Application Description
"How can podcast be the killer content for the Palm and what should be the killer app? I've got two words - Quick News."
Winston Chiu, Zen Garden
RSS newsfeeds are the newest way to download and read news stories on a variety of subjects, from all over the internet.
Quick News for Palm OS allows you to download these news feeds, either via a HotSync or using a direct internet connection on your Palm Powered Handheld, and then read them later!
Use it to keep updated with the latest news, sports and financial updates as well as read your favorite websites!
Quick News Features
- Support for embedded images
- Flexible UI
- Attachment support
- Large feed (> 64k) support
- Podcast support
- Auto-updates
- Customizable shortcuts
- Proxy support
- Advanced search capabilities
- Ability to find new feeds by keyword
- Improved OPML import support
Quick News v.1.2 is now available! v.1.2 includes:
- A podcast manager for better podcast browser and management
- Inline image support via direct-to-device downloading
- Basic authentication support for password-protected feeds
- Battery & signal strength icons added
- Improved ATOM support
- Refined UI makes reading and managing feeds a breeze
Quick News Default Feeds
- BBC News
- Boing Boing
- CNet News
- Fark.com
- MSNBC
- Salon.com
- SlashDot
- The Register
- Wired
- and many more!
Quick News is the latest iteration of our Handheld Headlines/RSS software, and is a free upgrade for all Hand/RSS users!
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Updated Description:
v.1.25 - Current release version - released on August 28, 2007. This version features:
- Improved image handling
- Updated HTML support
- Better 5-way navigation
- and many bug fixes!
v.1.24 - Released on June 07, 2006. This version includes the following fixes & changes:
- Added better support for accented characters
- Added support for web compressors (Skweezer, etc.)
- Update frequencies are now OFF by default
- Added TCPMP support for podcasts
- Import/Export XML screens now have menus
- Fixed updating problem with "Update All" that previously caused some feeds to be skipped
- Fixed several problems with mailing flagged articles
- Fixed problem downloading specific filetypes
- Fixed a bug that occurred when parsing very large articles (> 32k)
v.1.22 - Released on December 07, 2005. This version features minor bug fixes.
v.1.21 - Released on November 26, 2005. This version fixes a bug that caused Quick News to only download one feed at a time, and also addresses a problem handling empty feeds.
v.1.2 - Released on November 23, 2005. This version includes podcast management, inline image support, basic authentication support for password-protected feeds and more.
v.1.1 - Released May 24th, 2005. This version features:
- Support for external storage cards
- Automatic podcast downloading
- Improved XML parsing
- OPML exporting
- Enhanced navigation options
- Better attachment handling
- Additional mail clients supported
- Additional short-cuts
- New article count icons
- More menu options
- Ability to bulk mail flagged articles
- Better and faster flagged article handling
User Reviews
1142 of 2376 people found this review helpful:
17-Nov-05 by Kevin S
I generally don't like Stand Alone as a company. Bad customer service, product updates are usually few and far between. But i've tried out all the RSS news readers out there and i'm shocked to find that Stand Alone is in fact standing at the top of the class with their news reader. Hopefully they continue to evolve the product.
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1225 of 2458 people found this review helpful:
14-Aug-05 by Choong You Qi
Trust me, this is the best RSS feeder you will ever find in the world!
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1253 of 2509 people found this review helpful:
24-May-05 by Jeffrey H. Mindich
There isn't anything I can find not to like about this program. The interface is well designed and easy to use, the functions from flagging articles and e-mailing articles or links are extremely user friendly, and the implementation of the navigator keys is outstanding. I never would have expected the RSS experience on a Treo 650 to be as good as a desktop computer, but it really is.
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1310 of 2572 people found this review helpful:
13-Apr-05 by Jeffery Budzynski
Works great. The auto-updates work on time, and the interface is easy and quick. I've never used RSS before this, and don't think I'll even bother with a desktop reader.
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1278 of 2463 people found this review helpful:
01-Apr-05 by Andy Rosemore
The new version 1.07b has worked perfect for me with absolutely no crashes, 5 way button support, email, and shortcuts on my Treo 650. The developer gives superb responsiveness to any problem that you may encounter.
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