Ilium Software's Newsbreak 2.0 - RSS Reader

[nmeister]

Take a look at newscopier too, its free and from what I can tell is nearly identical to the newsbreak 1.x. Im not sure if there have been any recent updates to newscopier.

Edit:
Dont know what has been added to this version, but it is definitely newer than the previous version I had installed. The date for this one is Feb. 2007
http://www.maximumsoft.com/downloads...ketpc_download

[Pibe38]

I don't get it, Newscopier says that you download a website on your PC and then download it to your PPC and view it there... that's what I have EVDO for...

I didn't see anything about being able to see RSS feeds on it, did I miss something?

[nmeister]

Originally Posted by Pibe38

I don't get it, Newscopier says that you download a website on your PC and then download it to your PPC and view it there... that's what I have EVDO for...

I didn't see anything about being able to see RSS feeds on it, did I miss something?

I think they may just describe it funny or something. It says it is an RSS reader on the other description page (not the one I originally linked to):
http://www.maximumsoft.com/products/.../overview.html

They may have changed something, but I never had to do an activesync type thing to get it to update, it would do it all via EVDO. I guess I should give this latest version a try before I keep recommending it to people.

[CozBoogie]

You might also look at Pocket RSS...very stable and easy to use:

http://www.ppcgeeks.com/pocketrss-is...ree-t4299.html

late,
Coz

[Pibe38]

Anyone know why this program closes itself after a while? I have iLauncher as my task manager, but I don't use the real OK button. Just in case I also set the task manager to only minimize this application and not close.

Then, I minimize the app and I can see it under running apps... and during this time I'm getting updates... so all is good.

But after time passes I see my new headlines have not updated and I know there had to be news since I last checked. When I go to check running apps, NewsBreak is gone and I have to start it again.

It's kind of annoying...

[nmeister]

Originally Posted by Pibe38

Anyone know why this program closes itself after a while? I have iLauncher as my task manager, but I don't use the real OK button. Just in case I also set the task manager to only minimize this application and not close.

Then, I minimize the app and I can see it under running apps... and during this time I'm getting updates... so all is good.

But after time passes I see my new headlines have not updated and I know there had to be news since I last checked. When I go to check running apps, NewsBreak is gone and I have to start it again.

It's kind of annoying...

Is it installed on your storage card? I think there is an issue with programs closing on their own if installed to the storage card. I remember this issue popping up with pocket informant.

[Pibe38]

Yeah I have it on the SD card. I guess that's the culprit, I've never installed on the SD card, but I'm really running out of space so this seemed like the perfect program to have on the card.

[Pibe38]

When I run SK Tools it asks me if I want to delete Program Files\Newsbreak\Channels.bak

From the extension, it just seems to be a backup... anyone know if it's safe to erase? Is this a temp file?