Dear all,
I am running a Samsung i780 with WM6.1. I'd like to be able to read some RSS feeds, and have had some success in the past in using the free pRSSreader. That worked really well, but there is a feature missing that I would really like to have. I'm hoping that someone here might be able to recommend a suitable reader.
The problem with pRSSreader, was that I'd read postings that I thought were interesting and then flag them to read later. However, the program wouldn't keep them for later - instead it would ditch all the postings irrespective of whether they had been flagged or not.
So I'd like a way to either make a favourite posting list or save postings that I think are interesting, so I can read through them again at a later date.
Any ideas if there are some readers on the market with this functionality?
Many thanks,
Tom.
There's one called SpeeedReader that's worth checking out if you're a Google Reader user -- it hooks into your Google Reader account so your desktop and pocket feeds stay nicely in-sync.
The only problem is that it doesn't support finger scrolling and can be a bit crashy (at least on my Kaiser).
Thanks for the suggestions!
typo said:
There's one called SpeeedReader that's worth checking out if you're a Google Reader user -- it hooks into your Google Reader account so your desktop and pocket feeds stay nicely in-sync.
The only problem is that it doesn't support finger scrolling and can be a bit crashy (at least on my Kaiser).
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Thanks for the suggestions!
I went for YomoMedia Reader in the end, as it allows one to save
interesting posts whilst on the train and since its a web app (with a
PPC application), you can then view them on your PC in their full
glory when you get into work!
Cheers, Tom.
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yes every day there is the same question and thing I'm doing, looking to the web for news about new MS mobile devices..and now thinking about buying the Vox. But the only thing so far I couldn't live with is that there should be big delay when opening or closing the keyboard.
How do you rate this?
Its a few seconds...maybe more if you have many apps running in the backround, but then everything runs slow when thats happening on any WM device... dosent bother me...
Regards - John
To be honest in my opinion its not as bad as other make it seem, as long you keep tabs on the programs you have running in the background every now and not running with only 1mb free memory then you shouldn't have a problem. One tip you can try is disabling the sound it plays when switching views in the settings. Made the switch slightly faster in my opinion.
Without the Sound it is maybe 2 times faster..
thanks guys for your prompt answers!!
Do you have a clou whether the important progs like PocketInformant or AgendaOne are running without problems in landscape mode?
fire00 said:
thanks guys for your prompt answers!!
Do you have a clou whether the important progs like PocketInformant or AgendaOne are running without problems in landscape mode?
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I use AgendaOne and I haev not had an issue with it switching orientation. However Documents to Go has a problem as does SmartPhoneNotes - they will not fill the screen, you get a scroll-bar on the righe, pretty much making it still portrate..
John
hi John
I thought one doesn't need smartphonenotes anymore as WM6 should have its own notes taking application?
As well as Office Mobile (doc, xls, ppt) should be on board, isn't ?
I really don't see what the fuss is about speed of the screen rotation. Its not like it takes several minutes. Approx 1-3 seconds depending on what's running in the background is perfectly fine.
hi guys, I don't want to make the Vox bad, I'm asking because I had the same issue with HTC Hermes, which was also quite ok after I disabled the sound. It also depends on how many applications are installed, loaded in memory, how much memory is free etc. But reading one of the serious reviews like the one from mobile-review - I rather ask for opinions of users before I buy it.
Thank you all
Can somebody tell how is it with the mobile office? Is it really not included with Vox as I read also somewhere? And is there a mobile note application synchronizing with Outlook?
fire00 said:
Can somebody tell how is it with the mobile office? Is it really not included with Vox as I read also somewhere?
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I have it installed. It includes, adobe reader LE, Excel Mobile, Calculator, Powerpoint Mobile, Voice notes and Word Mobile.
rgrds
Björn
You can edit existing documents but you cannot create ones, correct?
How about the notes application - possible to synchronize them with desktop?
fire00 said:
hi John
I thought one doesn't need smartphonenotes anymore as WM6 should have its own notes taking application?
As well as Office Mobile (doc, xls, ppt) should be on board, isn't ?
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Yes it has them...but WM6 does not allow for creation of new items in Office Mobile (although there is a hack to get around that) but I personally find Documents to Go a better offering than what MS gives you. I have word docs sent via email that dont load in Word mobile (on WM5 or WM6) yet have no problem in DTG...
There is also a 3rd party notes app - but no way to Sync to Outlook, thus I use SmartPhoneNotes.
