We just released v2.8 of BeyondPod - Free, Open Source RSS feed reader and podcast manager for Windows Mobile Devices.
Thanks to all of you who supported BeyondPod with suggestions and donations. We could not have done it without you!
(If this is a first time you hear about BeyondPod - you can watch a brief YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5yrLDX0YDM )
Here are some of the new features in v2.8:
* There is now a way to view a summary of all "unread" items across all feeds in a given category.
* Added settings to start automatic updates on Startup and on Opening of a feed
* Added a link to Launch the BeyondShcheudler from within BeyondPod. BeyondScheduler is a companion application used to schedule various tasks such as Bluetooth On/Off and Wi-Fi On/Off (on some HTC made devices) to be executed at predefined time. BeyondPod also internally relies on the BeyondScheduler for its own scheduled updates.
* Added support for password protected feeds. You can now enter username/password in the feed properties
* Added a global setting that allows you to hide the "Read" feed items in Content View. A nice side effect of hiding the "Read" items is that the feeds render faster because the number of items is (much) smaller.
* Changed the functions of left and right D-pad keys in the "Feeds" and "Podcasts" views. Left key now always navigates to the built in player (if there is anything to play) and the right key navigates to the last feed content view. There are also dedicated "Go to Player" menu items in both views
* When generating unique feed names, instead of PCXXXXX.MP3, the file name pattern is now Feed NameXXXXX.MP3. This makes the podcast file name a bit more predictable and also by changing the feed name, it gives you some a control over the podcast name.
You can download the latest build from: http://www.codeplex.com/beyondpod
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