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    Evernote-Rival SpringPad Now Supports Honeycomb And Offers Offline Access Via Chrome Web App

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    Monday, May 9th, 2011
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    Evernote rival Springpad is announcing support for Android Honeycomb tablets and is also debuting offline access via its popular chrome web app.

    Similar to Evernote, Springpad serves as a multi-platform digital notebook. The service allows you to jot down notes, save websites, images and more. Springpad will then categorizes your saved content, and allows you to share your notes, set reminders and more. The app goes a step farther to analyze your content and then serve you alerts to relevant news, offers and deals. The app’s semantic data technology allows you to save products, books, movies, recipes and more, and automatically get enhanced information, including price drops, local availability and coupons.

    The support for Honeycomb includes features such as optimized display for the larger screen size and configurable widgets to create, save and view their notes for immediate access on the tablet homescreen. The app delivers cross browser and app sharing making it easy to save information from other sites and apps. Springpad’s Chrome web app, which is ranked as one of the top 20 most popular apps in the Chrome Web Store, allows users instant and universal access to their Springpad account, even when offline.

    Honeycomb tablet support is significant for Springpad because the app’s growth has been fueled by mobile adoption. Nearly half of its users are using its Android app and a third are using Springpad via an iOS device.

    Evernote has around 9 million users now and SpringPad just passed the million mark so the startup definitely has a ways to go. But the company’s ability to add intelligence to notetaking and possibly monetize off of users with personalized deals, content and more could help boost usage.

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    Company: Spring Partners
    Website: springpad.com
    Launch Date: January 9, 2008
    Funding: $5.82M

    Springpad is a social, smart cloud-based application that helps you discover, save, share and act on the things that matter most. Created by Boston-based Spring Partners and available for free for iOS, Android and on the Web, Springpad’s smart notebooks help you make better decisions. When you come across something you want to remember, quickly add it to Springpad on the web, from your phone, or via email. It automatically organizes and enhances the data you’ve stored with useful...

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