Currents replacement

[monarols]

Hi all,

I was using "Currents" to read IT news from various sites, and now its gone

It was great because it would download all the complete stories and images from each site whilst it was connected to my home wi-fi.

I don't have a 3g data connection at work, but was able to read all the stories and view pics as they were all on my phone. (None of this 1 paragraph, then a link to view on the web)

Now Currents has gone, is there any other offline newsreader that will download all the stories and pix (on an interval basis) so the complete article will be available offline?

Many thanks,

Chris.
Perth, Western Australia

 

[gtbarry]

Pocket: free, but has a lot of permissions
Instapaper: Paid (US$3)

Both have the ability to download full articles and pics for offline reading. While you are in an article in a browser, all you do is "Share" and then to the app.

Both are in Play Store.

 

[Stuntman]

I use Pulse: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alphonso.pulse

 

[monarols]

Pocket: free, but has a lot of permissions
Instapaper: Paid (US$3)

Both have the ability to download full articles and pics for offline reading. While you are in an article in a browser, all you do is "Share" and then to the app.

Both are in Play Store.

Would I be right in saying you have to view the article either on your PC or tablet first then share it later to pocket for offline reading?

With Currents, I don't remember sharing anything. I just preselected which feeds I would like to view, and it downloaded the latest articals (up to the point that I disconnected from my home wi-fi) I think I had it updating every 4 hours or something.

Obviously there were full articals you may not have been interested in, but the complete stories and pix were on the phone.

I had Pulse a while ago, but ditched it in favor of Currents, as I couldn't see a way to read offline (ie: downloading like currents app did at selected intervals)

I will have a look at pocket anyway

Many thanks,

Chris

 

[gtbarry]

Would I be right in saying you have to view the article either on your PC or tablet first then share it later to pocket for offline reading?

you can save full articles when you are browsing on a desktop or mobile device and then view the full article on your mobile in the app or on your desktop. They both sync your articles to and from mobile/desktop via your account.

Both cases, you read the full article on your phone without data.

 

[boathead]

i'm not quite understanding. play newsstand replaced currents. it was an automatic shift for me. and while the UI is a bit different, i like newsstand just fine, and it does support off line reading.

this should have been a seemless transition????

flyne is an offline reader.

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=flyne

 

[mplevy]

In Play Newsstand, you can select each source and choose to "Keep on Device". I would presume that automatically downloads new stories for that source and caches them for viewing offline.

 

[Deleted User]

OP: Flipboard has a "Fetch for Offline" option. I don't use it, but it might be worth checking out.

 

[monarols]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I tried the news stand and flipboard. Looks like newstand will auto sync my subscriptions. The only thing it dosn't seem to do that currents did was have mark all as read, but I can live with that. Thanks again all!