RSS Readers for iPhone

1 08 2008

Do you subscribe to RSS?

I have used several RSS readers in the past and my favorite one is NetNewsWires that is put out by NewsGator. NetNewsWire (http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/Default.aspx) is one of the many clients that are available for reading RSS feeds. For instance: I have the NetNewWire for the iPhone, I use the Outlook plug-in clint on my desktop, and the web version (they also have a stand-a-lone client also). They all require that you have an account with NewGator and they are all sync. That is the sweet part of it. It I read a message / feed on the iPhone, it is marked as read on the web as well as in Outlook. You can manage your RSS feeds from the web or the desktop client. I use the web version to add and remove feeds and have them automatically updated on the iPhone. There are several other ways to add feeds. NewsGator also is not selfish, it will allow you to export your feeds to anthor (say Google) and vice versa. The only drawback I found was that the present verions (1.0.7) does not allow (currently) me to download full articles for offline reading.

Pros: Free (Client and service), Groupings, Marking who groups as read : Cons: No Offline viewing of full articles

 

The other RSS reader I like is:

Byline – Basically all you need is Google Reader account to subcribe to websites. More indept review: http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/07/17/minireview-byline-rss-reader-for-the-iphoneipod-touch

Pros: Ablitiy to download mark RSS stories for offline viewing of full articles : Cons: $9.99, No Grouping

VirtueSoft – I have not had the ability to purchase, download, and evalute. So far reading it on the App store, kinda impressive. Two apps in one Blogging and RSS. I do see that it supports geo-tagging for photos.


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