AvantGo為黑莓
版本： 1.03發行
對4/10估計
鏈接： www.AvantGo.com
OTA鏈接： m.avantgo.com/installer
桌面鏈接： 未知
費用： 2MB釋放/8MB 19.95/yr
兼容性： OS 3.8+

我將開始這回顧闡明，我曾經使用AvantGo在我的老系列60 Nokia那麼真正地一直想喜歡。 他們發布了是a根本上讚美鏈接在您的家庭屏幕到AvantGo網站的一個版本在2年期間前為黑莓設備。 他們現在回來了2年後與一次更新為受到我的注意的黑莓設備，但儘管多少我設法喜歡此是純淨的失望。 為細節讀…

設施： 我提供OTA為AvantGo節目安裝鏈接上面。 我未發現桌面經理設施鏈接，但是，當我我將張貼更新。 我認為您在他們的網站必須登錄下載桌面經理鏈接，但我不可能發現它我自己。 當心： 安裝文件為AvantGo是結束一半每兆字節。 如果您是在一個有限的數據計劃您可以想要兩次考慮OTA設施。

第一次印刷： 我注意關於新的AvantGo節目的第一件事是它的大小。 我對是結束一半每兆字節在大小的黑莓應用總是機警的。 這特別如此是，因為更舊的世代黑莓設備沒有很大數量的RAM跑這些大Java應用程序。 安裝接管了滴漏轉動在黑莓8800的8分鐘。

首次註冊： 當您首先起動節目您將被提示對創造帳戶或註冊。 因為我有老AvantGo註冊我使用了那。 (您也許發現它更加容易創造註冊從他們的網站)。 應用然後設法自動地確定哪連接它應該使用與互聯網聯繫。 由於種種原因在我的它選擇了我的BES連接。 這似乎運作，因此我沒有抱怨。 應用然後同步我的渠道內容我在網上選擇了。 這需要了另外5分鐘。 當這次更新跑時它給它的膝蓋帶來了8800。 您不可能甚而打開電子郵件，并且整體設備是一樣慢的像糖漿。

Interface: Well if you have gotten this far and have not given up I applaud your dedication. The AvantGo application seems to load pretty fast once you have synchronized your content. You then scroll through your content and even add channels from the device. I personally selected the New York Times Business & Technology Channel. The software downloads the content for viewing offline and then you can just click through the articles as you can see above. There are two very large ads in the main screen, as you can see in the screenshot above, which can be quite distracting. The funny part about this application is that it seems to try to leverage the BlackBerry browser for its offline content. You can tell that it is doing this, badly might I add, because it has the option to change to Desktop View of a webpage that is only found in the BlackBerry Browser.

The Channels: Above you can see the sample channel I chose for the New York Times Business & Technology Channel. The interface is quite simple and streight to the point. Since all the content is already synced to the device there are no downloads between pages so things are faster than the usual sluggish response the program offers. There is still an unexplainable 3-5 second delay between pages where the application seems to just freeze and then come back to life. Expect the same delay when you hit the back button to go back a page.

My favorite part of the AvantGo’s service and its one redeeming quality is that the content is quite good. You get full articles from websites such as CNET, GM, The History Channel, Rolling Stone and The New York Times just to name a few. It just does not seem ready for primetime yet on the BlackBerry.

A New Twist: Well it was inevitable that AvantGo at some point support RSS feeds and just like Microsoft they have finally come around to offering us what we want. As you can see from the screenshots above I have subscribed to BerryReview from AvantGo using our RSS feed. This seems to work just as well as channels including HTML and image support. (Which is something I have not seen in combination on any other RSS reader) The only downside is that you have to go back to the options and reconfigure the RSS channel to go 2 links into the article so that you get the full text of the post instead of just the first paragraph. This is not ideal since it then also delves into any of the other links in a post causing the synchronization to take 3 times as long. Your other option is to download the full article one at a time which takes longer than doing it in the native BlackBerry Browser. A nice perk is the ability to save each post so that it will remain when you do your next sync.

Configuration: The configuration options of AvantGo are almost identical to the options for the native BlackBerry browser so I will not cover them in much length here. They have added the ability to have different sync servers for AvantGo but I have no idea of why you would ever need to do this. As you can see in the screenshot above they offer you the ability to manage automatic synchronizations but I advise against it, unless you plan on them running while you are asleep, since they bring the device to a crawl and make it unusable. The synchronizations are also almost impossible to cancel since you cannot even bring up the menu due to speed issues. It is quite ironic that they have a cancel sync option in the menu but I have never been able to get that far. You can also change the Transport from the configuration options if you have a carrier that charges you for using tcp/ip.?? Everything else is the same except for the ability to add and delete channels from the channel manager tab.

Conclusion:?? If you are a die hard AvantGo fan you may want to try out this software just to see its future potential then I wont scare you away. On the other hand if you are looking for a good offline news viewer I would advise that you hold off on AvantGo. This is especially so if you have an older generation BlackBerry such as the 7290 which has even less processing power and RAM. I am really praying that the developers over at AvantGo take this to heart and work on optimizing the AvantGo program because writing this review was like pulling teeth. I used to be a die hard AvantGo fan on my PocketPC and on my Nokia Smartphone but on my BlackBerry I will hold off for now. Maybe now that BlackBerry devices have microSD card storage they can lower the compression on the channel content and speed up the program.?? AvantGo has the features that customers want but their delivery needs quite a bit of improvement. Hopefully once they improve we will run a follow up to this review.

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 21st, 2007 and is filed under Internet, News, RSS, Reviews.

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