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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Shahpur.Azizpour:
so does "google reader import" mean that this is a one-time one-way sync? i'm using google reader daily, so i would like to have a two way sync.

and about offline storage: is it possible to define per feed that the webpage should be downloaded? i have some teaser feeds where i always download the full webpage automatically on each sync with newsrob on android. This is one of the most important features for me, as more and more websites don't provide full article feeds anymore...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
Hi.

At the moment there is just a one-way import from google. I am currently working on a two-way sync and it will hopefully be available in 2-3 weeks.

I will also be adding an option to use fulltextrssfeed.com to pull down the full articles. This may be available sooner. It will basically just adjust the URL to use the service, but once the Google Sync is finished you should get the same results you see in Google Reader.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Calum
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] kwill:
Definitely like the images in article list addition and youtube video support. But, one last thing making this the go to rss app for me (not sure about other) is the ability to see a mobilized view of the page. They always load faster than the full page. And as it is now, the details view is usually a very short blurb about the article. And to get more information, you have to hit the link button which loads the original page. Good that it does this inside the app, but still would like a mobilized view. Thanks and the app definitely keeps getting better.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Shahpur.Azizpour:
Thanks for the quick response.

Sounds good, although i haven't heard of the fulltextrssfeed.com site up to now, curious to see how good this might work.

Basically if you want to know what would make your RSS reader the best there is, you should just check out the Features of NewsRob for Android. It's by far the best RSS Reader with a LOT of options and it's perfectly suited for heavy rss users.

http://smartphoneblogging.com/2010/04/review-newsrob-rss-google-reader-sync-for-android/

A few more examples:

- option available per feed: download feed, download feed + website, download feed + mobile website.

- marking articles to "read later" -> this makes sense if you have like 500 articles in feeds and you want to keep just specific ones and put the status of all the rest to "mark as read". This status has to be permanent, because i don't want to mark those articles again after each sync. So you will keep the articles in this status, until you switch them to status "read" manually.

- "mark read up to here" -> so your are halfway through the 500 articles and marked some as interesting, but want to get rid of the rest. There should be an option to mark all articles as read (except the interesting ones you marked as "read later" of course).

- textflow: i don't know if this is possible but websites and feeds come with all kinds of different fontsizes. Zooming doesn't help if the text is not automatically adjusted (automatic linebreaks) to fit the current zoom level. Take a look at the android browser i.e. to see what i mean.

I really want to use my HTC Mozart more often, but since im a daily rss user, i can't switch as long as there is no app that comes near to newsrob on android...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
Hi guys,

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, totally missed the notifications. I will definitely look into your suggestions, but the No. 1 priority after the next (minor) update is google reader sync. I may be able to get the mobile view and the use of fulltextrssfeed.com into the google sync update.

In the minor update (coming next week) there will be a text view as well as the browser view. This enables swiping from one article to the next. It will show a single image for an article at the top unless there are YouTube videos embedded in the article - then it will show the video thumbnails.

The text view won't have a zoom - it will just show the text in the size you specify in the settings.

@Shahpur:

Re. 'Mark all read up to here': would you want a context menu in the list to mark everything below as read? (below being older)

Also, could you not use the favorites instead of having a 'read later' command?

Cheers

Calum
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Shahpur.Azizpour:
Yes, having the option to mark everything up to the current feed item to read would be great. This way i can easily mark many feed items to status "read" without the need to go through the whole list at once.

Hmm marking the items to favourite would probably be a fitting workaround...didn't really think about this yet.

Also having the possibility to schedule syncs would be great. Currently i'm using newsrob for android and tasker which let's me schedule nearly anything i want. so i have a sync in the morning and another sync before going home from work...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
I'll definitely look into implementing 'mark read to here' in 1.9 (should be coming in the next few weeks).

The background updates will have to wait for the mango version though as it isn't possible to run background tasks in the current version.

Let me know if you have any other ideas.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Diewi:
Hi _calum_,

I really like your app. Your concept matches exactly what I expect from a daily used rss reader.

But there's one feature I miss a lot. The problem is that I often get duplicate entries when using the "tab" 'all' or 'unread'. For example, I subscribe "Topthemen - sueddeutsche.de" and "Politikartikel - sueddeutsche.de". "Topthemen" is, of course, containing some articles of "Politikartikel". Those articles appear twice. So, when the list of articles is build, it should be checked whether the article title matches another.

If this would be implemented another issue needs to be regarded. When opening one of those "duplicate" entries, all articles with the same title must be marked 'read' as well. I often had readers that just weren't aware of this behavior.

I hope this feature will be added in future :)

Greetings,

Diewi
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
Hi Diewi,

Thanks for the idea, I really hadn't thought of this problem. I think that if the articles come from the same server and have the same ID then this should be easy enough to do. The sueddeutsche feeds are well-behaved and add a guid attribute that is the same for all occurrences of the article, so it shouldn't be a problem to link the articles.

