My TouchPad Today: Mornings with the TouchPad and the Pre2

Nothing spectacularly new happening in my TouchPad world over the past few days, so I'll go here with something about my morning routine with my TouchPad and Pre2.


Everyday my electronic duo of the TouchPad and Pre2 get a bit of a morning workout. Here's the agenda...

• PreCentral.net
• The Charlotte Observer
• Boston.com / The Boston Globe
• Twitter
• The New York Times
• Tea Reader (for my Google Reader feeds)
• Blogger.com (to check on my blogs... My TouchPad Today and The Friday Special)

How do you start the day with your TouchPad or other electronic tools?



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Follow-Up: New York Times News Feeds

A few days ago I did a post about the new New York Times News Feeds app for the HP TouchPad and was in the mode of not immediately abandoning the old New York Times beta app that carried over from my Pre smartphones. The new app certainly provides a richer, graphical presentation, but the news is the news.

Well, as it turns out, keeping around the old app has some real merit... at least for now.  With it you have the ability to save stories for future reference, as well as the ability to text and email stories with a couple of simple clicks.

It appears to be a different story with the NYT News Feeds app.  Registration is required to email stories, leading me to think taking this step will bring us into the world of paying for NYT content.  I love reading the NYT online, but I don't love it $15 per month worth.

Meanwhile, back at the old NYT beta app... I was surprised last winter when the NYT went to a paid online subscription model and the beta reader on webOS survived as a freebie.

I was thinking they weren't worried enough about the small audience accessing their content this way to go to the bother of shutting us off.

As time has gone by, however, I'm not sure what's up, but I still have the free ride and the ability to readily save/text/email stories.

I think I'm staying on board the beta app train to the end of the line.

Download: New York Times News Feeds

Stumbled across a pleasant surprise this morning in the app catalog this morning... a free app for reading New York Times News Feeds on the HP TouchPad

I've been a user of the NYT beta app on the Pre for the past couple of years and have continued now to use it happily on the TouchPad in the emulator on webOS 3.

Will I be immediately abandoning the Pre/early webOS version?... Nope. The earlier version is a perfectly acceptable way to read the news that hasn't been rendered dead by the new app.

Will I switch exclusively to the new app in the long run?... Hard to say. The new app is obviously -- having the new Enyo styling -- a richer graphic presentation/experience, but what's at the core of what I want in a NYT app or any news app?... READING!

Both apps seem to pass the reading test for me. Last time I checked this morning the story content was the same in both apps. Good enuf for me!

Small nit to pick... The old NYT beta app has a NY/Region section that I enjoy reading.  Not immediately seeing it on the new News Feed app. Not a "dealbreaker" for me vis a vis the new app... just an observation.