What is the best 'read later' app for ubiquitious sync (cross-OS, mobile-support, offline)?

I don't really use an application, unless you mean a web application. I've been using Pinboard.in to bookmark items to read later. It doesn't reformat a page, it's just a bookmarking site that uses javascript bookmarklets to save items or call items back up. It doesn't have offline functionality, but wireless or 3g connectivity is so ubiquitous I can read pages pretty much everywhere.

If there's a news article I want to read offline later, I either bookmark it and read it when I'm at another computer, or I just bring up the print-formatted version of the page, if one is offered, and then save it as a pdf.

A lot of people really like Evernote. I think it does what you're looking for. There's a stand-alone app, browser integration, and mobile access. One nice thing about it is that you can store anything in it. It will even perform OCR on images if you wish. I'd definitely check it out.




I've found that if I'm browsing a lot of content an RSS reader tends to do a better job than hopping around from site to site. Google Reader does a great job of consolidating all my feeds. You can also set Google alerts to dump to a feed, which is nice if you're searching for specific content. It offers you the ability to 'star' headlines you'd like to get back to and has a excellent notes feature. It also has vi key bindings for folks that prefer not to have their fingers leave the keyboard. The mobile interface is pretty decent as well.