Regator, a blog aggregator similar to AllTop, today released an iPhone application which lets you view the latest blog posts from selected blogs on your iPhone or Touch.
There are thousands of blogs listed within 500 categories. A summary of the latest news is displayed and when you select the article you are taken to the original source blog.
Have a look at the video below to see the application in action:
Regator is free to download though a premium version with more features is being released in the future.
I have an Android phone but I also have an Apple Touch mp3 player so was able to try it the application out. It works pretty well though this application should not be considered as a replacement for your RSS newsreader as you cannot define what blogs are your favourites, add new blogs or personalise it in any way (though you can apparently do this in the premium version). Also, you cannot view blog posts in full, you can only view excerpts.
However, it is a quick and easy way to view the latest news from thousands of popular blogs and in that respect, it is a very useful application. Worth trying out if you have an iPhone.
Link : Regator iPhone Application (application requires 383 kb of space)
"Also, you cannot view blog posts in full, you can only view excerpts." This isn't true. You can visit the blog or website by selecting 'Read Post' when you select a particular entry.
Go Regator! We try to do something similar: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2009/07/how-to-read-y…
Guy
Scott – I played around with it a little this morning. Seems to work pretty well.
Ravin – That's what I meant. You do not read the full post via Regator, you need to visit the blog in question. As I pointed out at the start <blogquote>A summary of the latest news is displayed and when you select the article you are taken to the original source blog..
Not that this is a bad thing per say, I just had to point it out that it wasn't the same as a newsreader.
Guy – Good tutorial. I wasn't aware that you could add shortcut links to your iphone this way (I have to admit I don't use my touch that much).</blogquote>
Hi Kevin – Scott from Regator here… Thanks for the write up!
The idea behind the app is not really to replace feed readers, but rather to compliment them. We’ve set about helping folks who want to find some great blog content in 100s of categories without having to spend the time and effort to set up and update their own rss reader. Cheers!