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NetNewsWireVersion: 2.0.1

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3.5 out of 5 mice Reviewed Nov 24, 2009 Reviewed Version: 2.0.1
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Developer: NewsGator Technologies, Inc.

Age rating: 17+

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Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later

Filed Under: News

NetNewsWire is an RSS reader for iPhone — you can read news from the millions of weblogs and sites that publish RSS feeds.

Because NetNewsWire syncs with Google Reader (Google account required) — and with NetNewsWire for Macintosh and FeedDemon for Windows by NewsGator — if you read an item on your iPhone, you don’t have to read it again on your Macintosh or other computer. It’s automatically marked as read everywhere.

You can star items or send them to Instapaper to save them for later. You can email articles or post links to Twitter to share with friends.

Going through your articles is easy: just tap the Next Unread button.

And if there are feeds you don’t want to read on your iPhone, you can hide them.

(This version of NetNewsWire displays ads from The Deck. The premium version does not.)

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NetNewsWire Review

Reviewed Version: 2.0.1

Version 2 of newsreading app feels more at home on the iPhone

by Lex Friedman, Macworld.com

NetNewsWire started life as a Mac app seven years ago, making it one of the oldest RSS readers around. (RSS readers, for those of you woefully out of the Internet loop, are special applications that are specially designed to suck in all your productivity, and the latest stories from Websites you subscribe to.) The application arrived in iPhone form as Apple opened its mobile platform to third-party developers. NewsGator Technologies has since rolled out version 2.0 of its NetNewsWire Premium app (while also maintaining the free version of NetNewsWire). The premium version is a solid improvement, and though there are some flaws, it’s a strong feed reading app that feels more at home on the iPhone than the previous iteration.