06-05-2009, 08:00 PM | #1 | |
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AvantGo being retired
Pocket PC Thoughts is reporting that AvantGo is being retired. I'd say this is just a sign of the progress made with availability of mobile content on the web. For some strange reason, even though I haven't used it in years, I'm still sad to see it go. I used it heavily when I first started syncing content from the web to my PDA many years ago. I remember it fondly for the service provided in those early days of mobile web content.
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06-05-2009, 08:16 PM | #2 |
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I also used it in the days before decent RSS feed integration. I was particularly keen on he way they elegantly reformatted pages around images, which was used extensively on my Palm III.
Chirro pioneers of mobile web, you gave us a taste before the pie. |
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06-05-2009, 09:33 PM | #3 |
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i was a user of Avantgo, too. until recently.
i used to synch it with my palm iii, palm m500... i was also impressed by how it extract useful content from crowded and ugly websites... i will miss it |
06-05-2009, 10:32 PM | #4 |
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06-06-2009, 12:54 AM | #5 |
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My Tungsten T3 probably still has the last sync to it still on it! If it still has a charge...
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06-06-2009, 03:46 AM | #6 |
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Where's my Handspring Visor? One last time for memory's sake.
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06-06-2009, 04:26 AM | #7 |
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Mmm. Might do a last sync on my Tungsten C for nostalgia's sake.
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06-06-2009, 12:09 PM | #8 |
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This is sad :-(.
I started using Avantgo many years ago on a Palm IIIc, and I am still using it almost every day on my HTC S740 Winmobile smartphone - it is just perfect for my way to work - in Munich we still don't have mobile networks in the subway. So do I really have to get used to one of these new-fashioned rss readers |
06-06-2009, 01:35 PM | #9 |
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I used it everyday up until around 2003-04 timeframe. I used to use it on my Original Palm Pro, then on a a couple of Pocket PC's and finally on a Palm TX (which I gave to my wife, she uses it now to read mobi formated books and play solitaire).
I'll sync one last time for old time sake (my account is still active). Avantgo was a great service in it's day. It will be remembered fondly. |
06-06-2009, 01:53 PM | #10 |
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Well, I guess I can give up being annoyed that I couldn't use AvantGo with my N800
I'll be sad to see it go. |
06-06-2009, 02:28 PM | #11 |
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I also used it to sync information on my Toshiba E155 PDA that I still have. I guess I'll just have to throw that sucker away now, or donate it to a Peruvian Goodwill Society.
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The way I read his sentence is that the integration of RSS feeds has contributed to the demise of Avantgo. Sort of like when I graduated from my Kaypro II computer (using CP/M) in the early 1980s to my Macintosh "Fat Mac" with a whopping 128 megs of ram and a smaller-sized diskette (that'll never be accepted! -hahaha!) and - GOOD GOD! - a graphical interface. Don |
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06-07-2009, 08:13 AM | #14 | |
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However, quite bluntly, most RSS feeds suck and they never lived up to their expectations. Very few of them carry full articles, most just listing a sentence or two. Besides, Avantgo could read RSS feeds too. Last edited by akira28; 06-07-2009 at 08:37 AM. |
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