an iPad 3.

That doesn't really make much sense. If reading articles is your main application for the device, why not buy the iPad 2 especially after the huge price drop?

It's the screen. My main motivation for upgrading to from the iPhone 3GS to the 4 was the Retina display, and it was important to me because I do a ton of reading on my phone. Much of it in Instapaper, actually.

Re: Instapaper for Retina iPad

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Post by vacri » Fri, Mar 16, 2012, 6:57 AM UTC

This is slightly embarrassing: Instapaper doesn’t show Retina-resolution graphics on the new iPad yet.

It's only slightly embarrassing for Apple's culture of product secrecy, which prevents them from releasing tools in time for devs to have gear ready for release.