03-23-2004, 01:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Do You Read Newsgroups On Your Pocket PC?
How many of you read newsgroups on your Pocket PC? I would really like to. I spend a ton of time in the .pocketpc newsgroup each week helping people out, which is how I came by my MVP tag.  I have been into newsgroups for years and am an Agent fan from day one. I've not found anything that really comes close or even usable on a Pocket PC, but I may be setting the bar too high. :| What about you?
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03-23-2004, 01:29 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 252
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How about sometimes but my use is limited by the functionality of the PPC NNTP client.
I think I've tried most of them but the only one that comes close is Inkspot. I stopped using when they had the problem with WM2003 and haven't gone back to it.
I'm also an Agent user and ideally I would like to be able to take my current position in Agent with me on my pocket pc and then sync up later marking those messages I have read. Running two news clients is a PIA as you're always playing catch up on one or the other.
Is the CEBEANS hmmm... eccentric still on teh news groups?
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03-23-2004, 01:30 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 276
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I've only seen (free) offline newsgroup/usenet readers for Pocket PC but I also want one that is more "online". Can't someone code one please? (Or maybe I'll have to make my own some rainy day?)
My favorite newsgroup reader is Opera's. It's quite fast, can leave out spam and (my favorite) it has a small pop-up message of the number of new messages you have waiting in a newsgroup. Fit's me nicely! 
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03-23-2004, 01:34 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 252
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Originally Posted by manywhere
I've only seen (free) offline newsgroup/usenet readers for Pocket PC but I also want one that is more "online". Can't someone code one please? (Or maybe I'll have to make my own some rainy day?) |
Inkspot mentioned above does online. So does Ruskun newsforce
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03-23-2004, 01:54 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 141
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I generally read the NNTP newsgroups on my PPC when I don't have access to my PC, like a lull in a meeting via wifi or waiting for my kids at the bus stop via bluetooth connection to my phone. I just access our NNTP newsgroups webpage listing formatted for the PPC here:
http://www.bostonpocketpc.com/module...le&file=nrmain
And marvel at how fast Ed can type... 8O
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03-23-2004, 01:58 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 651
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I use inky spot and newsforce for my newsgroup access but it would e nice if someone came out with an update to these programs. I connect to many different servers and find that each program has it's own good and bad points but if someone made something like agent in a ppc version I'd be all over it.
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03-23-2004, 02:00 PM
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Thoughts Media Review Team
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 1,004
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Hmm - reading newsgroups is something I always aspire to more than actually do .
Back in my Newton days I used DejaVu's Inkspot for the Newton quite a lot to follow the Newton newsgroups. Since moving to the PPC I have not tried any newsreaders. But, now that I see DejaVu has a version of Inkspot for the Pocket Pc - I just might have to give it a go.
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...waiting for the arrival of my Axim x50v...But I still love my Newtons!
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03-23-2004, 02:01 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 333
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I used to use Ink Spot on my Pocket PC. It did online, and was ok. I don't think its been updated in years.
I don't read news groups anymore, I just don't have time.
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03-23-2004, 02:09 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 298
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I checked "other" reason, because rather than preferring my desktop, it's my Tablet that I find is ideal for newsgroup reading, absent the existence of the perfect reader for my PPC.
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03-23-2004, 02:19 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,734
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I find the news readers I have tried do not address properly the form factor and likely usage when catching up with a whole days worth of posts.
For one, I think there should be much more focus on navigating the threads without using a stylus, and scrolling the page. Using the d-pad and mappable buttons would certainly help, and large on-screen buttons would be useful. It would make it alot easier to read in bed.
The other idea which Dochall raised, was syncing your reading history between a desktop and ppc client, which can be a real pain.
Surur
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