Regards - John
pinussen said:
I have it installed. It includes, adobe reader LE, Excel Mobile, Calculator, Powerpoint Mobile, Voice notes and Word Mobile.
rgrds
Björn
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You know...not to go way off topic here, but I thought I was going crazy one night because I could not figure out why there was no Calculator on the VOX...it never crossed my mind that it would be under "Office Mobile".... Since I never go in there with DTG installed - makes no sense at all to me for it to be in there...
My 2 cents
John
this is really a place one should go to - getting answers by like-minded people.
RE notes / synchronization - you know that there is a new beta out there of phatnotes by phatware? It supports WM6, might be a solution also for the landscape issue with smartphonenotes described by John...?
chybinj said:
You know...not to go way off topic here, but I thought I was going crazy one night because I could not figure out why there was no Calculator on the VOX...it never crossed my mind that it would be under "Office Mobile".... Since I never go in there with DTG installed - makes no sense at all to me for it to be in there...
My 2 cents
John
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Hehe.. had the same problem, I had to hunt around for it a while before finding it.
rgrds
Björn
fire00 said:
this is really a place one should go to - getting answers by like-minded people.
RE notes / synchronization - you know that there is a new beta out there of phatnotes by phatware? It supports WM6, might be a solution also for the landscape issue with smartphonenotes described by John...?
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Didn't know about it to be honest, will have to swing by their site and look it up.
I guess I should note that DTG and Smartphonenotes are landscape aware, I used them just fine on my BlackJack...and I noticed today actually that if you start them in landscape mode they auto-rotate just fine....its only when you start in portrait mode that they go whacky...
Take care - John
In case you guys haven't heard of it... Much better than Google Reader through PIE (my previous reader solution).
http://viigo.com/
NotShorty said:
In case you guys haven't heard of it... Much better than Google Reader through PIE (my previous reader solution).
http://viigo.com/
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I agree, I think this is a great application which is still being developed, but Microsoft has already featured it on their main Windows Mobile site. A friend of mine actually works for Viigo, and I can tell you that they do have a great team of developers who I'm sure will continue to make the program better.
Installing it and managing your feeds is a breeze, and the program just looks ultra-sweet. Hard to compete with Egress, but I currently have both on my PPC right now, and prefer to use Viigo for its clean looks and usability.
Can someone recommend a good RSS reader for the FUZE / WM6.1?
thanks.
Does the Fuze not come with an RSS reader (RSS Hub) like the Sprint Touch Pro?
If not, then i'll recommend pRSS Reader. Very nice freeware.
http://prssreader.en.softonic.com/pocketpc
RSS Hub is the best.
Beyond Pod
It does RSS and Pod Casts. I don't think it does Viedeo Pod Cast though. It is free and is easy to use.
http://www.beyondpod.mobi/
RSS Hub
LordLugard said:
Does the Fuze not come with an RSS reader (RSS Hub) like the Sprint Touch Pro?
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can someone extract and post the cab from the sprint TP?
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Beyond Pod
It does RSS and Pod Casts. I don't think it does Viedeo Pod Cast though. It is free and is easy to use.
http://www.beyondpod.mobi/
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I like this so far only issue is it does not seem to download the story headline pics... Is there a setting somewhere I am missing?
also is there a way to get it to launch opera when i click a link there web browser stinks
I wish Google Reader worked better on the Fuze. Google Reader owns all RSS feed readers.
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I wish Google Reader worked better on the Fuze. Google Reader owns all RSS feed readers.
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Just use the iPhone version at http://www.google.com/reader/i/ using Opera instead. For those on the Fuze, make sure that Opera is not using the MEdia Net proxy (uncheck http and https proxy in the proxy section of opera:config) and that the proxy is not enabled for MEdia Net (in the connections manager). The proxy screws up the Javascript so no stories show up. After that, it works just as well as it does on the iPhone.
I use Newsgator Go ... syncs with my desktop and the web so I can access feeds where-ever I am and not get confused as to what I have (or have not) read...
RSS Reader
I have used Insight (SPB) for the past year or two with no issues both on the Fuze and Tilt. You pay money, but stability and useability is good - especially on a cooked ROM (ROMeOS).
Try viigo.com.
It got more than RSS feeds.
rymonday said:
I like this so far only issue is it does not seem to download the story headline pics... Is there a setting somewhere I am missing?
also is there a way to get it to launch opera when i click a link there web browser stinks
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Um, on the Raphael, Opera is the default browser so BeyondPod will open in that. If you are not using a Raphael (Touch Pro) device, you can go into settings in BeyondPod and configure for the External Browser.
