Written by on Tuesday, July 29, 2008

iPhone Apps We REALLY Want To See- NewsBreak


Since making the move from Windows Mobile to the iPhone last August I have not missed a whole lot.

There is, however, one app I would really really really love to see make its way from Windows Mobile to the iPhone. The name of the app? NewsBreak.

Newsbreak is, by far, the best RSS reader available for Windows Mobile. I started using it back when it was first in beta and swore by it as it became increasingly powerful with each new version. Nothing could/can hold a candle to it. (You can read Doug’s review here.)

NewsBreak’s developers, Ilium did a fantastic job with it and I, for one, would love to see it ported to the iPhone.

Why do I want to see it so badly? Three reasons-

1. I loved it on my WM devices and would buy it, sight unseen, if it came to the iPhone. It is that good.

2. The other RSS readers for the iPhone aren’t all that impressive. I like NetNewsWire well enough and have even given it a positive review but it doesn’t come close to NewsBreak.

3. Have you seen the job Ilium did with eWallet for iPhone? It is awesome. If they could do that for eWallet just imagine what they could do with NewsBreak?

Come to think of it… there is actually a 4th and final reason I/We really want NewsBreak on iPhone. Almost half of our valued and growing RSS feed subscribers come to us through NewsBreak. That says a whole lot, doesn’t it?

Moreover, when someone like Doug joins the rest of us lemmings and makes the jump to the iPhone and iPod Touch it becomes clearer than ever that this just beginning for the new platform. And doesn’t the best handheld (IMO) deserve the best RSS Reader?

We think so. So Ilium, if you are reading this, keep a couple of things in mind-

a. There are a whole bunch of us here at JAMM who are ready, willing and able to Beta test for you

b. You can rest assured that there will be a whole lot of pre-sales with me standing first in line

c. Us begging is a pitiful sight and is one you can easily avoid having to endure.

Are you a NewsBreak fan? Would you love to see it for the iPhone as much as us? Let us… and Ilium, know.

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Iliumsoft
Jul 29, 2008

Wow! Now that’s what I call an impassioned plea!

Thanks for all the kind words. Although I can’t say much about our other iPhone plans, I will say that we’re leaving all of our options open and we certainly appreciate all the support our existing customers have given us.

The best thing you can do if you want us to make something in particular is to send an email to support@iliumsoft.com! We give customer requests a lot of weight when we go to make decisions.

Sincerely,
Marc Tassin
Ilium Software


Ragart
Jul 29, 2008

I’ve heard tell of Newsbreak on WM. I know Peter uses it.

I’m actually quite happy with Google Reader on the iPhone for now, though. Reason being: I’ll likely end up clicking on the web page and Safari will just open up a new tab if I’m using G-Reader.

A native Newsbreak app might have to load Safari up and leave me to come click home and head back to the app. I do know that apps can support Safari rendering within them, but I don’t know how well it compares to the actual app. I’d be more than willing to give Illium a shot, though (when demos come out, silly Apple!)

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