But, if you work smart and manage your time, you could actually cut that time down to just a few minutes, with a little help from your smartphone. By saving those web pages, you can enjoy reading your favorite articles on the way to work or way to home, even when you’re not online. Here are some ways to do that.
This is my favorite app that I use everyday to save important articles to read whenever I want, like a boss. Pocket lets you save web pages as text and enjoy easy reading on a user friendly interface. Once you enter a URL to Pocket, it simply gets rid of all the unnecessary stuff like the ads, widgets on that page and just saves the text and important images on Pocket. Then you can sync your account with Pocket smartphone app to download those files onto your phone to read whenever you want.
Adobe Reader
If Pocket is not an option for you you can use this method. This is a little unorthodox way of offline reading and involves heavy work. I don’t recommend it for newbies. But it does come om handy when saving Wiki pages, forum posts and other website pages that doesn’t support Pocket. If you’re up for it, here’s what you have to do – 1.Get Google Chrome. 2.Whenever you want to save a webpage hit CTRL+P. 3. From the print page box select “Save as PDF” as destination. 4. Hit save to store the page as a PDF file. 5. Transfer the PDF file to your phone to read it using Adobe Acrobat. This is useful for reading long articles.
Feedly + Evernote
If you’re using Feedly, then you must know that it supports many other services like One Note, Pocket, Instapaper, allowing you to instantly save a website feed to your connected account. You can use this method to save an entire webpage on Evernote. It’s only a one click away. If you’re familiar with IFFT, you can set it up to save pages automatically.
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Instapaper
This is a last resort to use only if you’re dissatisfied with all the above options because this app costs $2.99 for Android and $4.49 for iOS. Compared to Pocket, this app is not really worth it. But, it does come with some handy features like Video saving, easy categorizing with folders, Dictionary and Wikipedia lookups and more. So, if you’re willing to spend a few bucks, this app could work for you.
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