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Developers Primed For iPad Gold Rush

  • PC World, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:45 PM
The iPad will no doubt rocket a few lucky apps to stardom, and some industry tastemakers say Instapaper Pro will be one of the first. Quite simply, the app presents newspaper and magazine articles in basic black-on-white text, and lets users flag interesting stories for later reading.

Instapaper presently offers an iPhone version, but its maker Marco Arment felt the need to go back to the drawing board for Apple's forthcoming tablet PC. Like many developers, however, Arment was not given the privilege of owning -- or even handling -- an iPad before its official launch, and therefore had to create his app in the dark.

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