Monday, February 26, 2007
Quarta Mobile Introduces mDigger Reader
Posted by Nurhisham Hussein in "SOFTWARE" @ 10:30 AM
"mDigger Reader is the powerful little program for smart phones, Pocket PC’s, PDA’s, Tablet PC’s, etc., that lets users read, organize, share, save and update all news, information and pictures delivered to their mobile devices from the free Internet information service, mDigger. mDigger Reader provides users with a great channel browsing and mobile information sharing experience."
If you haven't heard of mDigger, think Avantgo with the ability to make your own channels. Ok, to do that does require a bit of programming skill but at least the potential is there. mDigger was launched as a beta service a few months back and like Avantgo, user registration is free. What really distinguishes this from Avantgo is that mDigger is a cross-platform service, and includes PDAs, smartphones (in the non-Microsoft sense), and PCs (all flavours of Win XP and Vista; Mac and Linux versions on the way). While I'm far more inclined towards using RSS myself, that may be my unlimited-flat-rate data connection talking :). A service such as this (or Avantgo) really makes sense when over-the-air sync isn't economical and you're wanting your news fix when out and about. My only complaint or rather criticism, is that the website comes across as impersonal and corporate oriented - I would've liked to have seen screenshots and some info on currently available channels right on the front page without having to register first. You're allowed to demo the service, but it'd be nice to know what exactly you're demoing. Screenshots and more details from the press release after the break.
mDigger Reader provides users with a great channel browsing and mobile information sharing experience. In addition its standard features such as:
· Desktop –free synchronization.
· Offline (or online) reading with images included
· Article thumbnails with quick drill down to full text
· Ability to organize channels into groups
The program now offers new features including:
· Image and text sharing (ability to save channel images and text between applications on your device or send and share externally to others)
· New image preview section
· Additional context menu in channel read mode
· Optimized interface for channel browsing
· Now also supports new devices running on Windows Mobile 6
· Added support for 3G Smartphones
· Totally new server synchronization protocol. More reliable, incredibly fast & proxy transparent.
mDigger Service is a Internet service that provides users with the capability to conveniently access a vast assortment of Web resources from their mobile devices. The Service transforms traditional Internet-based content into a format that is tailored for a user's specific device, resulting in a rich and mobile-friendly Web experience.
Users can sign up for free at http://www.mdigger.com. The service offers a demo account for users who want to try it out before registering. Demo login is [email][email protected][/email] and password: demo.
mDigger supports a broad range of content and offers over 1,200 channels in its easy-to-search catalog and is actively accepting requests for new channels in its forum at http://forum.mdigger.com
If you haven't heard of mDigger, think Avantgo with the ability to make your own channels. Ok, to do that does require a bit of programming skill but at least the potential is there. mDigger was launched as a beta service a few months back and like Avantgo, user registration is free. What really distinguishes this from Avantgo is that mDigger is a cross-platform service, and includes PDAs, smartphones (in the non-Microsoft sense), and PCs (all flavours of Win XP and Vista; Mac and Linux versions on the way). While I'm far more inclined towards using RSS myself, that may be my unlimited-flat-rate data connection talking :). A service such as this (or Avantgo) really makes sense when over-the-air sync isn't economical and you're wanting your news fix when out and about. My only complaint or rather criticism, is that the website comes across as impersonal and corporate oriented - I would've liked to have seen screenshots and some info on currently available channels right on the front page without having to register first. You're allowed to demo the service, but it'd be nice to know what exactly you're demoing. Screenshots and more details from the press release after the break.
mDigger Reader provides users with a great channel browsing and mobile information sharing experience. In addition its standard features such as:
· Desktop –free synchronization.
· Offline (or online) reading with images included
· Article thumbnails with quick drill down to full text
· Ability to organize channels into groups
The program now offers new features including:
· Image and text sharing (ability to save channel images and text between applications on your device or send and share externally to others)
· New image preview section
· Additional context menu in channel read mode
· Optimized interface for channel browsing
· Now also supports new devices running on Windows Mobile 6
· Added support for 3G Smartphones
· Totally new server synchronization protocol. More reliable, incredibly fast & proxy transparent.
mDigger Service is a Internet service that provides users with the capability to conveniently access a vast assortment of Web resources from their mobile devices. The Service transforms traditional Internet-based content into a format that is tailored for a user's specific device, resulting in a rich and mobile-friendly Web experience.
Users can sign up for free at http://www.mdigger.com. The service offers a demo account for users who want to try it out before registering. Demo login is [email][email protected][/email] and password: demo.
mDigger supports a broad range of content and offers over 1,200 channels in its easy-to-search catalog and is actively accepting requests for new channels in its forum at http://forum.mdigger.com
