NewsTap (Usenet Newsreader) – 1.0 For iPhone/iPod Touch, Optimized For Offline Use

Here’s an interesting Usenet Newsreader for the iPhone and or the iPod Touch.It’s easy and simple to subscribe, manage and read news groups. 

The application fully supports the portrait and landscape mode. 

Limited support for binary groups so photos and pictures can be displayed as well. It’s possible to add photoes into the photo album. 

Quotes are displayed in different colors. Hyperlinks can be opened in the web browser Safari. 

Optimized article layout for the small iPhone display. The original layout is also available. 

Navigate articles via thread tree or by flicking with one finger. 

Filter available for read articles and quotes. 

Build-in help, which explains all the application features. 

Backup feature (requires a Macintosh computer and the Mac application “NewsTap Backup Tool”), which can be used to save and restore preferences and subscriptions. This feature can also be used to import export “newsrc” files so you can synchronize NewsTap with other Newsreader applications on your Mac. This feature requires a Mac, currently it doesn’t work with Windows.

NewsTap is a powerful Usenet Newsreader for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Optimized for offline usage, so you can read and write news articles without an internet connection (important for the iPod Touch and if your news server is not accessible through a telephone line or foreign WLAN hotspots). With a simple tap of your finger, the app will download all the new articles and send your own ones to the news groups in one short transaction. The internet connection is only needed for a very short time.

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Tags: iPhone, iPod Touch, WiFi

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