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Best Free RSS Reader?

Anyone have a suggestion for the best finger friendly FREE RSS reader? (no ads preferrably)

I'm using BeyondPod 2.8.0. It does its job and it's free. http://www.codeplex.com/beyondpod

I use Google Reader through the mobile internet. There are occasional ads on the bottom of the posts, though.

I use Google Reader on my tilt and on my desktop and it works great. Get all your favorite feeds and you can tag them into separate categories. Try it out.

I use viigo, but wouldn't say it's that great, I too am looking for something new.

Google Reader myself.

I use Bloglines Mobile. Love it!

Newsgator Go! is pretty fantastic, plus there's a Newsgator Inbox that feeds to my Outlook on the PC, and of course an online reader as well. The nice thing about them is that they all sync to a web server so I don't get feeds that I already read on my phone downloading to the PC and vice versa.

Newsgator Go
Totally agree on the fact that it is very nice. Being able to read the RSS feeds both from a PC browser or Windows Mobile is fantastic. And both are synced. Plus you can download your podcast with it on you WM device.
Highly recommended and .... free

I suggest to try pRSSreader. Its an open source feed reader with great support for offline reading and with the option to sync with google reader.
http://code.google.com/p/prssr/

BeyondPod is nice - but there is no Today plug-in that I found.
I like Egress the best - the today plug-in is awesome.

Upload video to youtube from your pocket pc (if you can send email)

Hey,
If you guys want an easy way of sending a video to youtube, check out http://tubeseries.net/welcome.aspx
Once you register, you can get an email address you send videos to. Once a video is sent, the site will upload it to youtube for you, using the subject of the email as the title and the body as the description.
Once uploaded, you get back an email giving you the link to the newly updated video.
This is still alpha!!! My suggestion to you is to create a secondary youtube account to use this with.

I just use Qik. It allows live streaming from your phone as well, and automatic posting to many different video serving sites, including youtube.

I use qik too for certain things.
The problem is that you get much worse fps with qik because it does everything online. It also takes longer to set up and requires a better connection where as here you can take the videos even when there's no connection and fire-and-forget them via email.

I think monx®, is trying to port that function from the Touch HD or MAX4G into his ROM.
You should be able to upload both to Facebook and youtube.
I don't think that the function is up and running just yet, bu follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=451748

This is pretty cool, but already exists standard with Youtube accounts.
Go to http://www.youtube.com/account#mobile/profile and it will give you an email address to send to that auto uploads. I've been using this for a while and it works pretty well.
But I also second the Qik recommendation - I've been really impressed with the ease of use and the quality of live streaming, not to mention the immediate upload ability. Really, really cool.
Plus, you can autosyndicate to Facebook through both Qik and Youtube.

i use shozu: http://www.shozu.com/portal/tour.do?operation=where
when you take a pic or video, you can either choose to auto upload it or have a dialog come up asking you if you want to upload it to many sites...

Oh, yes it works. You use HTC Album to select whet to upload, tested .

[email protected]_ said:
Oh, yes it works. You use HTC Album to select whet to upload, tested .
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can you post your App for upload Videos directly from HTC Album?

It came with my rom.. im using NATF's WM6.1 rom
i hope these cabs should add these feature
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3177618&postcount=3
u can also upload pics to facebook.. so great

What do you do with your Xperia?

Ok, just thought I'd post to see what everyone does with there Xperia X1 so that others can see what the phone can be used for and what not.
Currently I just use the phone for the phone, text, e-mail (with T-Zones) and use the Garmin a lot. Rather than that I'm still exploring on what to add to the phone.
I flashed a couple roms, from TF3D to the R2A and found that I am more satisfied with the R1A using the performance tweaks. I do like the TF3D but I like being able to pop the keyboard and type for anything that needs typing
I'm trying to incoprorate the phone as a music player and listen to music more so I'm going to be using the media panel, unless someone else can suggest something better. I want to be able to see all my songs and create a playlist rather easily and shuffle the songs.
Another thing I would like to have just incase is the WiFi tether for my laptop. I know t-zones is rather slow but having some internet would be better than nothing.
I also thought about blogging and taking random pictures to kind of keep up with whats going on in my life and that sort of thing. The facebook panel is ok, but I'd rather have like flickr or something to upload the pictures and blog about it.
So what do YOU guys do with your Xperia? And what do YOU guys recommend?

