I just had a look at the all time development of feed subscribers for N95blog.com (in case you have not subscribed to the feed, click here):
Quite amazed by how nicely and how steadily it has grown, I wondered how many of those subscribers actually read the feed from their N95.
When I look at what different readers and aggregators subscribers use, I get the following (for the last 7 days)
I know that Google Feedfetcher also relates to the mobile version of GoogleReader, so it is quite hard to distinguish what percentage of those subscribers uses their mobile for it.
But down the list, after the regular desktop and web-based readers, I found a few specifically mobile:
- Feed2M0bile (http://feed2mobile.kaywa.com/)
Feed2Mobile is a free service which offers a bridge between Web-based and Mobile content. Feed2Mobile will fetch an RSS feed and adapt its content so as to better suit it for mobile devices. - Mobispine (http://www.mobispine.com/)
Mobispine is a mobile media browser which gives you the news you like from your favourite sources. The amount of news and blogs being updated everyday increases all the time. Mobispine tries to help users to find what’s important from the sea of information out there and gives you what you need to read it. Mobispine is intelligent enough to learn what you like and will help you keep up with your interests. - NewsBreak (http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/nw/newsbreak.php) [paid]
Take the news with you wirelessly with a news feed reader for your Pocket PC or Smartphone. Stay informed on the latest: Headlines, Podcasts, Sports, Industry News, Website Updates, Weather, Travel Updates, Local Info, Blogs, Entertainment News, Stocks, And Much More!
I had not heard from Mobispine yet and must say that it has quite some Widsets-like functionalities.
Feed2Mobile looks like a simple and effective catalyst for messy and mobile-unfriendly feeds.
NewsBreak seems to be very efficient and extensive, only drawback is that it is a paid service.
Personally I use the mobile version of Google Reader (http://www.google.com/reader/m/), but I would love to hear suggestions to an alternative…
What kind of mobile feed reader do you use?
Comments 16
i use mobispine, like it alot
Posted 05 Nov 2007 at 12:38 pm ¶I use the same as you - Google Reader
That way, my feeds are up-to-date whether I read them on my desktop or my phone - I never see the same item listed twice as Google keep taps on what I’ve read already.
P.S. Whatever happened to the Review of GPS navigator software that was once promised?
Posted 05 Nov 2007 at 1:51 pm ¶I must say that I still use a computer to read the rss feeds, and I use google reader for that. I have tried the mobile version, but if shoves all the feeds together and not into the categories that I have set-up.
Posted 05 Nov 2007 at 1:51 pm ¶I’ve tried a bunch of mobile RSS readers. I’ve tried Opera Mini and Opera Mini 4. I’ve tried Bloglines’ mobile version. I’ve tried the native RSS reader that came with the N95. I’ve tried Mobispine. I’ve tried a few more, of which I can’t recall the name of due to the fact that I only had them for a brief period of time before realizing they sucked.
Posted 05 Nov 2007 at 1:54 pm ¶What did I end up with? The mobile version of Google Reader. Trying to stay up to date with 150+ feeds on a daily basis was a chore with everything else…
As I dont want to have a PC-based RSS reader *and* a mobile RSS Reader, I am using Netvibes on both devices!
The mobile version of Netvibes (m.netvibes.com) is well diplayed on Opera Mini 4. If you use the Nokia browser, it appears to me that Netvibes delivers the iPhone layout version of the site (based on User_Agent containing Safari in it?), which dont fit correctly the screen size.
My 2 cents…
Regards,
Posted 05 Nov 2007 at 2:13 pm ¶I use Google reader on both PC and mobile. I did have the problem that Stuart had at the start but Google have updated the Mobile version and you can now look at “Tags” which are the categories that you set up for the feeds.
I still haven’t found a good alternative for PC and mobile so am happy to use this.
Posted 05 Nov 2007 at 3:29 pm ¶google reader too!
Posted 05 Nov 2007 at 4:19 pm ¶I’m using netvibes. It’s one of the best websites (for me) and it allows me to keep all my rss needs in one place on both Nokia, PC and Laptop.
Posted 05 Nov 2007 at 6:30 pm ¶Google Reader Mobile for life!
Posted 05 Nov 2007 at 7:03 pm ¶netvibes. It was my first choice for n95 since i’ve been using for a while on pc and i have no complaints so far.
Greets from Brazil,
Posted 05 Nov 2007 at 7:22 pm ¶Is there any RSS reader that support offline viewing?
Posted 06 Nov 2007 at 2:47 am ¶Something you can download then read later on even without an internet connection? I’ve tried Free Range but I get into java error messages. Thanks!
I use Google Reader, on the PC as well as on the N95. Not having categories on the phone is a bit of a pain but I it’s still better than the other that I tried.
@ZAP
Posted 06 Nov 2007 at 6:51 am ¶Google Reader gives you the option of offline reading, but not yet for mobile.
I’ve used Netvibes on my desktop for quite some time now, and have recently started using it on the N95 too, though the standard browser. It seems quite alright but it is really slow and needs a “show next post” and “show previous post” -buttons. But i’m also using Nokia Podcast because downloading episodes is much more convenient with that.
I think it’s annoying to subscribe to feeds with Nokia Podcasting, Video Center and the N95 browser in addition to Netvibes (which i can access from everywhere). All feeds need to be in the same place, and that place must know and retain whether i’ve read a post on some other system or not.
Oh well…
Posted 06 Nov 2007 at 8:38 pm ¶you can’t beat the synchronisation with Google reader
Posted 09 Nov 2007 at 11:12 am ¶There’s another one that can compete with Google Reader: NewsGator (http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NewsGatorOnline/Default.aspx)
Posted 11 Nov 2007 at 8:30 pm ¶They also have a Mobile Edition (click settings>edit locations>NewsGator Mobile Edition).
Syncing works great!
I like to use mobispine for reading news and rss-feeds. It is quite fast and I can also see related feeds and what others like.
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