Pearltrees Arrives On Android, Wants To Become The File Manager For The Post-PC Era. Pearltrees, the visual and collaborative library that lets you easily organize and bookmark information in tree-like structures, finally launched its Android app for phones and tablets today.
The service started out on the web in 2009 and then came to the iPad in 2011 and the iPhone last year. Android, however, as the company’s CEO Patrice Lamothe told me last week, was always one of the most requested platforms, and the team also expects this launch to help it quickly grow its user base. Pearltrees for Android goes live. Pearltrees can best be described as a visual and collaborative library that allows users to easily curate and keep track of their favorite subjects.
Earlier this week, Pearltrees for Android went live, taking full advantage of the operating system's capabilities across smartphones and tablets powered by the OS. “What makes this Android version so special is that it is a true file manager developed for the post PC world," Pearltrees spokesperson Oliver Starr told TG Daily. "The visual design lets contributors add, organize and retrieve everything naturally, while providing a totally coherent experience on every platform. Pearltrees Hits Android, as it Prepares to Become a File Manager.
Pearltrees is a content curation startup that we’ve been tracking for some time now, and today it’s launching an app on Android.
However, there’s a twist, as the launch points towards an expansion of exactly what this service is all about. As with the Web and iOS versions of Pearltrees, the Android app allows you to create, share and explore mindmap-style ‘trees’ of content. So, I could create a tree of articles, images and notes related to a particular theme and then if you searched Pearltrees for that theme, you’d find my tree and related ones by other people. Pearltrees launches Android app, makes leap into file management. Android users looking for a novel way to organize your information, look no further.
Pearltrees announced that its app is finally launching to Android phones, and the platform is adding some Android-like functionality. From the get-go Pearltrees will support 2,500 Android devices and 98.3 percent of Android operating systems, which is commendable considering the varying assortment of screen sizes and should-be-retired Android OS’ that are still in use out there. “Tiny” screen sizes for obvious reasons – considering the need to navigate through trees of information – won’t benefit from the update. Pearltrees: Visual Collaborative Content Curation for Android. Pearltrees is a powerful application that allows people to browse and organize web content visually.
This “crowed sourced library”, started on the desktop web in 2009, became mobile in 2011 with the launch of the iPad application soon followed by the iPhone version in 2012. Pearltrees counts now over 2 million monthly active users who have collected 50 million pearls, the iPad and iPhone apps are consistently rated 5 stars and have been downloaded more than a million times. Today, Android users will be able to access Pearltrees from the Google Play store, the application is free and there are currently three discounted Premium versions that offer privacy settings with 1 GB storage for $1.99 per month, with high priority support and 3 GB storage for $3.99 per month.The high-end version, currently priced at $9.99, in addition to the privacy control and high priority support, offers 10 GB storage, customization features, backup and encryption. Welcome to Forbes. ポストPC時代のファイルマネージャを自称するPearltrees, やっとAndroidにも.
ブックマーク情報をツリー状に視覚化するPearltreesの、Androidアプリ（携帯とタブレット）がついに出た。
2009年にWeb上で始まった同サービスは、2011年にiPad、昨年iPhone用が出た。 CEOのPatrice Lamotheによると、Androidのリクエストもたいへん多かったので、このローンチでユーザベースが一挙に拡大するだろう、という。 Lamotheによると、Androidには柔軟性があるので、デベロッパは共有やブックマーキングを扱いやすい。 そのため、同社のビジョンである“ポストPC時代のファイルマネージャになること”、がAndroidの上で初めて完全に実現できる。 つまりAndroid上のPearltreesでは、アプリケーション（Flipboardなど）からのコンテンツとWebのコンテンツを一緒にブックマークして整理できる…ほかのプラットホームではそれは非常に困難だった。 チームは、Androidデバイスの多様性への対応に力を入れた。 Pearltreesはこれまで、1150万ドルの資金を調達している。
[原文へ] （翻訳：iwatani(a.k.a. hiwa)） [Interview] Patrice Lamothe, PDG de Pearltrees, annonce le lancement de l'application Android. 5 raisons de télécharger l'application Pearltrees sur son smartphone. "L'arbre à perles", traduction de "Pearltrees", est à la base un simple classeur, un peu comme les favoris que nous avons sur les navigateurs.
L'idée est de pouvoir ranger les perles, potentiellement chaque page web, en les classant en fonction de leur thématique. Jusque là, rien de révolutionnaire diront les puristes. Effectivement, via nos favoris ou sites de "bookmarks", on pouvait déjà mettre de côté tout type de page web. Pearltrees arrive sur Android. Pearltrees débarque sur Android. L'application de bookmarking collaboratif « Pearltrees » est désormais disponible pour les plateformes Android.
En plus des fonctionnalités disponibles sur la version web du service, celle-ci accueille ce que l'éditeur appelle « un gestionnaire de fichiers », qui facilite le partage de contenus depuis d'autres applications installées sur son terminal. Pearltrees fait partie des outils dits de « curation de contenus ». Il permet à ses utilisateurs de partager et découvrir les meilleurs contenus du web (« perles ») classés dans des structures arborescentes (arbres à perles). Le service permet également de collaborer en équipe, de suivre et commenter les contenus organisés par d'autres membres.
El servicio de curación de contenidos Pearltrees llega a Android. 20 best Android apps this week. It's time for our weekly roundup of brand new and notable apps for Android smartphones and tablets.
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The initial giddiness has worn off, and in its wake you’ve found yourself knee deep in sweat and exhaustion. We’re here to help. This week’s Android apps are all about organisation and giving you the tools you need to find that inner peace we all so desperately crave. Whether it’s keeping you up to date on news or giving you a notification centre you’ve missed, we’ve got you covered. Control right: Want iOS 7‘s notification centre but don’t have an iOS device? Timeline Photos. Photos du journal. Timeline Photos. Timeline Photos.