I use mine for email, web, gps, the odd photograph, writing articles (usually with a photo) and as an Mp3 player..
Never usually bother with txt and obviously make the odd phone call.
Then there's all the tweaking, tinkering and hacking..
as to music I tend to use the one in TF3d, which works fine for my needs, (but then I just stick it on shuffle).
Without tf3d I use either
Conduits pocket player (which is a really good music player (commercial) and uses media player skins see http://mylostblog.altervista.org/ for some of those)
freeware there's mortplayer, and s2p, but s2p doesn't do playlists just yet, possibly next version by the look of it.
Never got on with tcmpmpmpm/coreplayer but others love it.

- Full email with built-in messaging and marvellous ProfiMail
- Full Internet (OperaMobile 9.5, OperaMini 4.2)
- YouTube
- Photos, and sometimes video recording
- Music
- RSS Feeds
- Constant work with Office, especially Pdf and Word (currently DocsToGo but planning to get Softmaker)
- Of course extensive use of Calendar, Notes, Tasks (busy life)
- GoogleMaps
- And utilities like ExpenseDiary, Stopwatch, Dictionary, Calc and Currencies!
- Ebooks reading
- Simple Weather app by Gega (great!)
- screen capture utility to catch maps from google maps when abroad (cheap and practical!!!)
As for UI, I just love panels and have two of them (one clean, one with most of my apps I use and all I need)
I also use MediaPanel which supports creating playlists. I don't really watch movies on X1 since it basically kills battery. Anyway there's a sticky containing good converter for videos for X1.
Hope it helps, apparently I don't do too little with my Xperia.....

First of all, don't blog. Too many people doing it, too few people caring, you'd be wasting your time.
Beside that, my uses include (in order of importance)
- Tinkering
- Calling
- Sms messages
- Musicplayer
- Video's
- Email
- Games (SNES)
- Random stuff

Apart from the obvious; making calls.
-I surf the net alot with Opera.
-Use mt 8GB card to listen to music synced via PC(always shuffle)
-Watch Youtube sometimes
-GPS with TomTom is wow( Where would we be without GPS)
-Some games - actually bejewelled
-E-mail - a lot of e-mail. Windows Live rocks
-Texting too.
I've been using Windows Mobile aka Pocket PC Phone Edition when it first came out in 2000. Same what you will about Microsoft but they've got the best Mobile software in existence. Believe it or not, I'e never owned a regular cell phone. Been using WinMo since MS launched the XDA with T-Mob in 2000.

-turn it back on when it turns off
-restart it when coreplayer crashes

well i gotta admit i love mobile gaming. This phone really dissapointed me, a lot. Gaming sucks so hard. Hopefully with all these WVGA phone coming, there will be more support for gaming. Even emulators suck, compared to those on Symbian.

contaygious said:
-turn it back on when it turns off
-restart it when coreplayer crashes
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LOL
i just found it funny for some reason...no offence

hot videocalls with girlfriends
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hmmm... sounds good, will give that one a try
1- Phone calls eek
2- Agenda/tasks PIM
3- Portable laptop with all my work/personal files (16 GB microSD)
4- Internet browsing (opera)
5- All my email accounts
6- HSDPA Internet Router for office/home/meetings/fiends
7- Watch live TV channels (CNN, Discovery, FC Barcelona matches, local TV stations...)
8- Facebook
9- Youtube
10- Tamagochi (feed the fishes)
11- Show ppts or funny emails to friends
12- Walkman
13- GPS when traveling
lot of stuff

