iPhone apps S/D

can anyone recommend a newsreader?

does netnewswire work yet?

NewsGator dumped support for their public/non-corporate RSS service and told everyone to go to Google Reader. NetNewsWire Mac 3.2 beta works with Google right now, but NNW iPhone 2.0 (for Google Reader support) hasn't been released yet. According to the developer (and it's just one guy who's developing both of these) NNW iPhone 2 won't be ready for awhile - probably after NNW Mac 3.2 is done.

Bottom line, use the mobile version of Google Reader (which works surprisingly well)

Definitely Byline, which wold with Google Reader and the new Mac NNW

Does Byline still have the hard limit of 200 feeds?

yeah, i've always found it to be fine. wondering what makes Byline worth paying for (totally willing to pay if Byline is demonstrably better) xp

Byline is great and totally worth it. I've bought it real early on when it was buggy as hell, but they've finally got a solid product going.

Not sure about the 200 feeds thing. I only have 114 subscriptions and regularly prune my feeds, so I haven't encountered that.

Twitterific Premium updated today.

Does Byline still have the hard limit of 200 feeds?

Jergins: the offline caching is totally worth it for me. It even stores copies of the linked pages for starred items. Used it a lot on holiday -- fill up on wifi, then read on plane.

ahhh, yayaya ya ya offline. wow. that's brilliant. i'm staring a 14 hour flight in the face and that would help. buying now

also sorry gbx :(

so pissed right now

like maybe i can swing replacing the thing at $199, but there's no way i can hack $500

Nightmare. I would have thought it would have been alright in the pocket, too. Took mine skiing and it was OK, but I should probably be less cavalier with them: my last one developed a big bust LCD line across it.

Don't suppose you have house insurance you could claim on?

Bottom line, use the mobile version of Google Reader (which works surprisingly well)

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, August 19, 2009 6:36 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you mean mobile web?

I've only had an iPhone for a few days, but the Rickroll app has been decent fun, and it's free!

gbx - if you're comfortable with pushing the limits of consumer ethics just bring it into the Apple store and tell em that you dunno what happened and now it won't turn on, if they check the dot, tell em that you left it in the bathroom while showering once or twice but it worked fine afterwards?

yeah, i've got homeowner's but the deductible is too high for it to be worth it

dyao---the excuse i had planned on using was sort of a mashup of two legit problems: the phone dying, and the big pool of water i found on my counter as a result of seepage/roof leak during the storm (we had a tornado here today, the weather was horrendous). thing is, i highly doubt they'd really give a shit, is the thing. water damage is water damage, full stop.

eh I'd just plead ignorance and wave my hands and demand service. works better if you have a friend who is female and cute and have her be like "I dunno what happened! it just stopped working!" while making dog eyes...preferably in the manner of Fred Willard. Apple is pretty lenient with their customer service, at least judging from the murder people get away with on Mac forums.

gbx, just seeing this now so maybe it's too late but in general if you get consumer electronics wet, your best choice is remove the battery if you can (in this case obv not possible) and then submerge it completely in a jar of white rice, to pull the moisture out of the gadget and into the rice. You may still want to try it for a day before giving up all hope. You never know.

^woah

sorry to hear gbx

BTW in case it wasn't obvious, that should be UNCOOKED white rice.

wonder if the rice trick would work at this point? or earlier, at least?

and yeah, i know the battery trick, but damn you apple

you mean mobile web?

Whatever it Google calls it when you load up iGoogle in iPhone Safari and then go to Reader

does it work with fried rice?

pork fried rice ON IPHONE

So they let Spotify on. Guess Rhapsody will be next. I wonder how big a cache the record labels will allow it to have - enough for a 45 min journey on the Tube out of mobile reception?

anyone been using Navigon?

Loving MiniGore.

Oh man, the I Am Tpain app is great. Get it now

flickr app finally out

Huh, no pinch to zoom? Happy to stick with Mobile Fotos instead.

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otm

NNW 2.0 released today. Works a whole lot better now (and syncs with Google Reader)

Also really digging this mock-up of a home screen replacement
http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/?p=1893

What's NNW?

Net News Wire, I'm guessing.

Has anyone found a good web page cacher for offline reading? I've tried Byline but it doesn't seem to actually cache the actual web pages, unless I'm missing something.

Anybody try Instapaper?

instapaper is very good, just wish it would grab PDFs too

I have never used it, but instapaper is the one i've heard recommended most often.

no one really mentioned this:

http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/22/push-for-gmail-its-here-it-works-and-its-limited/

NNW 2.0 released today. Works a whole lot better now (and syncs with Google Reader)

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, September 24, 2009 3:52 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha so the first app for iphone actually... works now?

MMS update out today from AT&T

Seeing how I have a MASSIVE cellphone bill, I'll think I'll skip that. And I do mean MASSIVE. I am calling on monday to "negotiate"'. Urgh

my bill has stayed the same every month since I got it. i mostly use it for checking email and surfing, though. :-/

Well, I stupidly git myself a lame ass plan which covered... maybe five connections. As a result I have to pay so much... Could have bought food for a small country for a year. But apparently you can "negotiate" (they wave the invoice if you get on a more expensive plan). SIGH.

MMS update out today from AT&T

Just got the little text about it.

i have a question: so I had some apps I bought, but had to wipe and restore my phone. I couldn't restore my phone from the backup or it was still fucked, had to start anew. Is there any way to get the apps I bought back without paying for them again?

I believe Apple will let you re-download apps you've already paid for at no charge. If you try d/l'ing one, it should prompt you that you've already downloaded and ask you to confirm, but you shouldn't be charged.

it didn't, and it charged me, which is lame

that doesn't make sense

yeah I know? I can't even figure out where to ask this question of itunes/appstore

(FWIW: I had to wipe my phone because visual voicemail crapped out completely. restoring it to factory state got that back. but resynching as the 'same' phone on my computer put back whatever software settings fucked it up in the first place and it stopped working again, so I had to go back to the factory state, then reimport all my contacts)