Some feeds won't allow this as the guid attribute is missing and linking articles based on the title alone won't always work. Most servers that have multiple feeds that use the same content seem to add the guid attribute though, so it should almost always work.

Keep an eye on the change list for Version 1.9 :)

Cheers,

Calum
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Diewi:
Thanks for the quick answer. I'll look forward to version 1.9. The solution seems easier than I thought.

Just another thing that came into my head (hopefully not too much in one place ;) ):

If I assign "go back in browser" to the 'back'-button in settings, I'll always have to wait until the previous page is loaded an only then I can go another page back. For example, this causes the effect, that if I regard an article, read the second and then the third page, I cannot go back to the article easily. Going back then will take some time (and data volume). The, in my opinion, correct behavior would be to be able to press the button three times in a row and by then go back to the article.

I currently switched the behavior to 'go back to article', but now I need to go back to the article and load the page again, if I accidently clicked some link. Very annoying, if this happens on the second or third page.

Thanks,

Diewi
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
Hi Diewi,

you just got in quick enough for me to add that to 1.8 :)

In a couple of days it should work as expected.

Cheers,

Calum
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Diewi:
Wow, I'm very impressed! Thank you very much.

Diewi
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
I have uploaded a video of version 1.8. I haven't submitted the update yet as the App Hub was down yesterday, but I'll do it as soon as I have some time today.

[EDIT: I submitted the update a few hours ago]

[YOUTUBE]knI0GH0SqTw[/YOUTUBE]
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
Version 1.8 is now available. The free version will also be available in the next few hours.

The first post and the website will be updated later tonight.

[EDIT] Site and first post updated.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
I just had a bug report from feed me 1.8 (thanks Darren). It occurs when you return to the app if 'extended logging' is enabled in the settings.

I guess I did most of my testing with that setting disabled :o

If you run into this problem then just deactivate extended logging.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] kwill:
Hey calum. It seems that Feed Me has been a little slow in loading. I only have two feeds (engadget and CNN) that update on startup. But, it's slow just bringing up the home page to start updating. Have you noticed the same? Thanks.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
Hi kwill, The loading time is solely dependent on the size of the cache, it won't be affected by feeds that update on startup. You can see the size of the cache in the settings and also tweek things so that you don't keep as many articles.

I would recommend deleting articles after 7 days and checking the option to keep unread articles. FYI articles marked as favourites will not be deleted.

Let me know if this sorts things out.

Calum
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] kwill:
Ok, good stuff to know. I did have the cache enabled and set to 1 week. But, didn't have the only unread articles option checked. We'll see how it goes now. Thanks as always.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
forty3degrees.com is down. No e-mail and live tiles are blank. Should be back up in the next few hours. Sorry for the inconvenience :(
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
forty3degrees.com is online again. Get in touch if you're still having problems.

@kwill I will be working on the loading times for the next version. Are you running mango?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Diewi:
Identical feeds

Hi calum,

I just noticed that the feature of sorting out double entries in the columns 'all' and 'unread' is missing in the Version 1.9. I'm just posting this, as I don't know if it was forgotten or just difficult to implement. Looking forward to the next release :D.

But the speed improvements are impressive anyway. :)

Regards,

Alex
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
Hi Alex,

I've been busy all day getting version 1.10 ready to submit. There were a few minor errors turning up in 1.9 and a problem with random crashes due to a nasty race condition :(

I added the feature to 1.10 :) I even made it so that the state (read/unread) of the items stay synchronized (almost forgot to do that :o). I'm doing some more tests now and if all goes well I'll submit the update in the morning.

Cheers

Calum
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Diewi:
Wow, you're fast. Thanks for taking the the time and adding the feature.:)

Race conditions are mostly really disgusting to debug. I didn't notice this bug yet.

Btw, the cache feature is great.

Thank you,

Alex
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
Just submitted version 1.10 to fix the bugs in the new caching system.

Added the merging of duplicate articles (thanks to Alex for the idea) and enabled 'infinite scrolling' on YouTube feeds - you can keep scrolling down and more items will be loaded from the server until you get to the end of the feed (no more videos match the search, no more user uploads etc).

I'll be making a (very) short video as usual, but there won't be much to see :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
feed me 1.10 is now available. There are two known issues:

• The cache setting 'keep unread articles' does not work properly

• In certain situations you may get duplicate entries in the download list. If this happens then you will not be able to delete your downloads.

Version 1.11 will be submitted on the 12th of September and will fix these issues.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Diewi:
Hey calum,

the version 1.10 is really great. Now, I can fully enjoy reading my news feeds.