I currently use:
Calls/Messages/Emails - Daily
Calendar (sync with my work server daily)
As a modem (1 month via usb - then found out about wifi programs) - great when on holidays
Internet - daily via wifi and 3G (Opera and IE - Opera won't recognise some certificates for some reason)
Weather (SPB Weather 2) daily
Currency (SPB Traveller) - occasionally (once a fortnight)
Word and Excel - every few days
Powerpoint and PDF on and off (I may have heavy usage for a few days then not use it for a month)
SPB Wireless Monitor (Daily - my telco can't seem to give me accurate usage estimates)
Pocket.RAR - lots at the moment... probably not so much in the future (I can't install winrar on my work pc)
Run.GPS UV Trainer - I would like to say daily... but I haven't been that good at the moment
TomTom7 - when I drive my car that doesn't have a gps built in (mainly on weekends - although I do prefer the gps on my x1 to the one in my other car).
Games - THPS2 daily, SPB Air Islands - once every few days, sudoku... when I am really really bored.
Radio and MP3 - daily
Movies - a few times a week (currently using coreplayer).
Almost Forgot... soft reset - multiple times daily at the moment...

wow. Thanks for all the comments guys.
1) I agree with the emulators being crappy compared to Symbian and stuff. I really wish we had a better one cause I love the idea for landscape and having a keyboard.
2) I like the weather panel. Reminds me of the TF3D weather and the iPhones weather. Very nice.
What program are you guys running for the Wifi router? wifi router?

Cheeze[iT] said:
What program are you guys running for the Wifi router? wifi router?
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http://wmwifirouter.com/

buzz83 said:
http://wmwifirouter.com/
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yea thats what I figured. I ran that with the Touch HD. Just confirming. Thanks.

Calls
Texting
Instant Messaging
GPS
Internet Browsing
Internet Sharing with my tablet
Geotagging
Calendar
Fitness - Run GPS, Tracky, My Sport Training
Health -My Personal Diet or iFitone
Movies
Music
Voip Calls
Dodging people or meetings (fake call)
Watching Live TV
Dictionary
Translator
Subway Directions
Youtube
Cheating on my Japanese Tests

I use my xperia to do the following things, most used first:
Watch video/divx
Opera to browse net while in bed or on the move
Youtube
Calendar synched with Google
RSS and/or AvantGo
Comic Reader
SMS
making calls
I feel it is strange to get a mobilephone that i use to do everything except calling

gtrab said:
hmmm... sounds good, will give that one a try
1- Phone calls eek
2- Agenda/tasks PIM
3- Portable laptop with all my work/personal files (16 GB microSD)
4- Internet browsing (opera)
5- All my email accounts
6- HSDPA Internet Router for office/home/meetings/fiends
7- Watch live TV channels (CNN, Discovery, FC Barcelona matches, local TV stations...)
8- Facebook
9- Youtube
10- Tamagochi (feed the fishes)
11- Show ppts or funny emails to friends
12- Walkman
13- GPS when traveling
lot of stuff
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What do you use to watch TV...??

I use mine primary for my job, physican
- Drug reference Guide
- Merck Manual
- Harrison Practise
- MP3 with Mort Player
- Video
- some Websurfing and eMail
- Texting and Calling

i use my for scheduling, i use calender plus and oggsync to my google.. GPS leaves much to be desired wayfinder takes very long to lock

What a device!
Hi All,
Shouldn't the question be, what don't you do with your Xperia. I travel all across the UK, Ireland and Central Europe with my job and since having the Xperia and an 8GB SD card I leave my laptop & TomTom 910 at home now as the X1 (along with the SE car charger) does it all for me!
Cheers,
Astoroth

phonecalls, msgs, im and checking emails
weather updates
alarm, appointments
surfing web with opera
youtube
games- virtual pool, bubble breaker
radio and mp3 (everyday)
occasional gps
snapping random and landscape pics, videos
watching videos (and showing off the nice vid qlty to my mates)

How do I save Streaming Media favourites?

