Newsland

[spider_j]

I always used AvantGo on my old PPC, so wanted something similar for my Exec. I found Newsland on MS's website (yeah, I know, I deserve everything I get) and it had some good reviews.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work, and the website I'm supposed to register with is no longer in existance. The only site I can find is in Russian.

I thought "Stuff it" and tried to remove the software. I used settings>remove on the Exec. It has gone from the program list, but the software is still there. I tried removing it through Activesync, same result; gone from the program list, still on the Exec. I've tried a soft reset, it's still there, taking up room. Any ideas?

[Laurentius26]

Hi,

I think the following is happened:

The Today screen plugin of Newsland was still active wen you tryed to remove Newsland. What you need to do is, try to install the software again, and when this is done deactivate the today plugin. Than remove the program again. After that you can look with the File Explorer and look at Program Files if the map Newsland still excist's. If so, you can delete it!

Hope this helps,

Cheers Leo ;)

[cktlcmd]

Does this mean AVantGO does not work in our Universal? Any other alternative to get NEWS REPORT on our Universal?

[Laurentius26]

Hi,

If you want to use a good newsreader!
http://garishkernels.net/egress.shtml

For me this is the best, tried Newsbreak and SPB Insight but this one is much faster and better designed.

Cheers Leo :)

[cktlcmd]

Hi,

If you want to use a good newsreader!
http://garishkernels.net/egress.shtml

For me this is the best, tried Newsbreak and SPB Insight but this one is much faster and better designed.

Cheers Leo :)

Thanks. I checked the site. I do have a question. Does it support landscape view on our Universal? All the screen shots I saw were portrait view.

[Laurentius26]

Hi,

Yes it does, I love this app, works smoothly!

Leo :)

Thanks. I checked the site. I do have a question. Does it support landscape view on our Universal? All the screen shots I saw were portrait view.

[cktlcmd]

Thanks very much.

[spider_j]

Thanks Laurentius26, I'll try it now.

To the person asking if AvantGo works - it does work, just fine, in landscape or portrait. Just go to the AvantGo website and download the latest version. Annoyingly, it insists on syncing through it's own software rather than going through Activesync, and it seems slower to upload than it was on my 3 year old RX3715.

Still, it does the job just fine. I wanted to try something a bit different, so I may have a look at the other suggestions.

Edit - worked like a charm. Thanks again.