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Best RSS reader app?

Need some recommendations for a good RSS app. i am trying Egress out but i dont like the today plugin as it wont allow me to customise which channels are displayed on the today screen.
so what do people around here recommend then (i dont mind not having a today plugin if the app itself is really good)?

pRSSreader has worked well for me

If you own marsware weatherpanel, you can download newspanel for free (in beta) it nicely displays rss with pics on your today screen!
here is a screenshot
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I used to use pRSSreader. It's very good - and free.
Newsbreak, from Ilium Software, isn't free, but is my current fave.

I have tried many but currenty using A6.Times News... The interface is very nice and easy to use. It is young in the market but many enhancements are coming soon and the support has been stellar from the developers. Here is the link:
http://www.alien6tech.com/TimesScreenshots.aspx
Developers are very open to suggestions and respond in a timely fashion. ONe main feautre it is missing for me is a Today screen plug-in but I am told this is coming soon.

tarponfly said:
If you own marsware weatherpanel, you can download newspanel for free (in beta) it nicely displays rss with pics on your today screen!
here is a screenshot
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Where is this NewsPanel? I searched their forums and site but it seems like the company is in disaray? Their forums are nothing but SPAM postings.

I use NewsBreak which is quite good.
Not free though

tarponfly said:
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Nice theme, that is WA? With which theme?

keitht said:
tarponfly said:
If you own marsware weatherpanel, you can download newspanel for free (in beta) it nicely displays rss with pics on your today screen!
here is a screenshot
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Where is this NewsPanel? I searched their forums and site but it seems like the company is in disaray? Their forums are nothing but SPAM postings.
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Go to www.marsware.net. Logon to the bit on front page. 2 betas are shown

gavinfabl said:
Go to www.marsware.net. Logon to the bit on front page. 2 betas are shown
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What is "the bit"? I don't see what you are talking about.

well I tried Newsbreak and thought it was completely crap. not anywhere near as good as prssreader. no today plugin either, which is what I want it for. but the fact that I can't seem to get it auto update is frustating. any fellow users got any idea's?

Universal: Security & Screensaver

I find the current security on the device as being quite limited, and boring.
I was looking for:
1. A screensaver while docked that displays critical information such as a clock, appointments, date, appointments etc, and perhaps a user definable background, slideshow or similar. This is particularly handy while plugged in and sitting on the desktop.
2. Security module for while out and about, and maybe while on the desk, that will require password entry, but will display date, time, appointments, missed calls, unread messages etc on the screen until entered.
3. I was also reading about the remote kill on the pda, for wiping memory and sd card data when receiving an SMS and similar.
So, before I committed to some dodgy pathetic software that says a lot, delivers bugger all, and chews memory and resources, and becomes more fiddly than it is worth, I thought I would ask the gurus opinons on what they use and potentially what they dont use from experience.
A couple I was looking at installing are pocket secure v3, Dockware, and PDAKill.
Comments, feedback, suggestions?

I used to use 1-pass. It's quite nice.
http://www.omegaone.com/pass/default.htm
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this looks like a good little program haven't tried it yet but did you get it to work on your uni as it sayson the site its not WM5 compatible.
By the way congrats on the little one
scott

Cheers Scott. Like I said, I used to use it, but stopped because it would screw with AE Button Plus, and I'd rather use that then a fancy smancy screensaver
I've never tried it on WM5, so can't comment, although from memory I don't see why it wouldn't work, almost nothing was WM2003 specific. But, they should know.
I found that it was quite hackable as well, to force it to match my colour schemes, but in the end, as I said, it was no great loss, although pretty.
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I contacted them and they indicated it wasnt MW5 compatible.
The other one I was waiting for SPB Time, but this also is not WM5 compatible.
Any other suggestions or comments from anybody?

bump....
any more comments, surely others are using screensavers, and or security settings?
or ... are you all just leaving your phones and all confidential information available to theft?
Anybody else using these apps or other alternatives: pocket secure v3, Dockware, and PDAKill

VNC options for trinity (have searched)

hi all
Recently got an M700 and am loving it. Since discovering this place I've been amazed at what customisations you can do, and with flashing to WM6 using AX3L's fantastic ROM, getting TomTom6 working, and a few choice other apps to allow FTP etc., i've now got a device that does pretty much everything I could ask of it anywhere! (Probably matter of time till I brick it though...).
What I am missing though, is a decent VNC client (although I've used the RDP client semi-successfully).
I've searched for 'VNC' but no joy - surely that can't be the case when there's so much other stuff available? or is the search function not liking the term...?
thanks for a great forum & resource

Did you see the posts re zoomVNC on PocketPC Thoughts? Looks nice!
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http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=440789&sid=3c02eeaea509b9f859136237f11fbb17
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i have now
thanks - looks excellent
i guess there's others out there i couldn't search for too!

