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doHeadlines

Purpose

Do you ever want to keep up with the latest headlines whilst on the go. Do you wish there was an easy way to stay up to date with all your favourite websites whilst sitting on the train? Well now there’s a solution. doHeadlines is an RSS reader for symbian phones. It allows you to use any RSS feed available on your favourite website, whether this is the latest news headlines from the BBC or keeping track of when your favourite application releases a new version.

doHeadlines can be set to automatically download the RSS feeds in the background so you’ll always have the latest information available, or it can be updated anytime you're a little bored.

doHeadlines uses web compression technology so you only download the minimum amount of data from the web.


Features
  • Supports RSS versions 0.9, 1.0 and 2.0
  • Uses compression technology so the amount of data downloaded is up to 50% less, saving you time and money
  • Allows for scheduled automatic updates to news feeds, so they will always contain the latest information
  • Simple one handed operation for easy of browsing whilst on the move
  • View the full article version with your favourite browser

Changes in v1.22
  • News feeds can now be imported from OPML files (Files need to be in "Media Files\Other")
  • doHeadlines now continues to update all feeds even if there was an error.
  • Fixed compatibility with a number of RSS feed sites
  • Added new language (French)

Changes in v1.21
  • News Feeds now show number of unread articles
  • News Feeds now show up in bold if they have unread articles
  • News Feed Titles now scroll
  • Articles can be deleted from the article list
  • You can now undo the deletion of an article
  • Added Zoom Levels, to adjust the size of the text within doHeadlines
  • Added Mark all messages as read
  • Added two new languages (Danish, Turkish)
Changes in v1.20
  • Article titles now scroll across the screen
  • HTML support within the RSS message
  • Significant speed improvements
  • Ability to delete individual articles
  • Move to next/previous articles when in detailed view
  • The update All button, now only updates feeds from the current folder
Changes in v1.11
  • Improved compatibility with certain feeds
  • Added three new languages - German, Spanish and Swedish

What is RSS?
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an easy way to get the latest headlines and other web content from websites. It is commonly used to distribute the "What's New" page from websites. It has become a common way of sharing content with many big names offering RSS feeds include BBC, CNET, Motley Fool, The Register, Slashdot. The majority of sites have an either xml icon or rss icon icon on their front page, this links to the url of the RSS feed. By entering it into doHeadlines the latest content will always be in your hands.

Further Information


Screen shots

  doHeadlines screenshot Main application view showing all the RSS news feeds.

You can put news feeds into a category, this allows you to group all your world news feeds together and separated from your gaming updates.

To view a feed either use the scroll wheel to highlight the item and press it in, or tap it with the stylus.
doHeadlines screenshot Viewing list of articles for the current news feed.

Unread items appear as bold text. Again you can either use the scroll wheel to select the item you wish to read or you can tap it with the stylus.

To return to the list of all available feeds, push the scroll wheel left.
doHeadlines screenshot Viewing an article

The selected article is now displayed, it shows the date and time that the article was created (if the date/time is not supplied in the RSS feed, then it is the time the article was stored in doHeadlines).

To return to the article list, either push the scroll wheel left or press it in.

To read to full version of the article on the website select "Launch Browser".

Price
It can be purchased from the handango store for £10 or local currency equivalent, or try the 10 day fully functional trial.

Download


doHeadlines v1.21
(62kb)
 
doHeadlines v1.22 BETA
(76kb)

Translations
We are looking for people who have the ability to translate our applications into different languages. We offer a free copy of the application translated, and you will be credited on the website/documentation for your work.
For details email translations@fireseed.com

Thank you to the following people for their translations:

Spanish Joan Pons
Swedish Anders Liljeberg
German Philipp Schüttauf
Dutch Bart Kussener
Danish Rune Ranch
Turkish Cagri Yucel
French Bertrand
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 March 2005 )