One of my favorite features of the Nokia N97 homescreen widgets is that you can quickly add your favorite RSS feed to stay up to day with any news you want. The feeds are extremely easy to change out, I change mine a few times a day. For instance I’m a big LA Kings fan and I normally have the RSS feed from my favorite blog on my homescreen along with my email, shortcuts, music, and favorite contacts. But tomorrow is the first day of NHL hockey free agency and the Kings have plenty of cash to spend on some high profile free agents. I won’t have much time to sit in front of a computer throughout the day since I’ll be at work so I’ve set up the homescreen on my N97 with a few more RSS feeds to keep me updated. Keep reading to see how I managed to get the homescreen like the image above.
Subscribe To Feed & Edit
First thing to do is subribe to a feed in the web browser. Almost every news website or blog has an RSS feed. Now go to the RSS feeds section of the browser and hit Options > Edit > Edit.
Here you can edit the feed name and set up your automatic updates. Tap your finger on the Automatic Updates and you can choose Off, 15 minutes, Every Hour, Every 4 Hours, Every day. For tomrrows draft I’ll choose every 15 minutes.
Add To Homepage & View
Go to the Edit area of your homescreen widgets and you’ll see your subcribed feeds added to the list. Each widget allows for the latest three RSS feeds. When you click on the feed it will take you to the list of articles for that feed.
And now you can select the feed that you want to see and read it. If you want to view the full page just select the title and voila.
So there you have it. I won’t miss a beat and I won’t even need to open my computer. In the evening once the dust settles I’ll switch out one of my homescreen widgets to a LA Dodgers blog where they post live game updates. The possibilities are endless, as long as you have an RSS feed. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
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