April 25, 2004
new mobile feed reader releases, version for P800 (MIDP 1.0)
thought i'd point out a few new new versions of the mobile feed reader, even though the feedburner site isn't quite up to date yet...
FeedBurner Mobile Feed Reader P800 edition
this is genereic MIDP1.0, but not memory optimized for anything besides a P800 at this point, so that's the only MIDP 1.0 device currently supported, though if you have a device with enough Java heap, it might work.
there are also some updates to the MIDP 2.0 versions, which can be found via this page. you should be able to upgrade over your existing database no problem.
P800 version screen shots:
February 05, 2004
RSS Feed Reader for P900 and Nokia 6600 (beta5)
note: please download latest co-branded release here: FeedBurner Mobile Feed Reader
Here's the latest beta version of a feed reader for the Sony Ericsson P900 and the Nokia 6600 that uses the internal browser to actually read the feed items. It's written using the J2ME MIDP 2.0/CLDC1.0 platforms so I'm not sure as to the stability as of yet but so far so good. I really wrote this as a tool for myself, but i'll keep developing it into something real if there is demand.
It's almost time for a first release.
This release of BD3 Feed Reader 0.90 supports:
* (new) HTML scraped descriptions up to 1K
* (new) Added preference for default action on the item screen (Browse or View Description)
* (new) Pressing the Joystick or Scrollwheel launches default action on lists
* feeds persisted across sessions
* updating feeds manually
* updating feeds automatically at a specified time period
* bold titles of updated feeds
* launching the platform browser on feed items
* browsing item descriptions (summaries) in the tool
* fetches optimized for if-modified-since (saves bandwidth)
* support for the extended latin encoding
* reader now reports itself as a user agent
* preferences for small, medium, or large fonts
* preferences for how many recent items to fetch. for instance, you can choose to fetch only the 5 most recent items to save memory and time
For now, click on a text ad if you like it.
you can find the latest version here:
FAQ
How do I install this?
Either enter the .jad link above into the browser on your P900 or download the .jar file and install it to your P900 via the syncstation, bluetooth, or infrared. It's highly recommended to install this on your memory card, because the database will be created wherever you install it.
if you are upgrading and you want to keep your current feed database, make sure and click 'yes' when prompted if you would like to save your user data. go ahead and install it right over the previous version.
What phones does this work on?
As far as I know, it only works on the P900 with firmware CDA162003/5
If it's written in J2ME, why won't it work on any Java enabled phone?
This is built using MIDP2.0, which as of today is implemented on the P900 and the Nokia 6600, the Motorola V300, V400, V500, V600, and the samsung P400. I chose MIDP2.0 as both a learning experience and to implement things such as using the platform browser and OTA setup via SMS (in the future). I have not had the occaision to try it on the moto or samsung phones.
Does it work on the Nokia 6600?
yes it does, however see below - there is a known bug in the J2ME implementation on the nokia 6600 that prevents this from working. bummer!
if you have a newer version of firmware for the 6600 or the 6620, this will probably work. anyone? bueller? anyone know how to get that newer version of firmware?
the newest version supports reading descriptions up to 1K and the HTML gets stripped out. some people have said that this is enough to make it useful for them, so great!
Does it work on the Sony Ericsson P800?
the P800 version is here
How come the umlaut and the å show up as boxes?
if they are encoded as escapes in the XML, they will, otherwise, i am working on figuring out why these characters don't make it into Java intact.
What's the roadmap?
nearer term:
* persistence of feed items across sessions
* ATOM support
* sms of links to self for browser launch (?)
* usability improvements
* more error handling
* optimized memory usage
longer term:
* loading from an OPML file
* More UIQ-like controls, like double clickable lists
* OTA setup via SMS of OPML
Got any screen shots?
Sure:
