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ZenProphets – ZenNews

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ZenNews in a simple yet powerful, beatifully designed news reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch. If you are tired of those news readers with the same bleak appearance, same old features or developers that focus on features you couldn’t care less about, you will love this app! ZenNews is under active development and the features come from the users (from You!). Even as you are reading this, a new version is on it’s way so join the ZenProphets community by sending your feature suggestions through the application or via www.zenprophets.com. Come experience the future with us!


Times for iPad Review

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Developer: ACRYLIC APPS
Price: $7.99
Version Reviewed: 1.0
Device Reviewed On: iPad

iPad Integration Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use Value Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars

Overall Rating: 3.58 out of 5 stars

I’m at a crossroads. I genuinely am. I want to like, if not love, Acrylic Software’s new Times for iPad app. It’s gorgeous. It’s sleek. And it’s just the sort of app that will make your non-iPad owning friends drool with envy. At first glance Times for iPad appears to be the second coming of RSS readers – a reader for the rest of us, formatted in slick newspaper style that’s hard not to like.

There’s just one problem. It doesn’t do some things I expect any RSS reader to do.

Once you get beyond the very palatable aesthetics (and they are a powerful sales inducer, no doubt), you discover that the core reader functionality just doesn’t measure up to other, similarly easy to use readers. Want to save an article to Instapaper or Read It Now? Nope. Want to import and sync your by-now-highly-curated Google Reader feeds? No can do. In today’s app store economy, these are as close to deal breakers as you can get. Without these kinds of features, Times for iPad is just another pretty but limited RSS reader. The developer told us that a direct sync with Google Reader isn’t in the works due to the very different way Times and Reader handle RSS feeds.

I should, of course, balance this review by stating what this first version of Times for iPad CAN do. It can organize by categories across the top of the screen, making it easy to transition from one area of your virtual newspaper to another. It can also save articles to a shelf for later reading if time is tight. This isn’t Instapaper, but I can see where it could be a solid replacement eventually (and you wouldn’t have to quit one app and open another just to read a story). Times for iPad also has a built-in web page viewer so you can view the article in its original format, and you can share any article you access via email, Twitter and Facebook. These last features are pretty much standard in every app these days, even quite a few games, so they don’t exactly make Times for iPad stand out from the crowd.

What DOES make Times stand out is its look and feel. There is no denying that this is a pretty app, and I’ve actually found myself wondering about moving all of my Google Reader feeds to Times, but it just doesn’t seem like it’s ready yet.

Those who already own Times for Mac OSX, however, might find this a welcome purchase, as you can sync your feeds between your desktop and iPad with seeming ease (once Acrylic releases version 2.0). The Mac app currently will import from other RSS apps and OPML files, so a Google Reader import is at worst a few steps away. This would make Times for iPad a better value, especially with the desktop sync feature.

For the moment, if you’re looking for a similarly-styled RSS reader as Times, I suggest you look at Early Edition, which WILL sync with Google. As for me, for the moment, I’m sticking with Reeder.

[ Times for iPad Review is a post from 148Apps ]


Byline Updated To Make Use Of iPhone 4 Retina Display

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Joining the swathe of apps updated for iPhone 4, Phantom Fish has enhanced its Byline newsreader app to make use of the iPhone 4’s Retina display. The app also takes advantage of multitasking in iOS4.

Byline takes news from sites listed in your Google Reader account and makes them available on your iPhone using their RSS feeds. The app allows users to view pages without an internet connection with its offline browsing feature and syncs with your Google Reader account so that your news is always up-to-date. The app is also compatible with Twitter, Instapaper and Read It Later.

Version 3.2 is available now on the App Store and brings high-resolution graphics for optimum viewing on the iPhone 4’s Retina Display and uses multitasking to complete syncing and caching of feeds in the background.

Byline is available for free with advertising or at $4.99 for the advertising-free version.

