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From: Btrig on 15 Mar 2010 13:46 >Dear all: > >Since I'm now sort of in road warrior mode--a big change for a lab rat >like me, but fun so far--I went out and bought a Blackberry 8900. It >has just about everything I want, once I found an acceptable text >editor/file browser (BBFileScout). One glaring exception--it has no >NNTP reader! It laughingly calls its RSS gizmo a 'newsreader'. *Faugh*. > >Any Blackberry folks out there with *real* newsreaders? > >Cheers > >Phil "have gun, will travel" Hobbs > I realize this followup is very late, but in case you still need it (and for others with the same question), I never did find a good newsreader (nntp) for BB, but you can install <a href="http://marcparadise.com/articles/bbssh-roadmap-and-overview.html">BBSSH</a> , log into your home machine remotely and use slrn or some other console-based newsreader. Works like a charm for me.
From: Phil Hobbs on 16 Mar 2010 09:29 On 3/15/2010 1:46 PM, Btrig wrote: >> Dear all: >> >> Since I'm now sort of in road warrior mode--a big change for a lab rat >> like me, but fun so far--I went out and bought a Blackberry 8900. It >> has just about everything I want, once I found an acceptable text >> editor/file browser (BBFileScout). One glaring exception--it has no >> NNTP reader! It laughingly calls its RSS gizmo a 'newsreader'. *Faugh*. >> >> Any Blackberry folks out there with *real* newsreaders? >> >> Cheers >> >> Phil "have gun, will travel" Hobbs >> > > I realize this followup is very late, but in case you still need it (and > for others with the same question), I never did find a good newsreader > (nntp) for BB, but you can install<a > href="http://marcparadise.com/articles/bbssh-roadmap-and-overview.html">BBSSH</a> > , log into your home machine remotely and use slrn or some other > console-based newsreader. Works like a charm for me. > > > Thanks, I'll have a look. Cheers Phil Hobbs (Down in NOLA helping my daughter move into her first apartment, on Dauphine Street. Cool place.) -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal ElectroOptical Innovations 55 Orchard Rd Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 845-480-2058 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net
From: JosephKK on 18 Mar 2010 00:09
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:46:08 -0500, "Btrig" <thebeelzebubtrigger(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>Dear all: >> >>Since I'm now sort of in road warrior mode--a big change for a lab rat >>like me, but fun so far--I went out and bought a Blackberry 8900. It >>has just about everything I want, once I found an acceptable text >>editor/file browser (BBFileScout). One glaring exception--it has no >>NNTP reader! It laughingly calls its RSS gizmo a 'newsreader'. *Faugh*. >> >>Any Blackberry folks out there with *real* newsreaders? >> >>Cheers >> >>Phil "have gun, will travel" Hobbs >> > >I realize this followup is very late, but in case you still need it (and >for others with the same question), I never did find a good newsreader >(nntp) for BB, but you can install <a >href="http://marcparadise.com/articles/bbssh-roadmap-and-overview.html">BBSSH</a> >, log into your home machine remotely and use slrn or some other >console-based newsreader. Works like a charm for me. > > AFAIK the G2 news client is worth checking for suitability. |