speeed.reader [7.1.2010]

Th.eee Google Reader Client for Windows Phones

First things first, what is Google Reader? Google Reader is an online RSS aggregating tool used to pull in RSS feeds from your favorite websites, such as CNN.com, ESPN, hiphopdx.com, etc.  RSS feeds are the pure contents (articles, pictures, etc.) of a website.  For more information click me.

Speeed Reader is a Google Reader client for Windows Phones.  It connects users to their Google Reader accounts, allowing them to view and share articles on their Windows Phones.

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Latest Version

Speeed Reader v0.95

Requirements

  • Windows Mobile Professional (Touchscreen) 6.X
  • Windows Mobile Standard (non-Touchscreen) 6.X
  • .NET Compact Framework v3.5

Frequently Asked Questions

Future Features

  • Manipulating subscriptions (add/remove feeds)

Known Issues (to be fixed in future releases)

  • Any changes made to subscriptions, tags, etc. in the desktop client will not be reflected in Speeed Reader unless you restart the application
  • There is a memory leak in the internal web browser (.NET Compact Framework issue, out of my control).  The internal browser will grab memory and not release it when using it to view articles.  The problem is exacerbated even more if the article contains a lot of images.  Please uncheck ‘Download Images’ to minimize this issue.  You can also view articles in your default external browser to fully minimize this issue.  Once Speeed Reader is closed, all memory is released back to the device however.
  • Windows Mobile 6.5 users, the implementation of Pocket IE has changed, which negatively effects the behavior of the internal web browser.  Please use the external web browser.  See settings for more info

Release History

v0.95 – July 1, 2010

  • Fixes login issue for Windows Mobile 6.1 users

v0.94 – March 22, 2010

  • Enhancement: Implemented Google Reader’s new authentication model

V0.93 – November 19, 2009

  • Bug Fix: Crash when starting Speeed Reader with cachning disabled (introduced in v0.92)
  • Bug Fix: Minor layout issues in the UI

V0.92 – November 18, 2009

  • Bug Fix: Passwords containing ‘&’ result in login issue (fixes login issue for some users)
  • Bug Fix: Search index always zero
  • Bug Fix: Not requesting all new articles in last refresh (with caching enabled)
  • Bug Fix: Crash when starring a reading list article
  • Bug Fix: Reading List, Starred, Shared Lists unreadable when coming out of offline mode

V0.91 – November 11, 2009

  • New Feature: 2 new themes (Noir – dark/black, Beach – coral/turquoise)
  • Enhancement: When navigating between multi-page lists, Speeed Reader will remember your page
  • Enhancement: Added bytes transferred (estimate) to the about screen
  • Enhancement: General Performance Increases/Memory Management
  • Bug Fix: Storage Card in Non-English Locale’s Not ID’d Correctly
  • Bug Fix: Clicking last item in reading list causes a crash
  • Bug Fix: Download More articles index is inaccurate

V0.90 – October 23, 2009

  • New feature: Article Caching/Offline mode
  • New feature: Search
  • New feature: Share articles via email/sms
  • New feature: Download more articles for tag reading list
  • New feature: Mark (new) articles unread
  • New feature: Hide read subscriptions and articles
  • Enhancement: Now using Bit.ly for URL shortening
  • Enhancement: Dynamic manual article refreshing
  • Enhancement: Progress bar is back
  • Enhancement: Correct font sizes for QVGA devices
  • Enhancement: Newly designed settings UI
  • Enhancement: New Mirabyte Controls module
  • Bug Fix: Feed URLs contain ‘?’ now load correctly (no more “There are 0 articles to read”)