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NewsGator releases iPhone app/feed stats
NetNewsWire was one of the first native applications on the iPhone to read RSS feeds. Today, NewsGator released some astounding statistics about their application and users. One of the announcements was that NNW on the iPhone has over 200,000 users. Some of the other interesting stats they're talking about are: - 115,000 users have signed up for the iPhone version in the past 30-days
- Average NNW for iPhone users subscribe to 26 feeds (I subscribe to over 115 -- just sayin')
- One NNW for iPhone user subscribes to over 2,800 feeds (and how does this person read all of the newsies coming over the wire?)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
avtmx said 11:21AM on 9-23-2008
Great! Now if they only actually added some useful features to the app like marking unread, or adding a flag/star I would actually have more than 5 feeds!!
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Ben K. said 12:09PM on 9-23-2008
Adding a flag/star would be good -- that, and being able to view your clippings.
Paul said 2:47PM on 9-23-2008
Yeah I'd second flagging. There are some news stories I want to read on a real browser, or in flash so I'd like to flag them instead of trying to remember them.
Jash Sayani said 12:03PM on 9-23-2008
I have been using NetnewsWire since it launched. I was using the web interface on my computer. And also used the iPhone app extensively. Its a great service.
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DC said 12:18PM on 9-23-2008
Whats the best way to read my Google Reader on the iphone/touch? I dont like the safari interface, and I already have my feeds set up and in use on Google Reader, so I would like them to show up read at my computer if I read them on the touch. Thanks!
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Ed said 1:53PM on 9-23-2008
I'd like the same, I wish someone would make an iPhone app that would link to Google Reader...
sean said 3:49PM on 10-04-2008
Byline works with Google Reader and allows you to save marked web pages for viewing offline. Highly recommended.
The only negative is that it combines all the feeds into one. But the author says that hes working on a 'folder' system to separate the feeds inside the app.
joshua said 12:36PM on 9-23-2008
It might just be me but this app is extremely slow and crashes so much that I don't even use it. I have kept up with the updates but still crashes constantly. I have about 50 feeds though I can probably weed out some of the ones I never read.
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Phil said 1:24PM on 9-23-2008
Too bad their native app is horrible on the iPhone. I've switched back to their web app. It's sooooo much faster and it doesn't crash
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Randy said 2:03PM on 9-23-2008
56. Organized into 7 categories.
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MfS said 4:53PM on 9-23-2008
@ Ed and @ DC:
The Mobile Safari-web based Google Reader is leaps & bounds better than the NNW (IMHO). It was redesigned a few months ago, and is pretty slick. You can star items, email items, choose to view originals in condensed format/regular web page format, etc.
On your iPhone/iPod touch, surf to:
http://www.google.com/reader/i
Log in, and enjoy. There's no need for an app to point to GR, the web app works just like an app.
WIN
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Ultima Thule said 5:26PM on 9-23-2008
I have 59 feeds and the app rarely crashes.
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ejota said 8:15PM on 9-23-2008
General NNW question:
I have only 5 feeds but when a feed gets to 20 new stories, NNW stops receiving new stories for that feed. Is there a way to make it so there is no limit?
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Stakker said 2:06PM on 9-24-2008
Well, I like the iPhone NNW.
There are clippings for viewing your items later on another computer, you can easily email links to feed items, you can choose to keep or not to keep unread items and for how long. You can also view news items in a Safari (webkit?) rendered page inside the app and return to the feed list to continue where you left off without needing to launch Safari and exit. The most important feature is the sync with NNW service though.
Yeah, I would like some features like customizing the arrangement of the feed list and sometimes the sync takes a while to realize items have been read... But I use it every day (twice a day, at least 1h in total) and I'm happy.
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