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iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2010-06-04 :: Category: News

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Byline Updated to Accommodate iPhone 4 and iOS 4

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Available In: App Store       Price: $4.99  

Byline Byline, a sweet RSS reader, received an update to version 3.2. The update adds a few new features to accommodate the iPhone 4 and iOS 4 including; high-res graphics and multitasking. Check out the What’s New section below for full list of the new features.

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The Early Edition – iPad App Review

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The Early Edition iPad App Review

The Early Edition ($4.99)

Version 1.1

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Review – “An iPad RSS Reader app that is in a class of its own!”

I love reading blogs and news online. That was one of my biggest reasons for adding an iPad to my collection. With that being said, my online reading experience is definitely related to what I’m using to read my RSS feeds. In comes The Early Edition.

Developed by Glasshouse Apps, The Early Edition is a fantastic and gorgeous app that converts your blog feeds into a simulated newspaper environment. It is definitely in a class of its own.

As of version 1.1 The Early Edition now gives you the option of importing feeds from Google Reader or an OPML file, discover feed URLs by entering web links, and even organize your feeds into sections.

When you open up the application you’ll start  by loading in your feeds. As a default The Early Edition actually loads in feeds for you, in case you haven’t built up a pile of links yet and would just like to catch up on popular news sources. Then what The Early Edition does is randomly pulls from your feeds sources and then converts the articles into different displays and layouts, simulating a newpapers like feel to the application. The end result is a very pleasant take on a traditional RSS Feed Reader.

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From there you can virtually flip through the different pages as you continue to read links that are available to you. If you want to read more on a link, simply click on the news article and it will load that into a new page for you to read more in depth. Then if you want to read the original version of the article (and not the default feed version), you’ll be able to click the button to View Original where it proceeds to open the actual website for you.

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If you’d like to share any news articles with other people, you have a few options to do that in The Early Edition. You can send it to Instapaper, copy the link to the article, and also email the article to someone.

When pulling feeds you also have a few options on how much you’re retrieving at once. You can pull feeds just for today only, for all dates, and even pull everything since your last fetch. If you’re a continuous reader, there is a built in option to refresh your news feeds while keeping the application open. Another cool addition is that you can actually pull articles from dates that you have used the app & pulled feed from in the past. So if you’re looking for an article that you just read the other day it’s just a click away!

Overall I’m super impressed with this application and it’s very obvious that the developers put a lot of hard work into making this a top notch app for the iPad.

My only suggestions would be to add in more sharing options because I personally like to share (or sometimes overshare :) .. ) links to articles on both Twitter and facebook. I also like to click the share link, within Google Reader, so that people who follow me through Buzz can see the links as well. In addition it would be nice to mark items as read on a page (which would sync back to Google Reader) so when I pull up the web application I can see what’s been read and what has not.

All in all, The Early Edition is a gorgeous app that really makes your feed reading experience that much better. It is currently selling for the bargain price of $4.99 and you’ll see that it’s a bargain once you start using this and realizing everything it has to offer. If you enjoy reading RSS feeds and / or using Google Reader, this may be the app for you.

- Christina G

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Sneek Peak at Reeder for the iPad

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Reeder is one of the better looking and functioning Google Reader enabled RSS readers for the iPhone. We got word last week that the currently in-development iPad version is getting closer to release. In addition, the developer posted a few screen shots for us to take a look at.

From the looks of the preview screens, Reeder is going to be as gorgeous and innovative on the iPad as it is on the iPhone. We don’t know if Reeder for the iPad will be released as a separate app or as an Universal update to the iPhone version yet. Definitely one to keep an eye out for though.

 

Hit the jump for more screen shots from the upcoming Reeder for iPad.

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Byline – RSS Reader – Two-Way Syncing with Google Reader

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Available In: App Store       Price: $3.99  

Byline As you can imagine… I love blogs. I not only love my informational, news, iPhone, hacking blogs but I also love my mom, cooking, baking, decorating blogs. I know… it can be a strange combination at times. So, like every blogaholic, I need a good RSS reader application. I have found Byline to nicely suit my needs and after today’s update to the app (version 3.0)… I just had to pass it along.

