Just when you think feed reader option for the iPhone or iPad ca n’t get any more interesting , a duet of surprise apps arrive to challenge the very fundament of your App Store proclivities .
Last calendar month , Pulse News Reader made headlines ( hah ! get it ? ) for both its fresh , ocular interface and briefly getting pull from the App Store aftertheNew York Timescomplainedthat citizenry might use it to actually say its stories . On Friday , a new ocular provender reading competitor has entered the newsroom in the manakin ofNews Wallfor the iPhone and iPad .
Created by independent developer Daniel Wetzel , News Wall takes a visual approach to learn news feeds that is like to Pulse . It shun one-time ’ n raid folders and tilt of headlines in favor of a dashboard full of photo thumbnails compile from recent posts . Tapping a photo or headline will enter the story in a popup windowpane , and story can be shared by east - mail and Twitter , or save to Instapaper for reading by and by . There is no Google Reader integration , however , so you ’ll have to sum provender by typing or pasting a Website ’s URL ( in most face you may utilise the primary web site ’s address , not what is typically a mussy RSS data link ) .
iOS 4 ’s Fast App Switching is supported , so you could take a headphone call or comment on Facebook , then generate to browse or reading in News Wall justly where you left off . Whereas the current reading of Pulse limit substance abuser to 20 feed , Wetzel says that you’re able to add as many feeds as you want to News Wall .
News Wall is a universal app for iPhone and iPad , and it requires Io 3.2 or later . Its regular price is $ 3 , but you may get it now for the introductory Leontyne Price of $ 2 .
