AAS friend Antony Pranata has been looking at using Mobipocket Reader to gather news offline (i.e. through your desktop) for later reading on your smartphone. Here's his report.
"Unfortunately, reading news via GPRS/3G is an expensive option for me. That’s why I almost never used RSS reader in my mobile phones. The situation has changed drastically since I downloaded MobiPocket Reader. MobiPocket Reader is originally an e-book reader application. However, they have extended the functionalities to support news feed reader too.
There are two things that I like about MobiPocket, i.e.:
It is free. Note that the application is free, but most of the e-books are not free. There are some free e-books, of course. One of my favorite is Trivopaedia, which is some kind like a small encyclopedia on your pocket.
You syndicate some free news feed, like BBC, Business Week, CNet, and many other news. This is the best thing; you can read news offline without any connection to the Internet. This is what I am going to explain in more detail. "
