Fresh off the Android Market! Finally, the official Google Reader app has been released on the Android Market. It’s been a long time coming.
Follow all your favorite sites, blogs, and more, all in one place. See what your friends are sharing, and easily share any interesting articles you read. The Google Reader app syncs with the web version, so all your reading lists are always up to date.
I have downloaded it without any issues yet. It is running smooth and fast and it loaded all my news feeds instantly. My first impressions about the app were good. For starters, I did not have to authenticate via the browser. It authenticated directly using my Google account – that was expected, besides it is a Google product. It also allows the use of multiple accounts and syncing of your preferences.
I also noticed an option that allows you to use the volume-key for navigation – a cool feature if you ask me. There was also a sort by drag to drop feature, which I am yet to try out.
What would you rather keep as a reader now that this bad boy has joined the News Reader category? I will leave you guys to it. Download it and let us know what you think about this app. Let us know if you are having any issues with it on any devices.
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Summary and Downloads:
Application: Google Reader
Developer: Google
Cost: FREE
Source: AppBrain
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Honestly, it looked really pretty, and was nice, but I stll prefer the style of FeedR. I know it’s an older app and needs some visual enhancements, but functionality-wise, it beats any other reader hands down, including this, rssdemon, and newsrob.
But that’s just my opinion. Of note is that I don’t categorize my feeds, I read them by feed, not by category — I think if someone used categories, then NewsRob, or this new Google Reader, might be better for them than FeedR
I strongly agree. FeedR is a lot better and google reader would need a lot more functionality to beat it.
I noticed you have to be online for the feeds to load at all. This is not the case in FeedR where you can dedicate a certain amount of memory for offline storage.
You have tons of options in FeedR, but only two in Google Reader, and that is for volume keys and video-plugins. A little bit too apple-y for my taste.