S60NewsReader v1.03 Newsfeed
for Nokia S60 (Symbian OS 9.x)

(Last update: 7thoctober 2008)

Description

With the application S60NewsReader it is possible to read news (newsfeeds) on your Nokia S60 device. This newsreader is the most wanted add-on application for S60Ticker.

 

  • Scheduled newsfeed updates.

  • Support for S60Ticker - news are displayed in a global ticker band on any device screen - incl. your homescreen!

  • Define a preferred internet access point.

  • Individual connection timeout handling.

  • Support for roaming networks.

  • Preview window for full news descriptions.

  • Support for opening news link in your internet browser.

  • Support for RSS 0.91 upto 2.01.

  • Scheduler online or offline mode.

  • NEW: Import and export of OPML files (type "RSS")
 
(download)

 

Demo Videos

n/a

Settings & Hotkeys

Using the cursor keys left/right you can navigate between the list of newsfeeds and each list of news.

Panel "S60NewsReader - List of newsfeed"

1 - Activate current or selected newsfeed(s) for scheduled updates
4 - Deactivate current or selected newsfeed(s) for scheduled updates
7 - Reverse status "aktive for scheduled updates"
5 - Update all newsfeeds with status "active for scheduled updates"
8 - Update current selected newsfeed
0 - Set application online/offline
9 - Mark all news of this newsfeed as read/unread
C - Delete current or selected newsfeed(s) - incl. all news

Detailpanel "List of news"

3 - Mark current or selected news as read
6 - Mark current or selected news as unread
9 - Mark current or selected news as read/unread and step to next entry
C - Mark current or selected news as un-/deleted
-> - Show current news message.

Options> Settings> Common

Initial Update

- On
- Off

If set to "On" there is an initial update for all active news feed after application start. Global scheduler status must be "online".

Default IAP

- any available IAP supporting HTTP

Select a default internet access point (IAP) to handel automatically all networkrequests.

Default IAP Roaming

- Don't use for roaming
- Use for roaming

If a default IAP is set (see above) this option rules the behavior for romaing networks.

Connection timeout (minutes)

- minutes

Disconnects an existing network connection after given timeout (in minutes).

Options> Settings> S60Ticker

Display duration

-1,0..600 seconds

Display duration for news elements. If set to “0” no news are displayed – the function is disabled. If set to “-1” the duration is endless – the ticker element must be marked as read or canceled by pressing “C/DEL” (see S60Ticker-hotkey). Only new news are displayed in the ticker band.

Show channel title

- Yes
- No

For each news message the channel title can be added by default.

Show news title

- Yes
- No

For each news message the news title (headline) can be added by default.

On application exit

- Delete news
- Keep news

If set to "Keep news" all active news are kept in the ticker band - as long as they are canceled manually or timed out.

Options> edit/add newsfeed
Feed Url

 

e.g. http://mywebsite.com/
news.xml

A url to any RSS compliant newsfeed file.

Alias name max. 255 chars An individual alias name - displayed instead of the feed channel title.

Scheduler status

- On
- Off

Option to enable or disable for update scheduler.

Update interval (minutes)

- minutes

An update interval to request the latest news every n-minutes.

Mark as deleted after(days) - days (default: 60)

News are marked as deleted after the given period of time.
Use "0" to disable this feature.


For more information about S60NewsReader there are some public reviews including some tips and tricks available:

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those people who contributed to the work – specially 'Phanthomas' @ symbian60.mobi, Colin @ aikon.ch , Heiko D. and I wanna say "Merci" from Bavaria to Hamburg and Braunschweig to Dimitri and Bernd!!! ;-)

„Thanks a lot to all translators!“

Translation done by:

Language

Tobias Stöger

English (EN)

 
Tobias Stöger

German (DE)


Download

S60NewsReader

- Licensekey

v1.03.04

S60NewsReader_S_S60_3_X_v_01_03_04.sisx

We recommend to install S60Ticker - version 1.06!

If you have any questions or problems (support): s60newsreader[/ a t /]stoeger-it[dot]de

Buy a license key

S60NewsReader: Licensekey v1.x (#IMEI-LOCKED)

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Donation

Any donation for this project is very welcome. Thank you very much!

 


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History (release notes) Newsfeed

07.10.2008 – S60NewsReader version 1.03.04

  • Import and export of OPML files (type "RSS").
  • Minor bugfixes and code optimisation.

25.08.2008 – S60NewsReader version 1.02.03

  • Optimisation for performance and memory management (internal compression of all news items and local files).
  • Faster startup time.
  • New option "Mark as deleted after(days)". News are marked as deleted after the given period of time. Use "0" to disable this feature - default "60 days".
  • If a news feed aliasname has been set only the aliasname is display instead of feed channel titel and description.
  • Optimized for S60TickerServer v1.06. (support for upto 500 news items.)
  • Workaround: Enhanced encoding for wrong server side encoding added (e.g. "ü").
  • A warning appears if you try to update in Offline-Mode.
  • BugFix: Last received news item has wrong published date.
  • Minor bugfixes and code optimisation.

24.07.2008 – S60NewsReader version 1.01.02

  • News with HTML are parsed/filtered now - incl. ISO 8859 encoding.
  • Faster startup time.
  • New option to set an individual alias name for each newsfeed.
  • News without a news url are now linked to the news channel link.

21.07.2008 – S60NewsReader version 1.00.01

  • First public available release.

    • Roadmap:

  • Support for ATOM will be added soon.
  • Done - HTML description are not parsed/filtered.
  • Add a more HTML friendly preview.
  • Import (maybe export too) of OPML files will be added soon.


Publisher

stoeger it GmbH, Germany
CEO: Tobias Stöger
www.stoeger-it.de

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