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Originally Posted by rkistler
I did some googling around, and some slashdotters suggested plucker ( plkr.org ). I'm going to try that out.
If / When you get around to using plkr for a bit, please post your feedback - as noted, had just begun to wonder whether AvantGo was still around & might have some interest in a similar service.... (No Data Plan on the Fuze, and there are indeed times when WiFi is not available...  )
Thanks!
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I wrestled with Plucker Desktop, the SunriseXP Desktop (Java Version of Plucker), and Vade Mecum (Plucker Viewer for Pocket PC).
It had too many problems. It was unable to parse certain websites. I think it might be because Plucker hasn't been updated since 2004.
I also considered Spb Insight ($20), but didn't feel like paying for something that I didn't need.
So what I did: I already sync BeyondPod for my daily podcasts. So I just added some Yahoo news RSS text news feeds to BeyondPod. The RSS text news feeds are short, and not as comprehensive as full mobile news articles. But it's free, it'll sync up whenever I'm syncing my podcasts anyway, so there's no additional hassles.
So in most cases when I ride the subway, I'll just listen to my podcast news mp3s. And in the rare case when I absolutely need to check text news, and I don't have wireless internet, then I'll just read my RSS news feeds on BeyondPod.