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Research In Motion Releases BlackBerry News Feeds Beta RSS Aggregator

December 14, 2010 by Robb Dunewood 2 Comments

Back in March of this year Research in Motion acquired Viigo, the company behind the popular RSS aggregator for BlackBerry that has been known to make a top ten BlackBerry applications list or two.  Other than the announcement that Viigo for Windows was being EOLed (End of Life), we really haven’t heard much about RIM’s plans for RSS aggregation on the BlackBerry platform…  At least this was the case until yesterday when RIM announced BlackBerry News Feeds Beta for BlackBerry.

BlackBerry News Feeds is currently available in BlackBerry App World under the test center category, but, those of you familiar with Viigo will find a stripped down version of what they once new as arguably one of the best third party applications for the BlackBerry.  You can import your Viigo feeds in to BlackBerry News Feeds, but,  you can no longer get sports scores, flight arrival times, or the weather updates.  Jay Steele, Viigo’s founder and now senior director of content distribution platforms at RIM said “Viigo was actually duplicating a lot of the things RIM and a lot of other third parties were doing. So a lot of the full-featuredness is definitely going away.”

Another thing that you won’t find BlackBerry News Feeds is two-way Google Reader synchronization.  The Viigo, err, RIM team is working on adding this feature, but, it’s absence makes installing BlackBerry News Feeds almost pointless if you rely on Google Reader unless you just want to see what the new app looks like.  I am sure that BlackBerry News Feeds will get better over time, however, I recommend that any BlackBerry user serious about viewing RSS feeds on their BlackBerry take a look at BerryReader.

Download BlackBerry News Feeds Beta from BlackBerry App World if you want to give it the once over…

[Via PCmag]

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Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: BerryReader, BlackBerry News Feeds, BlackBerry RSS Aggregator, Free BlackBerry Software, Viigo

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  1. Danny Bolton says

    December 14, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    Already have viigo and google rss. Why bother…

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  2. Alex Kinsella says

    December 17, 2010 at 11:02 am

    Hi Danny, Alex from RIM here,
    Wanted to let you know that BlackBerry News Feeds allows you to transfer your Viigo subscriptions over to the BlackBerry News Feeds app. The app also lets you integrate your feeds into your message In-box for easy reading.
    Check out the Inside BlackBerry Blog for more information on the new app.
    Cheers!

    Reply

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