For me the best is PTPocketOffice.
It was recommended by Menneisyys:
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1572&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
It consumes a lot less data than the others VNC.
It's fast.
It has fullscreen.
It can be used one handed.
The server side can resample the pictures to make it smaller (less data and better image than if it was done by client side).
The only minor thing I'd like to see improved is their proprietary softkeyboard. why not using the system keyboard? I don't want to use a new keyboard with each of my apps...

that's a great article
i hadn't thought to even try logmein until reading it there, i'd assumed that with their remote screens always being slightly fuzzy and smaller it mightn't be great - wow, was i wrong!
just tried logging onto a client's SBS server and the screen scaling and rotation together make it nearly as useable as a standard desktop! the screen scrolling at the side of the screen is a great interface! there'll be occasions where i need VNC, but for know i think I've got a favoured solution

NetFront™ Browser v3.5 build 1001 (NEW)

NetFront™ Browser is the most advanced, versatile and powerful full Internet browser for beyond-PC devices. Specifically designed and optimized to deliver high performance in resource-constrained environments, NetFront Browser supports almost any OS and CPU, and offers low power consumption, easy customization, and a broad range of plug-ins.
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More info:
Code:
http://www.access-company.com/products/mobile_solutions/netfrontmobile/browser/35_wm_tp.html
Download:
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/272542651/NFB35EN_WMPRO_R010CV1.CAB

Is this Warez ??

how new could it be, expires in 4 days

Ok, I'll download it and see what it's like.

ragingbull said:
Is this Warez ??
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nope, its freeware.

orlandojumpoff said:
how new could it be, expires in 4 days
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its new, they didnt update their page.
previous file was NFB35EN_WMPRO_R009CV.cab.

Netfront has been my favorite browser for ages.
It's just a shame it doesn't support Flash.

ljepava said:
nope, its freeware.
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of course it is like every big browser. we've got a free internetbrowser and they our internet behavior^^
no jk.. maybe^^
its a very good one i prefer it to opera.

technically it's not freeware, it's a "concept version" It will expire at some point..
One day I hope theyll release the proper thing so that those of us who bought the last one can get an upgrade with everything working..
Over gprs in "simple mode" browsing things like this forum is perfect, strips out all the uneeded stuff and makes it very fast.

Not sure if anyone can help. I've been using the NetFront 3.5 Concept browser for a while but I have an issue with it.
For some reason when I am typing text into a webpage using it, be it into google or any other page, the text I am typing doesn't display until I move off the text entry box (tab, or press the right cursor key).
I've been living with it for the last few releases but would really like to get it sorted. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but that didn't help.
Typing in usernames / google searches / facebook replies blind is fairly tricky. If I am writing anything other than a few words I tend to drop to notes or Word and then copy and paste.
Apologies if this is the wrong section to post in, but I thought it was somewhere to start.
I'm using a TyTn II branded as an XDA Stella.
Thanks
IAn

This concept version has the following restrictions:
* The trial period for this software expires on November 30, 2009

NWS animated doppler radar for low memory devices

I made my own site of official animated National Weather Service doppler radar images because I couldn't find any.
http://wap.pdxvr.com/rad
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For the last year or more I've been unable to find 'official' animated National Weather Service doppler radar that runs on our low memory devices (gifs don't work and if you've upgraded past SenseUI, flash lite doesn't work either). Substitues applications are OK, but I prefer the real deal.
I just uploaded this a few minutes ago and there may be some bugs (both functional as well as interface, please let me know).
The long list of doppler sites can be avoided by bookmarking your frequently visited sites.
I also have a mobile site for new tv show air times from TVRage.com (also because there was no app at the time I created the page)
http://wap.pdxvr.com/t.php
Credits:
I should have given some credit where it is due here.
I used this for the javascript animation http://goo.gl/4baVi
I used this http://goo.gl/ejMju for deconstructing the gif (although I'm going to rewrite it from scratch I think)
I just put them all together onto what I already had as a site.

As a flight instructor this is very useful to me, thanks for your work.

AjaxBU said:
As a flight instructor this is very useful to me, thanks for your work.
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I had noticed a need for NWS radar for pilots, I think there are maybe 2 apps out there. You are welcome!

This stuff is awesome!!!! How did you do it?

oohaylima said:
This stuff is awesome!!!! How did you do it?
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edit: So I didn't write that much of the guts of it, just sort of made other people's scripts work and integrated it onto what I already had going.
I found that the NWS was using this http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billb/jsani/ for some of the satellite images but not for the large doppler gif images.
Then I found this php class that splits the gif into separate images
http://www.phpclasses.org/package/3234-PHP-Split-GIF-animations-into-multiple-images.html
Put them together and voila!
I'll be adding all the other radar eventually, visible, infrared, water vapor, fog, etc.
Only thing I don't like is that jsani doesn't really scale with the screen (I had to fix it at 320px wide) but it zooms in ok it seems.

*whistles* Outstanding! Now that's what I'm talking about. Resourcefulness and ingenuity. Love it! Keep up the excellent work!

Just found this (thanks to the link in your sig). Good stuff aiwetir. Now I can get rid of that clunky weather channel app that usually didn't work anyhow.

Nice. Why not turn it into an app?
Another great app would be a simple GIF viewer. Great work!