Waiting on a Better Google Reader Mobile Experience
I have been trying out Google Reader for the past week, and so far there is a lot to like. I especially apprecaite the ease at which I am able to create a linkblog from my shared items, and even share them with you via the right sidebar. Go ahead, take a look. I’ll wait.
Having used FeedDemon for quite a while as my regular desktop reader and the integrated NewsGator as my online reader, moving to Google Reader has taken a bit to get used to. I can deal with most of the little things I don’t like about Reader (like the option of marking items read when leaving a feed) but the feature I really want from Google Reader right now is an improved mobile experience.
Like many of you, for better or worse I spend quite a bit of time with my BlackBerry, and read a lot of feeds via NewsGator’s mobile feature. For the most part the free NewsGator mobile service is very usable. I know they recently released a NewsGator Go! product for BlackBerry but I cant seem to force myself to pay another $30 for a mobile app when I already paid for a NewsGator and FeedDemon subscription and when there are so many other options available for free - which brings me to Google Reader.
Google has 2 great mobile apps which I use on a regular basis on my BlackBerry - GMail for mobile devices, and the related program for Google Apps for Your Domain. Both provide a great interface to my mail accounts, synch in real time wirelessly, keep my Gmail messages separate from my corporate mail and provide a more enjoyable experience than their standard HTML-driven counterparts.
So, where is the comparable application for Google Reader? Hey Reader Team I know it’s Beta and all, but is this something you are working on?
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Hey Chris, we offer a $15 bundle discount for joint FeedDemon/NetNewsWire and Go! bundled purchases. We also offer a $10 coupon for anyone who purchased another NewsGator product in the past year.
Chris, I encourage you to take a look at the trial version of Go!. If you don’t think it is worth the price after using the trial, send me a list of features/ideas that would make it worth the spend and we can work out a really special discount
http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdID=NewsGator+Go!+Blackberry