Wed 27 Sep 2006
E61Life has posted a comparison of several feed reader for Nokia E-Series (most of them are available for other S60 phones too). Which one is the winner? I would say Bloglines Mobile. Here are some reasons:
- It is free.
- It supports RSS and Atom protocols (some other readers support RSS only).
- It can import and export OPML files.
- It uses Skweezer to compress web pages for faster loading (read also my post about Skweezer here).
- It doesn’t require additional software on the phone (it uses web browser only).
Since Bloglines is an online service and requires web browser only, synchronization can be done very easily. we can add a new feed from any devices, such as computer at home, and it will be available on our other devices immediately. Furthermore, when we have read a new posting on our mobile phone, it will be marked as “read” on all other devices too.
Using feed reader software may lead to synchronization problem especially if we need to access our feeds from PC. Not all feed reader software are available in PC platforms.
Bonus Links:
- #1 Tip: Learn to use an RSS News Aggregators - from Scobleizer.
- The State of Online Feed Readers - from TechCrunch.
- RSS Compendium - RSS Readers - comparison of RSS readers on many platforms.
Compatible device: S60 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Nokia N-Series, Nokia E-Series.
September 27th, 2006 at 2:04 am
Yup, completely agree. Which is why I recommended Bloglines be added to his table in the first place (it wasn’t in the first version)
All the AAS team use Bloglines, as far as I know. And yes, it’s great that you can read something on the smartphone and then not have to read it again on the desktop….
Steve
September 27th, 2006 at 3:26 am
It\’s a good idea to incorporate a free feed reader in our smartphones. Then, we do not wait anymore to go to our desktops to read syndicated news.
September 27th, 2006 at 7:56 am
@Steve: Thanks for the feedback. In fact, I have been using Bloglines as my primary feed reader on the PC for quite some time (~1 year).
I have tried to use feed reader software, but then I hit synchronization problem because I am working with several PCs (at home, office, …).
That’s why I am very happy that they now have Bloglines for S60 too…