| Spb Insight Review Author: If you are often on | | | | is done, all you efforts are restricted to just to a |
| the move, keeping your PDA close at hand, then | | | | couple of clicks. Once the channels have been |
| Spb Insight from Spb Software House is a good | | | | added, you can update the feeds and download |
| pick for your "road warrior" arsenal. If you are | | | | the news stories. Spb Insight gives you the choice |
| often on the move, keeping your PDA close at | | | | of either manual or automatic updating. In the first |
| hand, then Spb Insight from Spb Software House | | | | case, it is left to you to choose the time when |
| is a good pick for your "road warrior" arsenal. Spb | | | | the update should be executed. To update the |
| Insight is a RSS/Atom newsreader for Windows | | | | feeds, you can use ActiveSync, HotSpot WiFi |
| Mobile PDA that will let you keep up with all of | | | | connection, GPRS or EDGE connection if your |
| your favorite news or blog sites, letting you | | | | device has it. In terms of networking, Spb Insight |
| download all your feeds to PDA and then read | | | | offers you some interesting options. You can |
| them offline when you're waiting for a plane in the | | | | configure the program to use only free of charge |
| airport, taking a bus trip to another city, standing | | | | internet connections. This gives you total control |
| in line at the store, or waiting for a meeting to | | | | over the data charges, restricting your channel |
| start. Spb Insight will turn your downtime into | | | | updates to only those connectivity options that |
| uptime! As it's with anything associated with PDA, | | | | are provided at no cost. This Pocket PC program |
| Spb Insight stands out for the wireless | | | | can also be set up to update all channels |
| convenience it offers to PDA users. Instead of | | | | automatically when cradled. You can get your |
| being constantly wired to your desktop computer | | | | channels updated when you connect your PDA to |
| in order to read your news feeds, you can install | | | | your desktop over ActiveSync, which eliminates |
| Spb Insight onto your Windows Mobile PDA, and it | | | | the need to remember to set the channel |
| will wirelessly deliver the latest news of your | | | | updates on your own. Spb Insight will help you get |
| choice, or let you read the news stories you have | | | | the most up-to-the-moment news via the PDAs |
| downloaded from the desktop computer before | | | | wireless interface connection or ActiveSync and |
| going out. Spb Insight will provide full offline | | | | read the stories when you have some time to |
| reading optimized for a small screen including | | | | spare. At just $19.95, Spb Insight will be an |
| images. Fine, isn't it? Spb Insight is easy to get | | | | excellent software companion for any "road |
| started with. You only need to subscribe to the | | | | warrior", traveling with PDA at hand. You can see |
| so-called "channels" (news feeds) and then | | | | the program in action right now if you download |
| download the news stories to PDA. There are | | | | its free evaluation copy from Spb Insight page. |
| several options to get subscribed to the feeds. | | | | Enjoy wireless news on the go! Spb Weather |
| One of the quickest and most convenient is via | | | | Features: • Full website news; • |
| Spb's Online Catalog. It offers over a thousand of | | | | Full RSS/Atom support (0.9x, 1.0, 2.0); • |
| selected channels on a great variety of subjects | | | | Offline reading with pictures; • Easy to |
| from all over the internet - the latest news, | | | | use interface; • One-hand operation; |
| sports, finances, you name it! The channels are | | | | • Article thumbnails; • No |
| grouped into categories, making a selection a | | | | desktop component needed. Compatible devices |
| cinch. As Online Catalog is driven by the | | | | list Windows Mobile 6.0, Windows Mobile 5.0, |
| suggestions from real users, it's constantly being | | | | Pocket PC 2003, Pocket PC 2002 ACER: n300 |
| added new feeds. You can add your own feed | | | | Series, n30, n50, n20 and others ASUS: A626, |
| too! Another way to subscribe to a feed is | | | | A636, A639, P505, P525, P535 and others |
| familiar to all RSS/Atom savvy users - you need | | | | Cingular: 8125, 8525 Dell: Axim X3, X5, X50, X50v, |
| to input the URL of a RSS/Atom feed you are | | | | X51v and others Dopod: Dopod 838 Pro, Dopod |
| interested in. However if you don't know the | | | | 686, Dopod 699, Dopod 828, Dopod 900, Dopod |
| exact address of the feed, you can take | | | | P100, Dopod N800, etc. Eten: E-Ten G500+, E-Ten |
| advantage of the built-in search option, which lets | | | | M600+, E-TEN Glofiish, Eten M700, etc. HP: |
| you specify the keyword, for example, "laptop" | | | | hw68xx series, hw69xx series, hx21xx series, |
| into the search form and within seconds get the | | | | hx24xx series, hx29xx series and others HTC: |
| listing of the news feeds related to the keyword | | | | TyTN, Wizard, Prophet, Hermes, Artemis, |
| from the server at Spb. Then, you can subscribe | | | | Universal, Herald, P3300, P3600, P4350, P3350, |
| to the feed with much the same simplicity as you | | | | X7500, Athena IMATE: i-mate JASJAM, i-mate |
| would with the feeds from Online Catalog. Other | | | | JAMin, i-mate PDA-N, i-mate K-JAM, i-mate |
| ways of getting subscribed include local template | | | | JASJAR and others O2: XDA series T-Mobile: MDA |
| and OPML, which lets you import the feed setup | | | | series QTek: 9000, 9100, 9600, S100, S110, S200, |
| in the XML format from another RSS/Atom | | | | G100, 2020, 9090 Other Windows Mobile Powered |
| program. Regardless of the way the subscription | | | | Devices. |