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iAnywhere, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., announced the general availability of RSS features for its popular AvantGo mobile Internet service. With AvantGo for RSS, users can add any RSS feed to their account, without installing additional software, and then synchronize using a wireless or desktop Internet connection to receive the feed items in a format optimized for their device.
This release expands the content available through AvantGo, allowing users to:
- Easily sync and view new RSS items/articles,
- Save up to five RSS items per AvantGo RSS channel,
- Share photos (users of photo sharing sites that offer photo feeds can use AvantGo as their mobile photo album),
- Personalize RSS channels to optimize feed subscriptions,
- Quickly subscribe to RSS channels with AvantGo’s AutoChannel bookmarklet for RSS, and
- Promote their own Web site or blog RSS feeds by creating a button that enables users to quickly add their site to AvantGo.
New AvantGo for RSS service is immediately available for AvantGo 5.7 or above users. It supports RSS versions 0.91, 1.0 and 2.0 and Atom syndication formats. Supported Symbian platforms include Symbian OS UIQ and Symbian OS v6.1 Series 60. I hope it will work with the current S60 platform as well.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
