Charlestown based Springpad‘s app keeps you organized, making it easy for you to save and remember anything — from your grocery list to that wine you had at dinner the other night. Given the apps use case, it is imperative that Springpad be available anywhere and everywhere you are. This ensures the app remains top of mind for continued use, as the more you invest in saving things and organizing your life with Springpad the more apt you are to continue to use it.
Springpad is constantly taking its core app and making it available on a variety of platforms and scenarios because of this (and especially given its competition with the alternative, Evernote) — from your phone to your laptop, and even in situations when you don’t have access to the Internet. Yesterday the company announced Honeycomb support for its Android app as well as offline access to its Google Chrome web app. The announcement aligns with the company’s inclusion and feature at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco today and tomorrow.
Honeycomb is the name of the latest version release of the Android operating system (Android 3.0) that is built specifically for tablets, offering support for larger screen devices and introducing many new user interface features. Many of the most popular non-Apple tablets like the Motorola Xoom, Galaxy and NOOK Color run on Honeycomb. While the iPad is the dominant tablet player, Android tablet devices will soon catch up to Apple’s first mover advantage in the space (similar to Android smartphones moving into iPhone territory over the last two years). The feature release means Springpad has a first mover advantage on Android tablets, as it is in fact the only smart note taking app currently offered there.
The company’s Google Chrome web app (ranked in the top 20 most popular apps in the Chrome Web Store) now also caches and syncs what you save on Sprinpad, allowing you to access the app and its contents even when you do not have internet access. Likewise, any information you save while offline within the app will automatically sync across devices when connection is restored.
“With over 50% of the user base accessing Springpad on more than one device, the addition of offline browser and Android tablet support gives our users even more flexibility to work with the information they care about most,” said Jeff Janer, CEO of Springpad. “Our award winning categorization, sync and alerts technology helps users save time and money. Whether saving recipes on the web, accessing a grocery list and coupons on a phone, or watching a cooking technique video on a tablet while cooking, we make it easy. This seamless experience is why more than 400,000 recipes and more than 16,000,000 items have been saved to Springpad.”
Over 1 million people actively use Springpad, and these users can now enjoy even more seamless experiences with the app.
