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Need a dedicated and powerful RSS feed/news reader for your Symbian S60 smartphone? Paragon Software obviously thinks so, hence they’ve released a new application called Handy RSS.
Touted as an “advanced RSS news reader,” the application allows users to read RSS news feeds either as feed headers or news articles. User interface is optimized for the small screen and there are several options that will make your reading more enjoyable while on the go.
Among the Handy RSS features, we highlight:
- Add/edit RSS channels
- Single list of RSS items
- One-click control
- Read item list and RSS headers offline, and open web browser to read the full item (very neat, especially when flying)
- Mark items as read/unread
- S60 5.0 support (yap, it works on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic)
- Keep items in the list for a certain period of time (1 week, 1 month or 3 months)
- Multiple languages supported: Chinese Simplified, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian
The problematic part is the price. Many RSS readers such as Viigo and Mobispine are available for free, and I’m not sure there’s a room for paid apps in this category. This seems especially true when you consider that Handy RSS costs $14.95 USD (12.95 EUR). Or I’m wrong? You be the judge…
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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.
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