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| From | AJL <noemail@none.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: Android Text Newsreader? |
| Date | 2026-06-20 04:34 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <111558k$3poed$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <EJlZR.1008$q5d1.918@fx20.iad> |
On 6/19/26 6:07 PM, aytimothy wrote: >Short of remote desktoping into my own remote computer or using a web-based Newsgroup Reader like https://newsgrouper.org/, are there any text-based native Newsreaders left for Android? >Perhaps other than PhoNews? (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.cmg.android.phonews) > >com.cmgapps.android.phonewspro seems to just be the same thing again but somehow it's rated 4.9 with zero text reviews; I'm highly suspicious. Does anyone use this and can attest to it? I'm currently posting this with PhoNews Pro. Cost me US$2 several years ago so I think I at least got my moneys worth even though it now has problems with newer versions of Android. I'm now using it on an Amazon Fire HD10 tablet that I modified to run the Google Play Store and its apps of which PhoNews is one. The Fire tablet series run an older version of Android (which they call Fire OS). PhoNews still works ok on these tablets. On my newer version tablets PhoNews often locks up on receiving and the circle (yes it has a busy circle) goes round and round never stopping. Force stopping it fixes it for awhile but it always comes back. Receiving on PhoNews always was slow sometimes taking 3 to 5 seconds per post. My favorite Android Newsreader Groundhog quit transmitting around Android 9 but still receives ok on later versions. So (don't laugh) I currently use Groundhog to receive and if I want to post I switch to this PhoNews... :-/ Bottom line, I don't know of a good Android newsreader. The question pops up here occasionally but so far no answers. I'm hoping this time will be different...
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Android Text Newsreader? aytimothy <aytimothy@aytimothy.xyz> - 2026-06-20 01:07 +0000
Re: Android Text Newsreader? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-06-20 04:34 +0000
Re: Android Text Newsreader? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-20 00:20 -0500
Re: Android Text Newsreader? aytimothy <aytimothy@aytimothy.xyz> - 2026-06-20 05:41 +0000
Re: Android Text Newsreader? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-20 01:15 -0500
Re: Android Text Newsreader? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-06-20 08:38 +0100
Re: Android Text Newsreader? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-20 08:44 +0100
Re: Android Text Newsreader? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-06-20 16:25 +0000
Re: Android Text Newsreader? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-20 21:20 +0100
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