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I'm looking for a good feed reader application that supports wvga and allows me to view pictures (webcomics) and flash content (if possible, optional) inside the flash player. The RSS reader that is installed shows only text. Anyone who can point me in the right direction?

try spb online or spb insight

Newsbreak, pRSSReader, Egress - all these can download pictures as well, none support flash I think

I use google reader iphone version on iris browser. works like a charm though it doesn't support flash.
maybe combining reader + opera + flashlite should work...

I use BeyondPod for my feeds and podcasts. Don't know if it can do flash though.

Thanks for the all the replies people. Here's some results:
SPB Insight: First of all, it's paid, I prefer not to pay for such a trivial app. Second, it didn't look the way I like my feedreader to look.
Newsbreak: Won't install on X1, keeps returning an "installation unsuccesful" message.
Egress: Won't install on X1, keeps returning an "installation unsuccesful" message.
pRSSReader: Looks like everything I want, but refuses to show pictures - it's the same as the stock RSS reader.
Google Reader: I've never in my life seen such an unintuitive and annoying feed reader. Also, it's online, I want to be able to use it offline as well.
Beyondpod: Review coming soon, can't DL it from opera mobile, the website doesn't correctly load and I don't have access to a PC atm.

does anyone of the mentioned apps have the ability to show feeds on the Today screen?

dogans said:
does anyone of the mentioned apps have the ability to show feeds on the Today screen?
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Spb Insight can do that.
Click to view example: http://www.xhs.dk/~canto/ScreenCap_0014.bmp

CantoX1i said:
Spb Insight can do that.
Click to view example: http://www.xhs.dk/~canto/ScreenCap_0014.bmp
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Thanks! My Today screen is now complete

Angelusz said:
Thanks for the all the replies people. Here's some results:
SPB Insight: First of all, it's paid, I prefer not to pay for such a trivial app. Second, it didn't look the way I like my feedreader to look.
Newsbreak: Won't install on X1, keeps returning an "installation unsuccesful" message.
Egress: Won't install on X1, keeps returning an "installation unsuccesful" message.
pRSSReader: Looks like everything I want, but refuses to show pictures - it's the same as the stock RSS reader.
Google Reader: I've never in my life seen such an unintuitive and annoying feed reader. Also, it's online, I want to be able to use it offline as well.
Beyondpod: Review coming soon, can't DL it from opera mobile, the website doesn't correctly load and I don't have access to a PC atm.
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Newsbreak does indeed work on the x1... was recommended to me by a friend and I have been using it all day... nice little app and does what it says on the tin (plus a bit more).... would recommend this one... would also like to try egress too as have heard its pretty good... btw Newsbreak utilises the whole screen... and it has a today screen plugin which is pretty good... and handy...

Does anyone know how often SPB Insight updates/download the feeds?
Or do I have to do it manually?

I use this app:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ooijamaxocg
It's Java but has a load of channels to choose from.

dogans said:
Does anyone know how often SPB Insight updates/download the feeds?
Or do I have to do it manually?
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After reading on SPB forums, I found out that it doesn't auto-update.
Does anyone know of another app with both a today screen plug-in and auto-updates?

RSS Hub will work with Flash (as long as FlashLight 3.1 is installed). Look hard enough and you can find a cab for that around here.

How about pRSS Reader??

dogans said:
After reading on SPB forums, I found out that it doesn't auto-update.
Does anyone know of another app with both a today screen plug-in and auto-updates?
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Newsbreak... you can set it to update when you are connected to pc, connected (wireless for eg) and a couple of others as well as never... and it shows on today...

pRSS Reader also shows on Today, just checked.

Thanks guys. Ive just tried 3 different RSS readers and heres what I thought:
* SPB Insight: Looks good, especially with thumbnails on the Today-screen.
- Doesn't have auto-update
* Newsbreak: Works great and has auto-update.
- Doesn't appeal me visually / No thumbnails on today-screen.
* pRSS reader: Works great, has auto-update and shows more info than Newsbreak on the today screen.
- No thumbnails either.
So it came down to either have thumbnails or auto-update, and I went with pRSS reader

dogans said:
Thanks guys. Ive just tried 3 different RSS readers and heres what I thought:
* SPB Insight: Looks good, especially with thumbnails on the Today-screen.
- Doesn't have auto-update
* Newsbreak: Works great and has auto-update.
- Doesn't appeal me visually / No thumbnails on today-screen.
* pRSS reader: Works great, has auto-update and shows more info than Newsbreak on the today screen.
- No thumbnails either.
So it came down to either have thumbnails or auto-update, and I went with pRSS reader
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How do you add feeds? Manually write URL??

doministry said:
How do you add feeds? Manually write URL??
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Yes. Go to the website you want the feed from, and look at their RSS address (hold the mouse over their RSS-icon).
For example http://icanhascheezburger.com/ has http://feeds.feedburner.com/icanhascheezburger

what's the best feeds reader?

hi guys!
what's the best feeds reader?

I prefer browser-based Google Reader. Otherwise I would recommend Spb Insight (it downloads whole articles instead of just a perex).

If you need something that can work offline, I recommend pRssReader, its development ceased but it has caching, google reader sync and everything. But I use iphone web version of google reader from opera.

best rss reader
Having worked with several rss readers such as p rss reader , google reader , newsgate , yomumedia , prpnews , sbp insight ....... and others...... , I can say with confident that the original pre installed rss reader on htc touch hd (rss hub) is the best. It has the most strongest search function among all others and infact very far ahead of them.
-google reader is a very good in mobile format ,but it doesn't update automaticly ! and this is a great shame for any rss reader .also there is no search function.
-others also havnot any viable search ,so you have to be content with some limited news channels.
-p rss reader recently is blocked by some sort of google code bars ,so it's almost out of use !
-smart rss reader is a java-jar application and very slow .
-Ova rss reader is a java app. too ,with limited channels and tiny font (a universal problem with java on mobiles ! ).
So .....Thanks htc folks for their great job .s
Have a good time !

