Viigo is a fantastic free offline RSS reader. You will have some default RSS feeds on your BlackBerry. You could add and dispatch RSS feeds from the home screen of the application program. They also offer a pretty complete listing on RSS feeds you can select from if you select add from list.
Now to assume what makes theapplication shine. In the options you will find out a setting allowing you choose how many RSS items the software should have stored at a time. The default is 250 but you can change that to 1000 by clicking on that box and typing 1000 out on the keyboard. The software auto-configures your connection but if it is inappropriate change it in the settings. You then need to change if you want the software to autoupdate every selected hours or to only update manually. This is a groovy feature if you are on a limited data plan. You can as well set if you want the software to handle rich text and download images.
The RSS reader is keen once it starts downloading the feeds every two hours. The reading pane takes advantage of the BlackBerrys scroll wheel to control what you are reading. I wish they tailored the software to let you hit the Spacebar to scroll down in an item but as of now you can hit “N” to go to the next item and “B” to go to the previous. You also have the ability to send the article link by email from your address book. The only downside of that is that it only lets you email the first email you have on file for each contact, even if you select different email address. They just added new functionality to be able to add the item to your del.icio.us account.
Now to assume what makes theapplication shine. In the options you will find out a setting allowing you choose how many RSS items the software should have stored at a time. The default is 250 but you can change that to 1000 by clicking on that box and typing 1000 out on the keyboard. The software auto-configures your connection but if it is inappropriate change it in the settings. You then need to change if you want the software to autoupdate every selected hours or to only update manually. This is a groovy feature if you are on a limited data plan. You can as well set if you want the software to handle rich text and download images.
The RSS reader is keen once it starts downloading the feeds every two hours. The reading pane takes advantage of the BlackBerrys scroll wheel to control what you are reading. I wish they tailored the software to let you hit the Spacebar to scroll down in an item but as of now you can hit “N” to go to the next item and “B” to go to the previous. You also have the ability to send the article link by email from your address book. The only downside of that is that it only lets you email the first email you have on file for each contact, even if you select different email address. They just added new functionality to be able to add the item to your del.icio.us account.
