viigo is the winner! [freeware, beta]

alright, so i didn't hold an official competition of sorts but i did install both viigo and freerange to my blackjack II to see which one i would favor the most and why. i couldn't feel right with judging a product just for its looks.

what i had previously said for the free freerange newsreader, about it not needing more than 10 feeds for my device is a crock of bleh.

i need to know how things are going in the NHL (3 feeds), general local news (3 feeds), national news (4 feeds), international news (3 feeds), health news 4 feeds), technical / health / devices/ scientific (5 feeds)... etc.

as you can see, i well surpass the 10 feed limit that one is allotted with freerange.

both readers can be managed from their web interfaces

viigo: i can't e-mail the news to my contacts; but, i can tweet it to the world.
freerange: 10 feeds, really... just 10 feeds?

final say, go with freerange if you don't need more than 10 feeds and go with viigo if you're a news whoring retweeter like me and don't care about seeing the words "beta" on the client.

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freerange freereader vs viigo... [freeware]

this is yet another rss reader.  i'm sad to admit this but i've found myself breaking up with viigo because of the easy to use pretty features of freerange.   sure, the free version allows for 10 feeds but i've found that i do not need any more than that.  the feeds can be managed in their online user interface to make life easier for us who do not have the ninja skills necessary to input the rss addresses.  the display is gorgeous and the theme, configurable.

just as i did before, i will continue "playing" with the applications i post and will most definitely update when i find better options.

i'll let you compare products on your own.

features:

freerange (public)   ||    viigo (beta)

my reasons for choosing freerange:

• updatable feeds via their web site
  
• it is NOT beta, if possible i'd rather keep beta products off of my devices
  
• you can e-mail stories to your contacts
  
• easy to use
  
• it's pretty  (i'll post some screenshots later)
  

this may look totally one sided but i did put in at least a month of viigo use before i mentioned it a couple posts ago.  

i happen to be open minded to the sampling of freerange; and,  it has turned me into a fan.  :)