FeedsAnywhere is an HTML-based service and can be used by any cellphone with a web browser. It offers a number of impressive features for reading feeds on your phone. First of all, the service is intended for smartphones and employs a phone-friendly layout. Moreover it tracks the material you read and shows your preferred items on top ““ if concerned about privacy, you can turn off this feature.

The search option on the main screen helps quickly find your desired material. Furthermore you can gather items and create a personal feed out of them. FeedsAnywhere will be a free service when widely available; currently it is in public beta and you need an invitation code to join.

Features:

• Web based rss reader for mobile.
• Optionally tracks the material you read to place your favorite articles on top.
• Designed specifically for cellphones thus has a neat, easy-to-handle interface.
• Includes a search bar on the main screen.
• Lets you create personal feeds out of selected items.
• An ideal app for smartphone owners who work with RSS feeds.
• Similar tools: Viigo, Spectives and MobileRSS.

Check out FeedsAnywhere @ www.feedsanywhere.com (via WebWorkDaily) (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Features

• Receive alerts on latest stories from news sources and blogs on your mobile phone.
• Subscribe to as many sources (RSS feeds) as you want.
• Manage and edit subscriptions online.
• Set how many times per day you want to be notified. You can also choose to get notified as soon as new stories are published.
• Option to filter feed headlines by keyword. If you would like to receive all headlines then leave it blank.
• For more information go to service FAQ section.

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Go to Feeds.Fastbreak @ feeds.fastbreakmobile.com

Features

• Convert any RSS-enabled website to speech.
• Add blogs manually or import your subscriptions from Google Reader (or Bloglines) account.
• Mobile users: Access and listen to feeds from iPhone.
• Download feeds and listen to them in iTunes or iPod.
• Publishers: Allow readers to listen to your articles by embedding a BlogBoard player (see below).

See it action on MUO feeds:

Go to BlogBoard @ [ www.blogbard.com ]

Additional Features

- Subscribe to as many feeds as you want.
- Get updates on multiple phone numbers and email address.
- Supports most of the major phone carriers.
- The service is available to US users only.
- To ubnsubscribe click “Edit Account” in your profile or simply text “Ping Stop” to 95495.
- Note: Standard text messaging fees may apply (depends on your mobile plan)

Check out Pingie @ www.pingie.com

Feedm8 Features

• Convert website or blog into a mobile friendly site.
• Preview newly created site on your desktop PC.
• Forward site’s address to your mobile phone.
• For Publishers: (1) earn extra money from ads in your mobile feeds, (2) customize site’s look, logo and colors, (3) monitor traffic reports and advertising statistics.

Check out Feedm8 @ www.feedm8.com

Additional Features

• The generated RSS feeds are valid and compressed.
• Create as many feeds as you want and share them with others.
• MailBucket is protected by SpamAssassin and provides ‘mark as spam’ feature at the end of each item.
• Note: Feeds are not password protected so it’s vital you choose something long as your mailbox, like mailbucket.org/makeuseof6756.xml. This will make harder for someone to guess it.

Check out MailBucket @ www.mailbucket.org

Viigo Features

• Channels: Navigate through various channels/service categories and subscribe to ones that interest you.
• Local Events: Stay up-to-date on local events (music bands, theater events, sport events, etc.).
• Global News: Get latest headlines from all over the world.
• Sports News: Get latest global scores and news, or only monitor your favorite team.
• Weather Application: Quickly access local weather reports.
• FeedReader: Subscribe to RSS feeds of your favorite websites and blogs (Youtube, Makeuseof, Digg, etc.).
• Track Packages: Track your mail packages from popular mail/package carriers.
• Traffic Updates: Get up-to-date information on highway traffic, and public transportation information.
• Runs on most of the popular phones (Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Java, etc.).
• Keypad shortcuts: For quicker navigation.
• One click article emailing.
• Ability to synchronize to your Google Reader account.
• Note: Viigo Personal is completely free to use, however carrier data charges may apply for the application download and later data transfers.

Visit Viigo Personal @ [www.viigo.com/prvper.htm]

Laptopmag.com: “Yahoo Go 2.0 is among the most ambitious attempts to put a Web portal on a phone. And it works.”

Yahoo! Go Features

• Easily access Yahoo Services directly from mobile phone.
• Search Engine: Access Yahoo web search
• Flickr: Acces and View your Flickr albums and pictures.
• Yahoo Mail: View, Manage and Reply to your emails. All changes will be automatically synchronized with online Yahoo account.
• News: Latest Global, Entertainment, Sports and Finance News.
• FeedReader: Add feeds from favorite blogs/websites.
• Weather Tool: Configure quick weather access for your zip code.
• Access Local Maps and Business Listings i.e. restaurants, pizzerias, etc., with direct dial feature.
• Supports over 120 mobile phones. Custom iPhone version available.
• Try Yahoo! Go right from the web interface here (no registration required@yahoo.)
• Important: Yahoo! Go is a free service however depending on your carrier and mobile service plan data-transfer fees may apply.

Visit Yahoo! Go [http://mobile.yahoo.com/go]

User Testimonial: “I been using Plusmo from last few days and I am getting addicted to it. Basically, Plusmo is a RSS reader (at least for my need) which downloads content in advance.”

Plusmo Features

• RSS reader: Read you favorite blogs/websites from your mobile.
• Save articles or forward to with friends.
• Over 20.000 widgets (Games, Clock, Calendar, Top YouTube videos, Flickr pictures, etc) to choose from.
• Browse widgets by category (Fun, Technology, Fashions, Sports, News, etc.)
• Create your own widgets by combining several feeds into one.
• OPML Import: import subscriptions from other RSS readers (MyYahoo, Bloglines, etc).
• Works with most mobile phones. iPhone optimized.
• Bloggers: Option to mobilize you blog into a mobile widget.
• Note: Plusmo is completely free, however depending on your carrier data connection charges may apply.

Plusmo video demos:

Go to Plusmo (www.plusmo.com)