Google reader only, it's awesome
RSS Reader
When I had my Tilt, the RSS reader I used was Garish Kernels. It was on my home screen and would update every 10 minutes or so. Is there a similar program that I could get on my Fuze and have it on a TF3d tab? or better still on the home page? All the ones I've looked at so far, I have to put on my programs tab, and manually run it when I want it to update.
i could sworn on the HTC Wizard WM6.1 ROMs there was a TF3d tab for RSS. Anyway to get a plugin for our home screen?
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I wish Google Reader worked better on the Fuze. Google Reader owns all RSS feed readers.
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For people with google reader accounts, you should use SpeeedReader. Its pretty solid. Check it out!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=516168&highlight=SpeeedReader
I love newsgator.... online service and pda phone service as well....only downside is their PPC software isn't touch capable so you have to use the scroll bar .... but a great reader...easy to use.
Gotta agree on the Newsgator, always synced with my [email protected] and my workstation at home, so I'm not bugged by the same news over and over again
I must say I prefer pRSSreader. I've tried most of these and never found one which suited my needs: downloading pictures/podcasts for offline vieweing (such as before train journies).
I did try Egress 4.11 and that was an excellent application, but i found it crashed too many times when loading a lot of pictures from a news feed, when selected.
So, 'pRSSreader' is my vote! It downlaods everything you tell it to for offline viewing and sync's with Google Reader during updates!
As a shameless plug as well, I have made a pRSSreader icon modification set for my Touch Diamond as I was bored with the rather drab looking icons it comes with.
Check it out at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=528643
fyr196 said:
Beyond Pod
It does RSS and Pod Casts. I don't think it does Viedeo Pod Cast though. It is free and is easy to use.
http://www.beyondpod.mobi/
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i get vid & audio podcast with rss hub..rss hub would be perfect but it doesnt use the kinetic scrolling in the actual feed
I have been reading on a few sites trying to get more information about the WP7. I saw that MS and Amazon signed an agreement with each other to use technology from each other. One of the things that was included supposedly was the kindle reader technology. Has anybody read anything about a kindle software for WP7? I also read that at this point syncing with outlook locally wasn't supported. Is this true? I hope that it is. I use outlook at home to manage my contacts, email, and appointments. I would hope they would have that feature.
Wouldn't make much sense, reading books on a screen with backlights is a major pain.
I think they're referring to Flash and PDF
ElAguila said:
I have been reading on a few sites trying to get more information about the WP7. I saw that MS and Amazon signed an agreement with each other to use technology from each other. One of the things that was included supposedly was the kindle reader technology..
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Yes, WP7 will have a Kindle app, just like other OS's.
Nothing has been announced re: kindle.
No, WP7 does not sync with outlook locally. I'd suggest syncing up to Windows Live (windows live outlook connector will take care of this) and then to your phone.
I know nothing has been announced yet but I had read this article:
http://www.siftwire.com/microsoft-kindle-windows-7-phone-tech-amazon-ip-deal.html
I was wondering if there were any other articles out there that made reference to this.
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Wouldn't make much sense, reading books on a screen with backlights is a major pain.
I think they're referring to Flash and PDF
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Amazon =/= Adobe lol
Iridox said:
Amazon =/= Adobe lol
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Oops, read it wrong there.
It is too bad they didn't get the outlook sync feature in there. I know that you can use the outlook connector but I was kind of hoping for a single sync button. Oh well.
Can you guys help with a good RSS reader for windows mobile?
Pulse for Android is amazing...but i'm strugling to find a good one for WM. RSS HUB is very primitive...
Help.
Speed Reader
You may subscribe to your feeds using Google reader, and use "Speed Reader" for winmo, it's a Google Reader client for winmo
search for it @ (freewarepocketpc dot net) it's free
I don't think there is an RSS reader for WM that is visually enhanced like Pulse reader.
You can try for instance Egress, SpeedReader, GoTouch, Newsbreak, SmartRssTouch. I have used all of them for a while and from my experience the last two (Newsbreak and SmartRssTouch) are the best - stable and easy to use. With rest I have got few issues, like Egress looks nice but is laggy and freezing while updating, with SpeedReader I could not log on and GoTouch, which is nice visually but does not display feeds correctly.
edit: forgot YomoMedia Reader, you might try it as well, though not my cup of tea.
I have tried all the free rss readers which can be found on the net and final come to
Yomomedia , this is best one you can trust & worth to use.
Maybe it sounds strange, but i found that most comfortable for me for reading rss is opera mobile. It's simple and ... err.. ok, comfortable