I’m not going to walk you through every feature and detail of this app (you can check out the below App Store Description for that) but, I will point out a few things that I like about it.
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Barcode Reader – iPhone App Review

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Barcode Reader (Free)

Version –  1.0

REVIEW – “The fast and free way to save money!”


There have been many apps that have claimed to have the ability to read barcodes, and very few that have actually been able to do it effectively, especially for free.  Until recently I had only really used one or two apps that have been able to iPhone App Review - Barcode Reader 1scan barcodes with any accuracy.  While Barcode Reader by SHAPE Services has just come out, I am very impressed with what it has to offer in its initial release!


The look and feel of Barcode Reader is good.  The main men u screen is what looks like a barcode above several menu items.  Your options are to scan a barcode, view a “Product List,” or find out more “About” the app.  Touching the “About” button will take you to another menu screen with several options such as a FAQ area, Support, and information on other products developed by SHAPE Services!


But since this app is designed to scan barcodes iPhone App Review - Barcode Reader 2you will probably want to just get right to it.  The app opens quite quickly and once you touch the “Scan Barcode” button you will be taken to what looks a lot like the camera app, except there is no button to take a picture.  From here all you have to do is line up the barcode you want to scan in the middle of the screen.  Once you do the barcode will scan and then you will be shown a list of possible matches for that barcode number based on a search of the internet


If you have difficulty scanning the barcode that you are interested you might want to know that you  don’t actually want to have the barcode take up too much of the screen.  You actually want a small margin on the left and right side around the code.  Unfortunately one of the things that is missing in this app is some sort of “guide” on the scanning screen to let iPhone App Review - Barcode Reader 3you know when you are lined up properly.  Once I got the hang of it though, it is one of the most accurate scanning engines that I have used on a paid or unpaid app!


While the barcode scanner itself is extremely accurate, unfortunately I cannot say the same for the internet barcode search.  This is something that I am sure will improve with time but is definitely the main weakness of this app at the current time.  While sometimes a barcode will turn up items and prices from several different websites using a barcode serach, there were several times that searches brought up a totally unrelated item for some reason.


All of that said, for a free app this one is good, but it does have some issues.  I can honestly only see this app getting better as its internet database is improved.  SHAPE Services also has several other productivity apps that I am very fond of and so I fully expect this app to not only improve but become one of the apps to beat in this category.  If you have been looking for a good barcode scanner for free, then you should definitely give this one a try.  Download it today!

- David H.

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Developer – SHAPE Services

URL: http://www.shapeservices.com/en/index.php

DEVELOPERS NOTES

The most accurate free barcode scanner with Ebay, Amazon and Google product search!

Works on iPhone 3GS. If you have previous iPhone models you may need additional gadgets to improve photo quality.

Make your shopping smarter. Use Barcode Reader to compare prices, find more details about the product or save search results for future.

Just take a photo of any printed barcode and this app will show the lowest possible prices from the thousands of retailers online.

You may Save the search results or Email them for yourself for further shopping.
Want your parents or friend to buy you something? Send a wish list to them!

Supports UPC, EAN-13 and EAN-8 (almost all commercial barcodes).

Added Value: In a built-in browser you may read more about a product on a seller’s website without leaving the Barcode Reader app.

=== Compatibility Notes ===
- No special equipment is required for using the app on iPhone 3GS since its camera allows to take photo of good enough quality.
- If you are using iPhone 2G or 3G, you may need additional gadgets to improve photo quality, such as Griffin Clarifi.

About SHAPE Services

SHAPE Services is a leading mobile apps development company. Since 2002, IM+ and other SHAPE’s apps are recognized bestsellers on all mobile platforms. For more information please visit www.shapeservices.com

See other apps: IM+, IM+ for Skype, Business Card Reader, VR+, RDM+, Mobiscope and GPSed.

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