The Evolution of Technology

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If you don’t have Read It Later already installed on your Android, I don’t know, maybe you don’t like reading. Or maybe you, like many other Android users, don’t like paying for apps. If it’s the former, well, this isn’t going to excite you much. If it’s the latter, then you’re in luck. Last week they announced a free version of the app that actually covers most of the basic functions. That is, you can now get one of the most popular Android apps for free without losing too much from the paid version. You can still add articles from anywhere and read them on your Android (or any other device). That’s all you really need, and you no longer need to pony up three bucks for it.

The idea behind Read It Later, for the uninitiated, is to create a universal reading list that you can access anywhere. Find an article while browsing around on your computer? Click the browser plug-in and the articles goes to your queue. Find something on your Android that you’d rather read on your computer? Same deal. Basically, it lets you take articles you find anywhere and read them at any time, on any device. Apparently many media outlets have called it “a DVR for the web,” which isn’t too far off. You might be familiar with Instapaper, which is similar application.

A few weeks ago I went through an experiment to see if Google’s Honeycomb music player really could sync my music with the cloud. It was a valiant effort, I think, but ultimately it failed. In the meantime I did find plenty to like about the Honeycomb music player. Thanks to a development that surfaced this morning, we can now download an updated version of the app. The screenshots make it look a bit different than the original Honeycomb music player, so it’s probably worth the download.

The story, in a nutshell: Tech site Tech From 10 noticed that a new version of the Android Market had been loaded on their Galaxy S phone. This was apparently a test sent out by Google, perhaps in error. There were plenty of test apps included in this market, including Music version 3.0. Well, now that’s interesting. Thankfully, those intrepid folks extracted the APK, so that we can all download and enjoy it. This morning has been hectic enough to prevent me from installing, but I’ll present a full report once I do.