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Marcos said 12:50PM on 12-30-2009
I may be speaking for myself here, but when it comes to my news reading I want less things to check (i.e. I use an RSS aggregator), not more.
Here it's not just "You gotta check another website" but "You gotta open another whole app". I won't be installing this app on my iPhone.
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SushiPillow said 1:05PM on 12-30-2009
So...is there any reason to use this as opposed to one of the many great RSS apps out there? I thought TUAW *condemned* having individual apps for every single newsfeed, denouncing that company that was booted by Apple from the App store for releasing hundreds of single-newsfeed apps.
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Cycomachead said 1:15PM on 12-30-2009
Yeah, I mean, I like TUAW and Engadget, and I've got hundreds of apps, but I really want one place for this stuff: RSS. That's readily available. And while it's not always a feature rich as one of these apps, it's generally faster for more content.
That said, I wouldn't mind a Weblogs, Inc. app. One that takes all their blogs and gives me access to all the content and web galleries. I read enough of them that only adding 1 app over an RSS would make sense.
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NateF said 1:17PM on 12-30-2009
News apps like these can give certain stories weight over others, something feed readers can't.
Personally, I don't really care about that but some do.
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Quix said 1:20PM on 12-30-2009
I wonder if the Engadget app will be the same as the Engadget website: where the comments section is filled with anti-Apple rage (Highest Ranked!) and anyone who says anything positive about Apple is first derided and then downranked to oblivion.
That place has become an infested pit of anti-Apple hater trolls. (The comments section, not the blog articles themselves.) I tend not to even visit the site anymore as they seem content to allow the comments section to be policed by the Redmond Defense Force.
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AGS said 2:59PM on 12-30-2009
totally agree, been getting my news fix elsewhere, they obviously don’t want us there.
Frank said 2:30PM on 12-30-2009
i'll third this sentiment: why would i want an app for a site that routinely harshes on apple seemingly on an editorial principle designed to drive up traffic and clicks, and whose fan-base also dogpiles on anyone who dares to defend apple? pass.
DA623 said 3:05PM on 12-30-2009
I agree, it seems like the posters (and it even seems, the editors themselves) at Engadget get "kudos" for bashing Apple for ANY reason what-so-ever. It seems like bashing Apple is cool to them now. It also seems to them Google (especially Android) = God that must be worshiped. I mean, their just devices and/or mobile OS, both rather good in my opinion. I just perfer my iPhone. It just makes me sick to see blind bashing of any kind, especially like that. Also I don't hate Windows at all either, I think Windows 7 is a rather nice OS.
I mean, now the newest thing from the Engadget posters is the issues with dropped calls is the iPhone itself and not AT&Ts; network or O2s networks, which I know AT&Ts; network and especally coverage has been bad long before the iPhones, and I heard from some British contacts that O2s network has been rubbish for many years, especally in certain areas of London. Despite I just heard on TwIT's MacBreak Weekly that one of the hosts at last years CES had a Verizon access card and a AT&T; USB access card. Ofcourse there was a TON of people using iPhones there. He couldn't even access his email on his ACCESS CARD. If it was the iPhone, he would be able to atleast access his email over AT&T.; I think people heavily using data on the iPhone is just exposing one thing: What networks its on have rubbish towers and infrastructure. I mean, so far AT&T; and O2 are the only ones showing issue and UK iPhone owners now have the luxury of using their iPhone on another network. I hear slim to none issues from iPhone users on Canadian carriers, German carriers, French carriers, Spanish carriers, etc. Though the ironic part, here in Cincinnati, I haven't had any issues, I get 5 bars in many places here and I've only had 2-3 dropped calls since I've owned my iPhone (which is far better than what I had when I had Sprint, then again, Sprints coverage in Cincinnati is pretty poor IMO).
Sorry for the long-winded comment, its just I get sick of the typical anti-apple fud on Engadgets comments (and occasionally, editors). And it seems to be growing in tech blogs as well it seems, and some of it without any evidence to back up their claims...
jonbruck said 1:53PM on 12-30-2009
I like that it integrates the posts from the site, as well as the podcast, and has a better system for commenting from your iphone. I'd like the next version to include push notifications for news, though.
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DA623 said 2:47PM on 12-30-2009
To me, this feels like another app that falls under the category of "It could of been done as a web app". Seriously, they could of just improved the interface of i.engadget.com to include these same features.
I just hope PasteryKit goes public so we can get better, close-to-natve-app-like interfaces for webpages like this.
But I agree with some, I don't want to clutter up my iPhone with a ton of apps just to check certain news sites.
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tillatorrens said 3:36PM on 12-30-2009
This is more of a comment for many of the commenters who talked about wanting all their news in one place. I used to use an RSS aggregator too but I stopped using that and now just check my feed on http://www.yourversion.com. I get a real-time update on news, blogs, Twitter posts, etc related to only my interests. In fact, I found this post via yourversion.com... They have a free iPhone app too. Cheers!
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nicleT said 3:27AM on 12-31-2009
Actually, I really like the Comments Tab feature in the Engadget app. I hope it will inspire Tuaw app developers!
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Ed said 1:26PM on 12-31-2009
All I want is for www.engadget.com and www.tuaw.com to redirect me to i.[engadget|tuaw].com when appropriate, be it Mobile Safari or some RSS aggregator app with built-in browser support.
How can that be too much to ask? I don't get it.
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