The reason I bought an iPad

I purchased Reeder for the iPad. This is an app that displays your Google Reader subscriptions. I never used it on the iPhone and am wary of using RSS readers in general because they’re usually horrible. This is the best app I have on my iPad now. It’s intuitive and possesses every feature from Google Reader that I use and more. It’s also beautifully designed.

It displays every entry right in the app and opens links from the entries in the built-in browser. Getting back in simple, as is sharing. Along the top are the basic Google Reader functions you’d find in the browser, mark unread, star and share. Reeder has even more sharing options. You can send it to Twitter, Instapaper, copy the link, post to Delicious and more. You can e-mail a link to the article or it’ll copy the article along with any images into an e-mail all within the app.

The interface is simple and out of the way. That’s it on the left. Starred, unread and all subscriptions are the icons on the top left. The bottom left icon is the sync button.

The other interface buttons appear in a story. Two arrows are added on the left that let you go back and forward through the available stories. And, the top has the option to mark unread, star, share (Using Google’s default share option.) and share using Reeder’s options.

OK, it’s one of the reasons I bought an iPad.

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