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this is kind of interesting - widsets

10 replies · 3,444 views · Started 05 February 2007

Hmmm....that does appear quite handy. Let me know how you get on with it, I currently use Mobizines to stay up to date on news headlines, and technology news etc, which I find works well. (There's something insufferably smug about being able to inform your friends that you get that day's TV guide delivered to your mobile everymorning😊 )

Could be useful with the right mini-aps though - albeit just another way to bork my already awful battery life.

yea, its not doing my battery life any good, just keep searching for that killer app that does everything I want it to do 😊..and do it well..

just downloaded it, nothing special as i dont need it for anything plus it doesnt connect to my gprs

SpeTz wrote:just downloaded it, nothing special as i dont need it for anything plus it doesnt connect to my gprs

Yea after playing round with it for a few days it just looks like a little eye candy, looks nice but nothing more really...great way to make your battery flat though 😊..

I have beeen using it for quite some while, and must rate it in my top apps for my N80.

Really nice to synch a load of widset over wifi, and then have todays selection of news on the phone for later reading...

My fav widsets are, slashdot, f1 news, bbc news and a bit of the register for latest rumours.
IMHO it really is an app that grows on you, as you learn when to use it in your daily routines...

ut.

ut666 wrote:I have beeen using it for quite some while, and must rate it in my top apps for my N80.

Really nice to synch a load of widset over wifi, and then have todays selection of news on the phone for later reading...

My fav widsets are, slashdot, f1 news, bbc news and a bit of the register for latest rumours.
IMHO it really is an app that grows on you, as you learn when to use it in your daily routines...

ut.

Indeed, but really not a lot different to Mobizines, I have the BBC news, BBC Headlines, Cnet Revies, Tech Digest, T3, Total Film and Pocket Lint. - Which all tend to update daily, giving me plenty of reading material when bored, or when I can't find a newspaper/magazine for the bathroom. - I'm not saying the widsets are any good, I just prefer the mobizines approach.

looks a bit like my ipaq handango stuff... so will save my battery for some other app.. . 😉

Like taking photos in all this SNOW!!!! 😎 :santaclau

BHLC wrote:Indeed, but really not a lot different to Mobizines, I have the BBC news, BBC Headlines, Cnet Revies, Tech Digest, T3, Total Film and Pocket Lint. - Which all tend to update daily, giving me plenty of reading material when bored, or when I can't find a newspaper/magazine for the bathroom. - I'm not saying the widsets are any good, I just prefer the mobizines approach.

I tried the mobizines

Worked for 5 mins now all i get is general errors and i have to close it.....

Uninstalled it after getting rather annoyed at it

might give it another go as the news reporting looked good on it