NewsGator stops charging for client RSS reader products

This NewsGator press release, dated Jan 9, 2008 announces that NewsGator no longer charges for their client RSS reader products.

In my continuing search for a good and free RSS reader that integrates into Outlook, I have used IntraVnews, Attensa for Outlook, and Outlook 2007's integrated RSS feature. This latest move by NewsGator gives me another free one to try.

The feature I've been yearning for, and that NewsGator may actually be able to provide at last, is being able to read on both my laptop and on my smartphone and synchronize so I don't have to read articles twice. Google Reader can do this in web browser, but I still prefer Outlook when reading on my laptop. Since I run Outlook all day anyway, it is nice to have my feeds "pushed" without having to remember to go somewhere to check them. Additionally, my fingers don't have to learn a different set of keyboard shortcuts than I use for reading e-mail.

I haven't tried NewsGator reader yet, but I've heard that it is highly regarded, and wanted to pass this info along to my dedicated readers (thank's Mom!).