NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader)
By Alexander Clauss
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Description
NewsTap is a powerful Usenet Newsreader for the iPhone and the iPod Touch.
Features:
- Optimized for offline usage, so you can read and write news articles without an internet connection (important for the iPod Touch and if your news server is not accessible through a telephone line or foreign WLAN hotspots). With a simple tap of your finger, the app will download all the new articles and send your own ones to the news groups in one short transaction. The internet connection is only needed for a very short time.
- It's easy and simple to subscribe, manage and read news groups.
- Filters (also known as "Killfile") can automatically mark articles as read or mark them with a certain color.
- The application fully supports the portrait and landscape mode.
- Limited support for binary groups so photos and pictures can be displayed as well. It's possible to add photos into the photo album of the iPod or iPhone.
- Quotes are displayed in different colors. Colors are also used to distinguish between read and unread articles, locked articles and your own articles.
- Hyperlinks are automatically detected and can be opened in the web browser Safari.
- Optimized article layout for the small iPhone display. The original article layout is also available.
- Navigate within the articles from within the thread view or simply by flipping to the next/previous article with your finger.
- It's possible to hide articles that are already read and to hide quotes.
- Post new articles or send followups.
- Build-in help, which explains all the application features.
For more screenshots please look at the developers web site.
What's New In Version 3.1
- Under iOS 4 downloading the articles can continue in the background when switching to other Apps.
- It's now also possible to filter whole sub-threads which includes all articles that are posted in the future within this sub-thread.
- Fixes an issue with HTML formatted articles which are also base64 encoded
Customer Reviews
Great program
Wonderful program. Surprised at how easy it is to use. Would recommend it to true usenet addicts, like myself.
Great start!
Never really expected a newsreader so I was really happy that it's here. Going from one post to the next works well but has a tendency to crash. Binary support is a welcome feature although there must be some high limit on what it grabs as it doesn't seem to grab large files. It would be less data intensive if it allowed you to download headers and mark for retreival. As it stands, it downloads everything in a selected group for offline reading which works, but was expecting something like the great grabit, or pan. For a first release, it works, and works well. definatley looking for a way to mark a whole group read as first review states. Looking forward to future updates!
Not as good as hoped
Missing some critical things ... no threading ... no way to mark an entire newsgroup read .. application is very basic at this point, and needs an upgrade to make it an acceptable news reader.
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$3.99
- Category: News
- Updated:Jul 18, 2010
- Current Version:3.1
- 3.1 (iOS 4.0 Tested)
- 1.5 MB
- Languages:English, Croatian, German
- Seller:Alexander Clauss
- © 2009 Alexander Clauss
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
