Mobile Media: Gravity Symbian Twitter Client Integrates Google Reader
Oct 14 2009 
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I sometimes joke that Twitter clients made the iPhone popular, but we all know that’s not the case. However, you can’t deny that with all the hoopla iPhone owners make about these apps, you’ve probably wanted an iPhone at some point in time just to see what the fuss is about. It’s how I got hooked in too.
However, there’s one twitter client available on a huge mobile platform that doesn’t receive as much hype: Gravity, a popular Symbian mobile Twitter client. It can hold its own visually with other mobile Twitter clients, and includes a host of great features, coupled with great customer support via Twitter. Now, Gravity has launched support for Google Reader.
Integrating RSS In Mobile Apps
When you need your GReader fix, you can skip going to the web browser, or opening a new app. Gravity makes it easy and simple to interact with your Google Reader account similar to the way you might in your web browser: by category, or with a “river of news” flow.
I’m accustomed to reading my feeds by topics/category as it helps me quickly digest a ton of information in small batches. Gravity allows you to scroll through categories just as well as articles. The interface also makes room for options such as reading content right inside of Gravity (no media supported), favorite, mark as read, and several reading options.
The Next Step
I can’t recall a mobile Twitter client that integrates Google Reader. This could very well be a pioneering move for Gravity and the future of twitter clients. However an extremely vital feature to any Google Reader slave is missing, Share! Not to be confused with the send-to feature, Share pushes your favorite articles of the day to your Google Reader Shared Items list.
Add this feature and Gravity will also be well positioned to become the first mobile client that supports sending Google Reader items to Twitter without a bookmark or separate application.
- What are your most loved features in your mobile twitter client
- Which features save you time?
- Have any contributed to your twitter-induced ADHD? Share!
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Integrating RSS capabilities to Gravity was a logical step – and I am happy that the developer went ahead with it.I have been testing Google reader on Gravity and think that there is a room for improvement – especially when it comes to the rendering on content which includes graphical elements , not just text. I am sure we would soon see such progress in that area – as the developer is actively working on the app – making it more and more desirable for the millions S60 users out there.
Integrating RSS capabilities to Gravity was a logical step – and I am happy that the developer went ahead with it.I have been testing Google reader on Gravity and think that there is a room for improvement – especially when it comes to the rendering on content which includes graphical elements , not just text. I am sure we would soon see such progress in that area – as the developer is actively working on the app – making it more and more desirable for the millions S60 users out there.