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22-09-2009, 12:33 PM
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I've used bbcreader for quite a while now without issue, it's simple and I liked the way it linked you back to the BBC website and gave you the pictures, as of today it decided to die a death and crash repeatedly, emptied cache, uninstalled etc to no avail then I saw all the reviews of 1 star etc saying "crash crash crash". Not sure why it ran so well for so long, I even thought it was a pucka BBC app till today.
Anyway what's the alternative? I found 'News UK' by Nuvus but it's a pay app and looks quite new or a rework of an old app they used to do so no reviews yet.
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22-09-2009, 1:24 PM
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I use Sky News app. Very good, official and free.
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22-09-2009, 1:34 PM
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Should of mentioned I have that already  | |
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22-09-2009, 1:53 PM
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Google Reader - the best
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22-09-2009, 3:42 PM
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I like Telegraph reader as it has full articles like the BBC one. Most of the other ones have just short summaries.
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22-09-2009, 8:03 PM
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Originally Posted by HSC  Google Reader - the best | seconded! 
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22-09-2009, 9:29 PM
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I take it you need a google account as I can't find it as an app.
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22-09-2009, 9:34 PM
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yep. with the google account you get many other features such as google mail, picasa, calendar, google docs etc etc...
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22-09-2009, 9:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Spod I take it you need a google account as I can't find it as an app. | ps there is a google app in the app store from where you can access all these features once you have created an account. creating an account doesn't take long!
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23-09-2009, 6:16 AM
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Yeah I'd resisted signing up with google so far, you end up with an account here there and everywhere in the end | |
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23-09-2009, 7:01 AM
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In regards to Google Reader, the Google app doesn't give you anything more than a bookmark to the website: http://www.google.com/reader/
The site is optimised for the iPhone and works well but it would be nice if there was a proper app for offline Reading.
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23-09-2009, 11:40 AM
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you guys should check out newsstand here: omz:software
really good rss reader. can be used with bbc's rss feeds and also features google reader syncing
edit: if you need offline viewing you can also use http://readitlaterlist.com/iphone/
which also can be used with newsstand. so if u find something u wanna read later just add it to your list from newsstand then download it using the read it later app.
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23-09-2009, 11:57 AM
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Bah! I opened this thread up thinking it might be about some kind of interactive Fiona Bruce app...
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