Hi guys.
Simple question which search engines seem unable to answer: I'd like to be able to restore my Streaming Media favourites via Sashimi, so I'm trying to find out where they're saved. Anyone know?
Thanks

from the first day i opened my x1 box i never got streaming media to work, do you have a list of sites?
i dont know how to save bcos i was never successful in viewing anything using streaming media

I hadn't used it in quite some time as it usually didn't work, but it works on Yamgo.mobi for nearly-live British TV (with your 1.5+ ROM, Spike). I've added the major channels as favourites but it took about 10 minutes so I want to save my new channel list and add it to Sashimi Auto.

oh ok, thanks, will check it out and see how it works...

[INFO/GUIDE] Can you recommend some good RSS feeds? (socialcasting added)

I haven't found anywhere which has a good list of RSS Feeds which are good for us XDA type people.
Interested in both normal RSS Feeds and Podcasts (i.e.Video, Audio).
I would also like to know if there is a way to get the XdaTv videos using a podcast too (to me this would be the obvious way to distribute them).
To get things started, here are some of my favs (I may add any I particularly like here - with credit of course).
Details about the feed items, such as are they complete articles or shortened versions (i.e. you have to visit the site to read it all), how often are they updated, general description etc would also be useful.
Keys:
UPDATES: DAILY+, DAILY, WEEKLY+, WEEKLY, MONTHLY etc
ARTICLES: DETAILED, FULL, SHORT
PODCAST: VIDEO, AUDIO
==================== Normal Feeds ====================
Xda Developers - http://feeds.feedburner.com/xda-developers/ShsH
[DAILY+][FULL] Top of the list of course, the Xda Portal!
Windows Phone Thoughts - http://feeds.pocketpcthoughts.com/pocketpcthoughts
[DAILY+][FULL] General news about windows mobile and windows phone
The Gadgeteer - http://the-gadgeteer.com/feed/
[DAILY+][DETAILED] Gadget reviews and news
Engadget Mobile - http://mobile.engadget.com/rss.xml
[DAILY+][FULL] General news about windows mobile and windows phone
==================== Podcasts (Video/Audio) ====================
XdaTV Podcast - http://feeds.feedburner.com/XdaTv
XdaTV Audio Podcast - http://feeds.feedburner.com/XdaTvAudio
[WEEKLY+][VIDEO] If you don't know what XdaTV is then shame on you! It's the home grown talent of Xda telling you how it is.
(tends not to be safe for work/sensitive ears sometimes - however more recently bleeps are used where required)
Thread regarding the podcast here.
GeekBeat.TV (Xvid Large) - http://revision3.com/geekbeattv/feed/Xvid-Large
[WEEKLY+][VIDEO] Excellent short podcast video about the latest tech and gadgets.
WebBeat.TV (Large) - http://feeds.feedburner.com/wbtvlarge
[WEEKLY+][VIDEO] Excellent short podcast video about web sites and online trends
IGN.com - Tech Fetish - http://feeds.ign.com/ignfeeds/podcasts/gear
[MONTHLY][AUDIO] Chat about gaming and technology (tends not to be safe for work/sensitive ears)
Lifehacker [Mp4 Small] - http://revision3.com/lifehacker/feed/MP4-Small
[WEEKLY][VIDEO] Mix of tech news and tips, interesting and entertaining.
(tends not to be safe for work/sensitive ears sometimes)
==================== Social Casting ====================
Facebook
You have two options:
1) The RSSTab (WinMob) (see signiture) has a special ability to create Facebook feeds using the Facebook API of your News, Notifications and Friends walls, as well as ability to comment, post and like each entry directly from the RSSTab.
Here are basic details of the functionality:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14336549#post14336549
2) Facebook also provides some limited feeds directly:
Notifications:
Code:
http://www.facebook.com/notifications.php?id=[YOURUSERIDNUMBER]
Friends' Facebook Links
Code:
http://www.facebook.com/posted.php
Friends' Facebook Notes
Code:
http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?friends&id=[YOURUSERIDNUMBER]
Friends' Facebook Status Updates
Code:
http://www.facebook.com/friends.php?s&id=[YOURUSERIDNUMBER]
Obviously the data you get will depend on the account previously logged into facebook and the related person's privacy settings.
Twitter
You can add the following feeds to view your twitter's.
RSSTab Twitter Feed - http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=rsstab
Code:
http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=[username]
Google+
lifehacker - Create RSS Feeds for Google+ Profiles
Basically a case of finding the profile ID and adding it to http://plusfeed.appspot.com/:
Google+ David Galloway (LifeHacker Editor) Feed - http://plusfeed.appspot.com/111668640050600254907
Code:
http://plusfeed.appspot.com/[PROFILEID]

