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NetNewsWire iPhone App Updated – Bug Fixes | Just Another iPhone Blog — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:53:33 +0000

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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:34:54 +0000

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By: patrickj

patrickj — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:14:36 +0000

In reply to Ran Enrico Magen.

I have actually, in both its web app form and the native app when it came out. Have heard others who like it a lot. I always got bored waiting for it to really learn anything or show me anything interesting. I kept hearing that it would take very little effort on my part for it to learn, and that it didn't 'need' to sync with Google Reader – and for me it never learned much and I wanted it to sync so it could learn better.

Anyway, others mielage may vary – but I never cared for it.

By: Ran Enrico Magen

Ran Enrico Magen — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:36:22 +0000

Have you tried my6sense?
(full disclosure: I work @ my6sense, but I read your blog, and just wondered if you gave it a chance..?)

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:39:49 +0000

In reply to Ron Thompson. Hi Ron. Just for reference, NetNewsWire does let you share to Twitter and via email, though not yet to Facebook. And as for customization of feeds, that can of course be done via Google Reader.

By: Ron Thompson

Ron Thompson — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:55:34 +0000

I used a news reader/ podcast catcher on my old Verizon(WinMo) Samsung i730…. Also Mobipocket for WinMo…
On the iPhone I like Express and Newstand… Great UI's and Newstand lets you (share)send links to stories to your twitter/ FB pages from within the program. There is some customization as to what sites/ pages/ you wish to subscribe to…

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:19:59 +0000

In reply to Adan. Yeah, they've said they'll be another update mid-October. Then again, last update was promised to fix the issue as well, and did not for me.

By: Adan

Adan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:26:57 +0000

In reply to patrickj. Oh, that's a real shame. I have noticed that it does crash on my iPod Touch, but working flawlessly on the 3GS. I know they are working on an update, so maybe after that...

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By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:03:30 +0000

I thought MobileRSS looked promising and have been keen to try it. Unfortunately, since buying it in late August it has never successfully launched even once for me – it always crashes back to the home screen when trying to sync feeds. I have applied each of its updates, removed and reinstalled, talked to the developers ever since late August – and still have never been able to open the app.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:35:18 +0000

In reply to Josh Gard. Glad to hear you're having a good experience with it as well Josh. :)

By: patrickj

patrickj — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:47:26 +0000

In reply to Derick Valadao.

Hi Derick. I have been thinking of doing a 'roundup' type post, covering several native RSS apps, for quite a while. It's one of those I just haven't got together as yet. I may revive that as a project.

As for elaborating on the comparative sync speeds / perfomance, I have not not done timed tests – but I have worked with a good number of RSS apps and not seen any that match NNW. Now I have not used Byline for some time – so I may never have seen it's best sync performance – but I do recall it was one of the better ones.

By: Josh Gard

Josh Gard — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:28:56 +0000

I've had a similar experience Patrick. I've also tried Byline, Newstand, Feeds, and most recently NetNewsWire. Although I still prefer the GReader web app over any app, the NNW is probably the best I've found, with Feeds in a close second place. I have nearly 200 RSS feeds I try to keep up with and for most other RSS apps, this causes a significant slowdown while syncing headlines and content. Naturally the sync is not an issue with the web app, and its performance is quite speedy. The downside, and why I do want to find a good native app, is that GReader is not available if there's no wifi or 3G coverage. For now, NNW seems to fit this bill. Though it still take a little bit to sync it up if I haven't used it for a few days, it doesn't seem to stop responding like so many other apps, so I can at least start reading some articles while I wait for it to get caught up.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:24:13 +0000

It's the only one i've used, but Newsstand does an excellent job for me (I also just use google reader on the desktop). Great sync with Reader, good quick reading, and a nice (if gimmicky) news stand view.

By: Derick Valadao

Derick Valadao — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:17:22 +0000

You make cogent arguments with regards to the decision to use NNW over the web app. But I have to ask you to elaborate more on how other well done rss readers fare against it beyond the reference to the sync performance. For example, Byline has a superb sync performance and even clears feeds that are unread should you choose to dismiss them. Furthermore, the folder view has index headers for each feed so that you can view all of your items at once without losing feed context and bogging down performance with (imo) superfluous favicons. You should do a head2head :).