When you are going through WWW you come across with many interesting content. If they are lengthy textual content, computer monitor is not a good way to read it. Even if you have a Smartphone or a tablet, still it won’t solve the problem.

But if you have a Kindle with e-ink display, that is the ideal way to read textual content without eye strain. But how to read web pages on that kind of device? Some of those are coming with wi-fi connectivity, but more of them are not.

In that case you can convert web pages you need to read in PDF format and then read on e-ink display. This sounds like a plan, but how to convert webpage to PDF format.

I tried many HTML to PDF converter, but most of them were doing not so good job. The main thing I was looking for is customize the PDF to a reader friendly format rather than just convert the original web page to PDF.

Finally, I came to know this online tool PrintFriendly.com which is doing a great job when converting HTML to PDF and printing them as well. Today, it’s under Notes Of Genius post light.

How to Use PrintFriendly?

• Go to PrintFriendly home page
• There you can see a text box to enter the URL you need to be converted to PDF.
• Enter your URL there and click on print preview.
• It will take you to the print preview of the given web page instantaneously.
• There you have several options to make the final PDF file the way you want it such as text size and remove images.
• By clicking on sections in print preview you can remove them easily.
• After modifying the print preview, you can directly print it or convert it to PDF with just one click.

Now you have highly readable PDF as the output from the PrinterFriendly.com. All you have to do is transfer this to your e-ink tablet and enjoy it.

Even if you take the print out, yes it will be highly readable and not having complex styling as the original web site.

Tags: #Converter

Smartphone market is getting hotter day by day and especially 2012 is a eventful year. Lots of path changing things happened such as introduction of many Smartphone and tablets in various events, introduction of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and when I’m writing this we are just few hours away from Apple iPhone 5 launch.

As a consumer this competition gives too much information for you. You can’t really decide which phone to buy or what is the best one. If you have already made up your mind to go for an Apple product, the best thing that you can do is wait few hours till iPhone 5 comes. But if you like to go for an Android phone, what is the best one out there?

Galaxy Nexus vs Galaxy SIII

After few minutes of online research, any one would narrow down your scope to Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III and Galaxy Nexus. Galaxy Notes II is actually hybrid device, designed for specific needs. If that’s the one you need, search ends there. But if you feel like it’s too big, you have to continue with Galaxy S III and Galaxy Nexus.

Galaxy S III is having Quad Core processor, 4.8 inch Super AMOLED plus display, Scratch proof Gorilla Glass II, expandable storage, 8 MP shooter and 2100 mAh battery.

On the other hand Galaxy Nexus is having Dual Core processor, 4.65 inch Super AMOLED display. Couture display, 16 GB internal storage, 5 MP shooter and 1720 mAh battery.

After reading above facts you will say Samsung Galaxy S III is the best Android Smartphone to buy. But in real life, that not the case.

Galaxy Nexus is having latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Project butter gives it super smooth operations like never before. Samsung Galaxy S III comes with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. If you do a side by side comparison, you will come to know that Galaxy Nexus is way faster regardless of stronger hardware muscle in Galaxy S III. In addition factory unlocked price of Galaxy Nexus is $349 while Galaxy S III is sitting around $600.

Now you must have changed your mind about Galaxy S III and thinking Galaxy Nexus is the best Android Smartphone in the market. But it’s not that simple.

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on Galaxy S III

If you are not considering price as a serious factor, only difference between Galaxy S III and Galaxy Nexus is its operating system. If you can get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on Galaxy S III, it will be the best Android Smartphone ever introduced to the market. According to Samsung, around October they will release official Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OTA update for Galaxy S III.

If you can’t wait that long you can try CyanogenMod 10. However in order to get this done you will have to unlock boot loader and root your phone which will void the warranty. And it require certain level of technical knowledge as well.

Conclusion

In short Galaxy Nexus is the best Android Smartphone in the market, till Samsung release Jelly Bean update for Galaxy S III or you flash it with CyanogenMod 10. If you are not sensitive to the price factor, go for Samsung Galaxy S III, wait till Jelly Bean update, of get CyanogenMod 10. Then you will be the owner of the best Smartphone in the world.

If you like to get pure Android experience for good price, your phone is Galaxy Nexus. It’s still the best Android Smartphone in the market, till Galaxy S III get it’s official Jelly Bean update.

Tags: #Android #Ice Cream Sandwich #Jelly Bean #Nexus #Samsung #Smartphone

Internet speeds are getting better by the day and along with that desktop applications are getting replaced by internet applications. Thanks to latest technology and with the improved connectivity they can work fast as installed applications. These are called as Rich Internet Applications and I talked about them many time before.

The major problem with Rich internet application is a conventional browser is not a good platform to run them. Previously I talked about Mozilla Prism, a specialized platform to run rich internet application, yet the project is discontinued. Then what are the other alternatives?

The next solution is Application Shortcuts in Google Chrome. Let’s see how it works.

Steps to Follow

• Go to the rich internet application which you want to convert to a desktop application with Google Chrome
• In Google Chrome go to Customize and Control -> Tools -> Create Application Shortcuts

• Once you click on that it will give you a pop up

• In here you can select where you need the application shortcuts.
• In addition Google Chrome will automatically grab application icon as displayed above.
• Once you click create it will place the application shortcut in the selected locations.
• Then you can run the Rich internet application as any other desktop application just by double clicking on it.
• If you want the application to be run on windows start up, move the application shortcut in to Start menu -> Startup folder.

The process is simple as that. Below is a screenshot of YouTube.com which is converted to a desktop application using Google Chrome application shortcuts.

Chrome Application Shortcut vs Mozilla Prism

• Both come for Free.
• Mozilla Prism project is discontinued and Google Chrome continues to develop. Therefore Google Chrome supports all the latest web technology while Mozilla Prism is not.
• Mozilla Prism is a totally independent platform while Google Chrome is sharing its default browsing engine.
• Mozilla Prism is separately allocating resources for its application while Google Chrome treats it as another tab, yet opens in a separate window.
• If chrome got crashed all the converted application also get crashed. Mozilla Prism work totally independently.
• In Mozilla prism you can choose your own Application icon. Google Chrome auto-grab it online. In most of the cases auto-grabbed icons are having less resolution.
• In Mozilla Prism you can display progress bar, address bar and navigation buttons if required. In Google chrome it comes as a plain window.
• All the extensions you installed for Google Chrome will also be available for application shortcuts. (Ex: Internet Download Manager). Mozilla Prism doesn’t inherit plug-ins installed in Mozilla Firefox.
• Google Chrome application shortcuts are having better browser integration.

• Hardware: Intel Core i5 2nd Gen // 4GB DDR2
• OS: Windows 7 Home Premium // 64 Bit
• Browser: Google Chrome Version 23.0.1271.91 m

Conclusion

When it comes to latest technology and performance, Google Chrome application shortcuts take the lead. But when it comes to customization and independent operations Mozilla Prism take the lead. No matter how good Google Chrome is, it keeps crashing. In that case Mozilla Prism is my savior. The setup I use in my personal computer is,

• Default browser: Google Chrome (Its loads rapidly, less resource consuming and render pages fast )
• Rich Internet application Platform: Mozilla Prism (Its run totally independently,Customizable, Application will not affected by Google chromes frequent crashes)

You may try out both the platforms and share your experience here.

Tags: #Chrome #Google #Rich Internet Applications