The quest continues...
The XdaTV podcast is up and running nicely. I aim to update it every week or so, so videos will probably appear in blocks of 3-5, depending on how up to date I am with my viewing. Simply can't recommend it enough, great things are a-happenin.
I've also added Lifehacker, a new podcast from the site of the same name, looks good so far, plenty of polish and shine, but interesting so far.
In addition to this, I will experiment at some point with a "feed of feeds"...the idea being that new podcasts and rss feeds will be put in a feed and the RSSTab will then detect the feed urls in the rss posts and give you the option to add it to your feeds. It could be an interesting way to share and enjoy new rss feeds and podcasts.
I've not seen it before, but I would be interested to know if it has been done or not.
In fact, the concept of the "feed of feeds" could be quite interesting as anyone could create a list of favorite feeds, which could then be added as a list too, so you get a "feed of feeds of feeds"...ok!

Now added the official XdaTv Podcast feed!

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The quest continues...
The XdaTV podcast is up and running nicely. I aim to update it every week or so, so videos will probably appear in blocks of 3-5, depending on how up to date I am with my viewing. Simply can't recommend it enough, great things are a-happenin.
I've also added Lifehacker, a new podcast from the site of the same name, looks good so far, plenty of polish and shine, but interesting so far.
In addition to this, I will experiment at some point with a "feed of feeds"...the idea being that new podcasts and rss feeds will be put in a feed and the RSSTab will then detect the feed urls in the rss posts and give you the option to add it to your feeds. It could be an interesting way to share and enjoy new rss feeds and podcasts.
I've not seen it before, but I would be interested to know if it has been done or not.
In fact, the concept of the "feed of feeds" could be quite interesting as anyone could create a list of favorite feeds, which could then be added as a list too, so you get a "feed of feeds of feeds"...ok!
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So, we're supposed to understand that last part?
Btw would it be possible to put the XDA podcasts on iTunes? That's my usual route when it comes to podcasts so it would be more convenient for me.

Skellyyy said:
So, we're supposed to understand that last part?
Btw would it be possible to put the XDA podcasts on iTunes? That's my usual route when it comes to podcasts so it would be more convenient for me.
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Most of that is out of date, since we now have a proper podcasts.
The last part, is some thoughts I was having for sharing podcasts around since I find it a hassle to find good feeds online and then transfer them to my phone, google reader etc etc, since mobile devices aren't too great at finding and checking out feeds.
I don't think there is any reason why we can't put the XdaPodcast on itunes, but it's only been released today (as I've just completed the app for updating it).
Once we are confident of the update process then it'll get posted, as it makes sense to be sure it works and we can keep it updated quickly.
PS: The feed is quite easy to add manually, as I tried to make the url as easy as possible!
http://feeds.feedburner.com/XdaTv

I've just updated the first post to include information of Social Casting RSS Feeds, using the instructions provided you should be able to easily be able to set up feeds for Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
Also if you are a Google Reader user, if you use the above feeds, then it seems like google will fetch the data using their own servers (which for me means my work web filtering does not block them!).