This post should start by informing you that I consider myself an RSS addict. I need my information and it doesn't matter if I am mobile or in front of a computer... I need to be connected.
I have been using RSS on my mobile phone for along time now. It seems like I have tried every different mobile RSS reader out there. They all claim to be the best of the best and of course better than the competition. After many trials and tribulations I have narrowed this list down to one application that seems to work on all mobile platforms. I don't know about you but most of my friends use it as well. Is this because I push the product? No they see me using it and ask me about it. I haven't had anyone that inquired about it not wind up using it. There are a few different versions that seem to cover ALL the mobile platforms.
The application is Egress, this is a small lightweight application that does almost everything I want it to do. Egress allows for import and export of an OPML file (Dont know what this is? We will cover it later today!), image and pod cast downloading, clipping articles and so much more. The best part of all is the feed actually looks like it is supposed to look - SCORE! I have my Egress set to sync up every 2 hours and whenever i connect it to my desktop. It has been a long time since i got stuck with out any thing to read on the train! Egress devours RSS and Atom feeds leaving no feed left behind. I can use the joggr on my Windows Mobile device to hit up those feeds one handed and share articles with my friends.
The BIGGEST problems I had with other applications was their ability to freeze up my device. Now that is the one thing I can not tolerate - when an application makes my phone unusable. So feel safe in the fact that i have not had Egress crash on me once. Don't get me wrong every now an again it will choke on a feed but, Egress skips the feed after a default time out and moves on.
This application costs $13.00 and has a free trial that will get you hooked! It was written by Garish Kernels who provides his own customer service - and is wonderful! Hit that link for the download.
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· 915 weeks ago
Then I read about 200 feeds daily - now mind you I read some of them through online rss readers as well and i click through to visit the sites of the articles that most interest me.
Sloth I too was just like you - now its my phone I read wherever i go instead of a magazine. That i save for the office in between installs. Just to flip through.
I feel that I ingest all those feeds and get so many different peoples views from so many different categories. Magazines have an editorial group and are marketing you and your moneyz...
I have essentially put together my own MAGAZINE if you will of shit I care about and only I care about. Maybe some people have similar interests as me but my RSS list is customized for ME. I have a feed with my local weather, movies from my favorite theater, flickr stream from my favorite snappers (not always porn!), news from my favorite authors, results of Google or eBay searches, security alerts from random machines or my security feed of still pictures updated on motion.
I mean the possibilities are endless can your MAGAZINES or PAPERS do that? I sense if I had not gotten into the habit of reading the paper @ a young age i would be able to kick that as well.
Only a short time now before all media is digital anywayz... E-ink Anyone??
· 915 weeks ago
Strangely I read for pleasure and not only porn! I enjoy a good King or Koontz book. Sometimes I wander back to re-read some of my all time favorites like stranger in a strange land, the art of war or Breakfast of Champions.
But I have been staring @ a computer screen in one form or another since before puberty! I remember late nights on the 300 baud modem with the light from the monochrome monitor was the only thing shedding light on the room! But I digress
Technology Good!
· 915 weeks ago