Rocco Augusto
06-05-2007, 02:13 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=3861' target='_blank'>http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=3861</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Let's continue with the series of articles of the use of my favorite Windows Mobile Pocket PC applications on the Windows Mobile Smartphone. Today I will write about Ilium Software's NewsBreak, another application by Ilium that made my life so easy on the Pocket PC, and now made me happier when I saw it exists for the Smartphone as well. NewsBreak is an RSS feed reader. For the users that are not acquainted with RSS, here is a short explanation: many websites offer the ability to syndicate the content of the site as an RSS feed. RSS is a standard XML format (actually there are some 3 different RSS standards)..."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/augusto-20070604-newsbreak.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/><br /><br />Helio Diamant, Microsoft MVP for Windows Mobile, walks us through using Ilium Software's NewsBreak for Windows Mobile Standard. You know, I have to be honest with you guys, I'm not a huge fan of RSS on mobile devices. I used to be a huge fan but the truth is, there is just to much stuff to read! I used to spend around one hour each day reading the news on my handset until one day I got a new work computer with two huge 20 inch LCD monitors. After reading the news from all of my favorite sites on these two screens, there was no way I could back to reading all of my daily news on my handset!<br /><br />Now if I started traveling again, chances are that my Samsung Blackjack would most likely be my primary connection to the outside world. In a situation like this, I don't think I could use any other RSS reader besides NewsBreak. If you haven't checked it out then I highly suggest doing so. You can try a 30-day evaluation copy of the software, which can be downloaded from the <a href="http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/nw/nb_trial.htm">Ilium Software website</a>, or you can purchase NewsBreak for $7.95 from our <a href="http://software.smartphonethoughts.com/product.asp?id=1554">affiliate store</a>! :)