Friday, February 4, 2011

Top 5 iOS Newsreader Applications

Apple’s iPhone had been everyone’s muse for quite a big period of time and now the Apple iPad has taken the market of tablet PC’s by storm.No one get enough out of them with so many features loaded in them. Apple has got a big range of applications for its iOS.

The previous day I was checking out the various Newsreader applications so here are the top 5 iOS newsreader applications in the market.

1.Reeder

This piece of application belongs to the Google Reader. It has got a mind blowing interface that is tailor made for the touch screens only. It has been integrated with loads of web based services to suit every user’s need. Reeder can be linked to your Google Reader account and in addition to that it has got inbuilt send to/sharing services. This means that you can easily share/send/post/save your posts and articles on Instapaper , Read It Later , Delicious, Pinbard, Zootool, Facebook and Twitter. Like Google Reader you can add notes or star articles in RSS Feed the same way in Reeder.
COST: $4.99

2.Flipboard

This application was named as the iPad application of the year by Apple. Well you know that some great things in life come for free as this one is too. It calls itself as a social magazine and gathers all the information surrounding your life in a great way. It gathers and displays the information and updates from Facebook, Twitter , Google Reader and Flickr and can be customized by the user according to their importance, priorities,interests and the things they would love to see. The USP of Flipboard is its highly interactive and engrossing interface for updating your status messages or starring you articles on Google Reader or any other thing you would like to do with it.
COST: FREE

3.Pulse

Another free application which provides a good amount of features and has got tempting looks for the eyes. One of the highlighting features of pulse is that it can provide double views of the same article that is one in the Pulse format and the other in the way it is on the source. It can provide with news feeds in the offline mode by pre-loading all the feeds for later use. Though it does not integrate directly with the Google Reader but it can import RSS feeds from Reader. Like others it can be used for sharing posts and articles on Facebook and Twitter.
COST: FREE
4.MobileRSS

It is another reader application that can be linked with your Google Reader account. This application used to pre load all the feeds for offline reading. It can be used to star articles, share them via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, Read It Later, Instapaper. MobileRSS also provides the facility of widescreen reading by fixing the screen in landsacape mode through a software based lock.
COST: #Basic (ad supported)version(FREE)
#Premium version($2.99)

5.Byline

All the features provided by Byline are compatible on all iOS devices but it can be a special benefit for those who are operating an iPhone or Ipod touch. It provides 2-way sync with Google Reader and can be very well integrated with Facebook, Twitter, Read It Later and Instapaper. It can cache around thousand new articles for offline reading and downloads automatically from the sites.
COST: # Basic (ad supported)version(FREE)
#Premium version($4.99)

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