But again, I found a little issue. I hope it doesn't annoy already ;). If I'm reading feeds that are grouped together, the read items are marked 'read' in the lists 'all', 'unread' and one of the feeds. So, the items remain 'unread' in of the feeds. Along with this the option to 'mark all items read' doesn't work properly. The doubled entries in the other feed don't get marked as well, and so, some items remain unread in the overview.

I could understand, if the fix wouldn't get into version 1.11, as I'm pretty late.

Also, the item count in the overview also counts the doubled entries. I don't know if that's of any matter at all, but I thought it might be of interest for you.

Regards,

Alex
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
Hi Alex,

sorry for the late reply, I totally missed this one :(

Everything should work OK in Version 1.11 except for the item count. The item count won't be fixed for NoDo as it would make a complete mess of everything but with Mango the cache will be SQL-based so it shouldn't be a problem to sort it out.

Cheers

Calum
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
Version 1.11 is out. I'm well behind and haven't managed to get the video done yet - the Mango version has taken priority.

As soon as an I catch up I'll post again.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
Version 1.12 is out. This is a bug-fix release, there are no new features.

I have updated the first post with the video of 1.11.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] _calum_:
feed me has been temporarily removed from the marketplace. I hope to get a new version out towards the end of the first quarter of 2012 but only time will tell.

Details: http://www.wpcentral.com/feed-me-removed-marketplace
[myTouch 4G General] kcmmrl:
After "joining" contacts between Facebook and Google contacts last night, I woke up today and Facebook was not in my sync accounts.

Somehow, it reappeared, and now I must re-"join" those contacts.

Annoying.
[myTouch 4G General] neidlinger:
I deleted my facebook account, so i cannot help you any more.

you might find the answers you seek here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=956296
[Android Apps and Games] cboard:
Hi all, this is a new app I have put on the Android Market currently at version 1.1. It is a simple and lightweight app that allows you to securely store your passwords within your phone. It allows you to launch the website from the App and then copy and paste the username stored in the app to the relevant fields on the website.

This is the first release of the App but there are many more features to come in the near future.

Please download and let me know your thoughts about the App. Search for Boardies Password Manager in the Android Market.

There are two versions available. A free version and a donate version. The free version is ad supported and the donate version called Boardies Password Manager Paid is identical to the free version but doesn't display Ads.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ROORnNUGZ:
I am on DK28 and am having trouble getting the EB13. I am running the nebula rom with the rfs file system. I tried the samsung updater but when I click the "I agree with the terms" there is no next button just an exit. Computer will not recognize phone in download mode but will in usb mass storage so I can't figure out odin. Any suggestions or will there be a clockworkmod flashable way in the future. Thanks in advance
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skandranon314:
You need to Odin to stock DI18 first.

Are your drivers installed correctly?

Are you using a USB port directly on the back of the motherboard?

If not fix these issues and odin should see your phone.
[G Tablet General] VrikkGWJ:
I am running VEGAn Tab (the latest supplement), and after I load it it'll bring up the Agreement screen then crash once I accept. I can't even get to the screen that says for me to install the gigabyte of game data. It goes back to the desktop.

Is there anything that I can do that some people recommend? This is the only application I've bought so far on my G Tab that isn't running, and I hope I can get it going correctly since it was $15 and I am passed the refund window.

Thanks in advance :)
[G Tablet General] jhermit:
The information in the marketplace says "NVIDIA TEGRA Chipset is not yet supported (support will come later)"

You have a Tegra 2, so I am afraid you will not run until supported.
[G Tablet General] yourtravelboy:
I've checked with hyperdevbox and this is what they said-

"Hello,

Yes , we are working on the Tegra support, hopefully by end of February or middle of March at the latest we should have a version which will support Tegra.

Kind Regards,"
[G Tablet General] ketjr81:
have you guys tried it since the update?

here are some other people talking about it in the app forum.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11655379#post11655379
[G Tablet General] MikeTheSith200:
you must really br blind because it also says specifically devices like ours are not supported, i dont mean tegra, i mean non official devices.
[G Tablet General] ketjr81:
It actually seems to be working now from what the guys in the other thread said.

I didnt buy it myself though.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ecko19:
Once root (administrative privileges) have been gained, are there certain files or folder that modifying them will brink the phone?

Or I could be asking the wrong question. When does the system check the signature of the file system? When it is flashed or every time it boots?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neer2005:
When its flashed as far as I know.
[Atrix 4G General] wrayrb:
There are benchmarking threads for several other android phones, but none for the Atrix yet. Since it "should" be a fast phone, I thought folks could post their speed results here and we could see how they compare.
[Atrix 4G General] wrayrb:
For example, There is an interesting benchmarking, including the Atrix on Anandtech at:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4177/samsungs-galaxy-s-ii-preliminary-performance-mali400-benchmarked

It shows several of the new CPUs and GPUs in the smartphones, including the Galaxy S II, Atrix 4G, myTouch 4G, etc. It covers Android 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3. It addresses Tegra, Snapdragon & Exynos processors.
[Atrix 4G General] xzfzx:
According to this benchmark its look like the nexus S almost in the same level as Atrix
[Atrix 4G General] neer2005:
For the FPS you have to keep in mind that Atrix has to render at a higher resolution then most other phones.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcmccall:
Hi there guys,

I am new to Android and coming from a 3GS.

