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From: Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>
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Oliver Schmidt <ol.sc@web.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> BUT I'm not 
>> on my personal laptop as much as I used to be.  I'm usually on my work 
>> laptop and phone so my Usenet posting has been sproadic.
> 
> I'd like to point out that there are great News apps for mobile phones. I'm
> writing these lines on my iPhone.
> 
> Oliver
 
Agreed—I use my iPhone almost exclusively to read and post to newsgroups,
using NewsTap.  The only issue is that it sometimes reports errors
receiving articles (without further explanation), but recovers and
continues. 
-- 
-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II:  http://michaeljmahon.com