2007-06-01 09:15 - topic:
techno
The following scenario is becoming reality: all the RSS feeds offline on my handheld
(Pocket PC Phone Edition windows mobile 5.0 based) and when I access my feeds on the Desktop I only see the ones I didnt read on the handheld. The
NewsgatorGO product offer this sync function, even with the new
webbased reader Newsgator Online (still beta - and much slower than the google reader). I even tried to buy (!) the software yesterday beacause they sent out the following promotion (see image from e-mail newsletter).

But I didn't get the Software in the end because the following message poped up.
Cannot find promo code, expired code, or redeemed too many times. So I continue using the trial version as long as possible (maybe reinstall again) and hope to find a mobile version that syncs with my Google Feed Reader. I am still dreaming about a ferfect world (of feed reading experience).
ps.
May 31st was the last day of the promotion - I sent an e-mail to Orders @ Newsgator, no answer at all (LikeIt...?).
pps. the product life cycle doesn't make people happy, SMI wrote last year
this posting about the up(?)grade of Feeddemon.
update 04.06.07: got a feedback from Newsgator, they sent me a new promotion code, but I am not sure yet if it will work, the code is about 25 caracters long...
update 07.06.07: it worked, I spent USD 33 for two licence keys (mobile version and FeedDemon), not bad. As I am in direct contact by mail, I got feedback about my questions:
- Q: if I read all posts from a feed, the feed doesnt show in tree anymore. how can I choose between "all" and "updated". the web based version or other products do offer this display feature and I would expect the same from the GO Version. A: That was done for memory conservation reasons. Before you do a sync any feeds with unread articles still can be viewed but after syncing they get tossed. We are doing all we can to keep the memory footprint minimal and this seemed like a good compromise.
- Q: how can I download pictures when I sync and look at them when I read the post offline. So far, when I opened the post, the handheld tried to establish a connection over the mobile network. I know, I could choose "go offline" wihin the post. A: Images and embedded video are stripped from the feed before it is sent to the mobile reader.
I have to write them back, espacially beacause in my opionion the answer nr. 2 is not correct. I see images if the pocket pc is connected by cable, mobile network or WIFI. As soon the connection is disabled the pictures disappear, so there is no caching. - FYI: in the settings I checked the box "show images", so I would expect to see the images even if I am offline (memory issues are not really the point if you choose the memory card as storage location).