I like Egress
pRSS reader blew up on me and wouldn't update. I tried reinstalling, etc. I couldn't identify the problem, nor did I feel enclined to take the time to figure it out. So I started trying some others. Egress was the least expensive but still provided professional results and low mem usage. It's readable offline and allows external card storage.
With stuff like this, though, a lot of your choice depends on preference. The most popular ones seem to be Pocket Insight (pricey as compared to Egress), and Google Reader (online/no auto-update).

For me personally, I use and love NewsBreak. It is a pay program but it is worth it.

FatBoyExtraordinaire said:
For me personally, I use and love NewsBreak. It is a pay program but it is worth it.
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You dont get that freezing bug on newbreak/rss hub - its been there for years. illum says its just a windows mobile 6 issue - its annoying as hell.

I don't even know of this bug you speak of, honestly. I use it everyday and I have yet to run into any real issues.

darthbane2k said:
You dont get that freezing bug on newbreak/rss hub - its been there for years. illum says its just a windows mobile 6 issue - its annoying as hell.
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what? that is one of the stupidest thing I've heard from a dev company. it is one thing and one thing only, they are lazy lazy lazy.....when was the last time they actually updated the program? if its a windows mobile 6 issue, why doesn't all the rest freeze in the same way?
I use RSS Hub. I was searching for a beter rss reader the other day, well it doesn't have to be better, just more visually apealing but I didn't find any so sticked with RSS hub.
re-iterating aidinali's point, that search function is nice

How to watch RSS feeds on HD2?

Hi there...
On my last phone (Nokia E90) I used Opera Mini 4 to subscribe to RSS feeds. I'm trying to find if I can do it on the Opera Mobile 9.7 that came with the HD2 but I cannot seem to find it. Isn't it possible to read RSS feeds with Opera Mobile?

jea i was wondering that HTC programmed a tab with footprints and twitter but not for RSS feeds.
That would be soo cool if u have a tab where u can add RSS feeds, any romcooker her who can make it real for sense ?
greets neow

One can go to Tools and click the option RSS Hub. Tis tool launches various predefined links but one can find & subscribe to new ones...
Hope this & helps...

Thank you! I hadn't seen that application before

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One can go to Tools and click the option RSS Hub.
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I've read about it in the HD2 UG, but I can't find any RSSHub under Tools. What is the actual program the link to launching?

Press the Windows button on your HD2 which will take you to the Start menu, then press the Tools icon (or whatever it's called in your language). Now you will hopefully find the RSS Hub icon.

I can get there, I can see Calculator, Comm Manager, Internet Sharing, and so on, but no RSS Hub. That's why I asked what actually is this lnk pointing to.

There are some really good RSS readers out there if you are willing to pay. I personally like GoNews 1.3 Very slick interface and incredibly touch friendly.
However, for a really good free alternative, see this http://yomomedia.com/
Last I saw, you could find it in MArketplace as well

+1 for GoNews Touch.
Really nice...

What is the best RSS reader for HD2?

As in the title. Specifically, does anyone know if there is an RSS reader which integrates well with the home screen? Or if there is a working manilla tab for RSS feeds?
Thanks.

I've been using RSS Hub for years and i like it. I do not think I need anything more complicated. It is simple and works great. ...Think it was preinstalled on my HD2 ? What I did was just tweaked it to make it more thumb friendly. (you can find the tweak on the long HD2 tweaks list)
I have RSS Hub's tab icon on the Home screen.

RSS Hub does not appear to be included in my version of HD2. Therefore, I installed YomoMedia and setup an account with them. It seems to be working fine for me.

As RSSHub always crashes when you got a couple of feeds and go back to fast (had this with a lot of ROMs) i went over to the new GoNews and am quiet happy. But in my opinion all RSSReaders out ther either lack some functionalities, dont support fluid scrolling or have an ugly user interface (so has GoNews ) Until now theres no reader i am 100% satisfied with

I guess the best one still is the Google Reader in its iphone version:
http://www.google.com/reader/i/
works great on opera browser
it supports kinetic scroll, loads fast a top, in the landscape mode is excellent do view pictures...
and the best feature is that already sync with your reader so when I go to desktop is easy to follow the updates.

I've always like Yomomedia, but they're in the process of adding Google Reader syncing as well, so I'm sticking with it.

[Q] RSS Hub for Android?

I'm wondering if there is an RSS Hub version for Android?
I've been using ti for WinMo and prefer it over any other RSS reader I've come across on the Droid Market. The layout...how it is organized...works perfect for me.
Thanks.

I use the pulse app for android...the widget is awesome!

Devils1stBorn said:
I'm wondering if there is an RSS Hub version for Android?
I've been using ti for WinMo and prefer it over any other RSS reader I've come across on the Droid Market. The layout...how it is organized...works perfect for me.
Thanks.
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Hi.
Are you found an equivalent for this program?
RSS Hub was to search and sort by keywords and not found in readers for Android.

i like RssDemon

See Real Time Feeds Moving On Your Screen
MiniRead is the best RSS reader. You will see the feeds moving on your device screen in news ticker style. You will see the updates even while doing other tasks and will never miss any update.
Very much customizable and innovative among RSS reading apps.
Play store link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dbroid.flexirss.trial
Pro version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dbroid.flexirss