Comments on: Hello iPhone http://www.webthingsconsidered.com/2007/07/30/hello-iphone/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jacob Reiff http://www.webthingsconsidered.com/2007/07/30/hello-iphone/#comment-242 Jacob Reiff Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:47:39 +0000 http://www.webthingsconsidered.com/?p=224#comment-242 I've read some people are happy with Newsgator's new online offering, it has an iPhone-optimized interface and if you're a NetNewsWire user (as I am), it syncs read states. I haven't used it since they updated the interface for the iPhone but did try it 4 days prior and hated it. Not to mention it makes NetNewsWire run slower, something that app definitely doesn't need any help with. (Although the upgrade to 3 has been quite nice.) My biggest beef was that it didn't keep my feeds in the same order / grouping that I have in NNW; with hundreds of feeds, organization is pretty important IMHO. I figure between the 10 or so video podcasts I'm subscribed to, leaflets and FilemarkMaker, I can survive without mobile feeds. I’ve read some people are happy with Newsgator’s new online offering, it has an iPhone-optimized interface and if you’re a NetNewsWire user (as I am), it syncs read states.

I haven’t used it since they updated the interface for the iPhone but did try it 4 days prior and hated it. Not to mention it makes NetNewsWire run slower, something that app definitely doesn’t need any help with. (Although the upgrade to 3 has been quite nice.)

My biggest beef was that it didn’t keep my feeds in the same order / grouping that I have in NNW; with hundreds of feeds, organization is pretty important IMHO.

I figure between the 10 or so video podcasts I’m subscribed to, leaflets and FilemarkMaker, I can survive without mobile feeds.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.webthingsconsidered.com/2007/07/30/hello-iphone/#comment-241 Ryan Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:27 +0000 http://www.webthingsconsidered.com/?p=224#comment-241 Leaflets looks great. The app list is a gold mine of shortcuts, and the feeds app is more user friendly than having many bookmarks to individual feeds through the iPhone reader. I just wish you could import an OPML or something, adding feeds individually is sort of a pain. Leaflets looks great. The app list is a gold mine of shortcuts, and the feeds app is more user friendly than having many bookmarks to individual feeds through the iPhone reader. I just wish you could import an OPML or something, adding feeds individually is sort of a pain.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.webthingsconsidered.com/2007/07/30/hello-iphone/#comment-240 Ryan Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:49:50 +0000 http://www.webthingsconsidered.com/?p=224#comment-240 Indeed, though the efficiency gained will more than make up for it. :-) Indeed, though the efficiency gained will more than make up for it. :-)

]]> By: AdamD http://www.webthingsconsidered.com/2007/07/30/hello-iphone/#comment-239 AdamD Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:27:55 +0000 http://www.webthingsconsidered.com/?p=224#comment-239 That's $500 that isn't going into Noah's college fund! Congrats on the new toy. So far I've been able to hold off. That’s $500 that isn’t going into Noah’s college fund!

Congrats on the new toy. So far I’ve been able to hold off.

]]> By: Jacob Reiff http://www.webthingsconsidered.com/2007/07/30/hello-iphone/#comment-238 Jacob Reiff Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:06:28 +0000 http://www.webthingsconsidered.com/?p=224#comment-238 My favorite iPhone-related app so far has been <a href="http://www.insanelygreattees.com/news/?p=51" rel="nofollow">Filemark Maker</a>—allows you to save PDFs, images, etc to the iPhone via a data:// URI (or is it URL? I can never remember.); circumvents the whole "email yourself a PDF" business. <a href="http://getleaflets.com/" rel="nofollow">Leaflets</a> have been great when on the EDGE network (and when not) because it's pretty well optimized for the lack of bandwidth. Lastly, <a href="http://www.lifeclever.com/17-powerful-bookmarklets-for-your-iphone/" rel="nofollow">LifeClever had a great post on some bookmarklets you can sync up via Safari for added functionality.</a> My favorite iPhone-related app so far has been Filemark Maker—allows you to save PDFs, images, etc to the iPhone via a data:// URI (or is it URL? I can never remember.); circumvents the whole “email yourself a PDF” business.

Leaflets have been great when on the EDGE network (and when not) because it’s pretty well optimized for the lack of bandwidth.

Lastly, LifeClever had a great post on some bookmarklets you can sync up via Safari for added functionality.

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