If you can get to a site that has an RSS feed then you don't need to pay for that feed.
On 29/11/12 07:44, Regina Alvarado wrote: > Thank you much Rob. Next question. Would I have to pay for the feeds? Are > they added within Simple RSS? Oh just so much for this baby boomer to learn! > (smiles) > Reggie > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Rob Harris > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Simple RSS, a great way to get push notifications for feeds > > Like a magazine, the rss page contains links direct to a collection of > pertinent articles. The collection is dynamic, so old ones roll off the end > > and new roll on at the beginning. This is like magazine browsing, this is > what makes them good. Saves ploughing through a whole site looking for the > odd links amongst the dross and ads. > > RobH. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Regina Alvarado" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:51 AM > Subject: RE: Simple RSS, a great way to get push notifications for feeds > > > I see RSS feeds when I open webpages. Pardon my ignorance, what are these > feeds? Do you have to pay for them? > Curiously and looking for knowledge > Reggie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Grant Hardy > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 7:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Simple RSS, a great way to get push notifications for feeds > > Hi all, > > Just wanted to give a plug for Simple RSS, a free app for reading news > feeds and receiving push alerts for new content. > > The app is not without its fair share of annoyances; you can't import > from OPML files and you can't sync with Google Reader, only import > from it. Where the app shines though is its amazingly fast push alerts > for new articles. In my experience the lag is well under fifteen > minutes and probably closer to five, which rivals paid apps which can > often take an hour or two to provide the latest "push" alert. My > Windows 8 PC is set to refresh every fifteen minutes, and Simple RSS's > push alerts are beating it every time. > > It's pretty simple, easy to navigate, and has decent sharing features. > > Grant > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
