NewsRoom launches for the Palm Pre! | Trileet, Inc | Apps for Palm, Android, iPhone and Sidekick

October 6, 2009 - 6:38am

We are pleased to announce the availability of NewsRoom for the Palm Pre.

NewsRoom is a fresh new way of taking the web with you on the go. Instead of using your browser, let NewsRoom bring content to you in a way that makes sense for your phone. While NewsRoom uses RSS, it doesn't stop there. Gone are the vanilla lists of headlines and short teasers typical of RSS readers. In it's place NewsRoom brings content formatted just for your Pre and wraps it in a beautiful UI.

The unique interface is unlike any other RSS reader, thanks to our exclusive content, NewsRoom creates a truly pleasurable interface to let you skim through the day's news.

track your feeds easily with our intuitive icon interface
add new feeds from our featured list, via search or via your own URL
quickly skim article summaries with our unique swiping interface
exclusive deep harvesting technology lets you read full articles right on your phone for many feeds
server back end optimizes data transmission to save battery life and improve performance

See it in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yajmD_Xtfno

Check out the NewsRoom blog for more details:

http://feedmonger.blogspot.com

Screenshots and more:

http://www.trileet.com/palm/newsroom

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October 11, 2009 - 12:49pm — Robert Lanza (not verified)

UPDATED 10/11/09! I originally wrote a rather harsh review on this product. I am retracting that review. The reason: Timing! It seems the majority of the issue when I download the app, was due to unfortunate timing where the server that is required was down for maintenance in the wee hours of the morning. Working with the developer, we straightened out some problems and now I'm in working order. My opinion now, this is an app that I was waiting for, since a similar service by Avantgo pulled out about 6 months ago. How this works is important because the UI is a little different from what I think most are used to. The first page is the feed/sites that you are interested in. Tap a feed and you are brought to window that contains the regular RSS feed descriptions, swipe sideways to see all the story listings. When you see a story you are interested in swipe up to get to the full story, if a story is longer than one screen full, keep swiping up. There is a bar, that you can swipe up on that will bring you back to the main page of the site listings. Hit the plus sign to add feeds/sites. You can pick from a few examples, or do a search, or even and this is the best, enter your own url that the search was unable to find. Just make sure it's a valid site. The formatting of the stories is pretty impressive. He said he will be adding features to make the product better. I do think there still needs to be some tweaking with the UI, example: when notifications happen, you cannot get the bar that bring you to the home page. You have to fiddle with swiping up to get it to move into view. So I would like the app to auto adjust when notification alerts happen. But in total, this a wonderful and much needed addition to the WebOS and the Pre in the App Catalog. Is it worth the money, yes, one has to understand that this app requires a server to grab and format the data to be able to deliver to the phone. And in reality a onetime charge of $5 is not what is paying to keep that expensive service running. But the developer tells me there is a financial plan in place to keep it running. Which is a very good thing, since I will become dependent on using the app and its service. Rob

November 24, 2009 - 10:31am — Michael Hemp (not verified)

Hello. Can You please make this app also available for Palm Pre users in Germany (not U.S. only), because after upgrading to webOS 1.3.1 only "international" apps can be found in the app catalog for installation. Thx, Michael.

November 28, 2009 - 9:30am — Jon F (not verified)

Same problem as above but for the UK. Please make available to all

November 29, 2009 - 6:18am — Jon (not verified)

Yes please, i think there will be a big demand for this app in the uk and europe!

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February 3, 2010 - 5:39pm — Anonymous (not verified)

As others have said above - please let those of us in the UK use the app

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