Really been looking forward to getting on Android and this was the phone I was waiting for.

There's a couple of issues I've noticed I'm really unsure about and seem odd.

- Scrolling (no live wallpaper) if I go to an email with a bunch of pictures, or an app such as tweetdeck, the scrolling on the Atrix is really poor. Not smooth, very blocky etc… I do the exact same thing on my 3GS and it's smooth as can be. Is this an Android issue? This seems really odd and annoying…

- Mobile browser rendering. For example I bring up Techcrunch, renders perfectly in my 3GS, in the Atrix the text is too small and poorly formatted (if I increase size it's too big), the page border goes off the screen etc.. I've tried Opera, not much better. Holding the same page side by side my 3GS is far more readable than my new Atrix. That is not making me happy…

Any ideas on this guys? I'll note I am new to Android so if you want to point me to a 'read this' for tips on Android that'd be understandable.

But I'm somewhat disappointed that for extremely common functions the usability *appears* to me (after 24hrs) inferior to my old iPhone…

Thanks for any pointers / insight…
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crawlgsx:
I am coming from an iPhone 4 so I completely hear what you are saying. I had tried many Android devices in the past and always ended up back on iOS due to how Fluid it was in comparison. The Atrix / 2.2 still have some areas like that but overall I feel it is pretty smooth. The browser definitely leaves something to be desired (no pinch to zoom? Really?) but I'm diggin it so far!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcmccall:
Good to hear at least it's not just me! I'm somewhat surprised given the OS is reasonably mature that they've not nailed this yet...

Will be interesting to hear any other's thoughts on this...

(I spent many years on Windows Mobile, and had a love hate relationship with it, maybe a bit unfair to say this soon, but starting to already see some parallels: great OS, super powerful and customizable but still not nailed on the usability front...)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Immix:
There is no pinch to zoom in mobile view of webpages. So if you go to cnn.com, its mobile page, m.cnn.com will come up and there will be no pinch to zoom. But at the bottom of the mobile page if you click on full site, the full site will come up and there you can use pinch to zoom. Hope this helps.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbae2:
give dolphin browser a try, (will add pinch to zoom)

also try selecting "fit web page to screen" and that should take care of your issues as far as too wide goes. 2.3 is slated to release for this phone so patience maybe a virtue here.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbae2:
I was about to say, i just pinched to zoom just fine :confused: haha
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waltah!:
No pinch to zoom? You must be on a mobile site as they generally don't support pinch to zoom as they don't need it. Web sites certainly do pinch zoom very smoothly.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crawlgsx:
I tried full sites and they still did not pich to zoom.

I have gone to Firefox mobile, really like it so far.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] novaIS350:
You're kidding right? This phone has full multitouch support, including the webkit browser. Go into google maps and try multitouch/pinch zooming there, if it still doesnt work then your phone is broken.. .or you're just "holding it wrong"
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitrog7:
I do notice quite a few apps do not fit the screen. Some, off the top of my head are OnStar and Groupon. The default browser seems to be off as well, if you go to Adobe.com, it comes out all screwed up.

For the time being, I'm using Mobile FireFox. Even though you cannot get the Flash Player Add-On for it yet, at least the pages look somewhat decent.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmbradd:
for the iOS users having trouble with the browser, I highly suggest dolphin. Pages render nicely for me, pinch to zoom and overall fluid. The stock browser is good but it can be better.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] co.ag.2005:
IMHO, these are issues of Android OS, not necessarily the phone (emphasis on IMHO). Keep in mind, I had an iPhone 3G for 1.5 years and then a Nexus One for almost a year. I now have the Motorola Atrix. The scrolling is better on the Atrix than the N1, but still not like my iPhone 3G was on iOS 3.0. All the same applies to the web browser too. I do use Dolphin HD Browser, but at full zoom on a standard (non-mobile) page, the text looks "pixelated" on this Atrix.

I still really like this phone!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatUK.8:
Get the HTC Inspire, smooth as butter. Looking like I made the right choice getting it instead of the Atrix, plus I saved $100.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crawlgsx:
Pinch to zoom worked fine for me in everything EXCEPT the browser. I tried a bunch of different websites and attempted to go to full version although that failed a bunch of times. Firefox mobile works flawlessly so I'd say problem solved for me. I also get sync which is nice anyway.