Tango: Viigo’s Beta

Many of you have already discovered Viigo and have been using it for awhile now. You might be interested to know that Viigo’s beta Tango is available for Windows Mobile. It has many improvements over the current stable Version of Viigo. Among the many enhancements are Podcasts, Weather, Sports, Entertainment and Finance. Travel and Local Interest channels will be coming in the next couple of weeks.

What I have been looking forward to in the next version of Viigo are the channels, especially Audio and Podcasts. While it works like it’s supposed to I am a bit disappointed that the audio files don’t download automatically and that I can’t specify how many of them to download (or they do and I can’t get it to work). I prefer my large files to download while I am sleeping and my device is plugged in. Additionally, there still isn’t a web reader interface for the feeds similar to Google Reader.

However! There is a web feed management interface available at myviigo.com where you can add a couple feeds at a time or make the switch from other RSS readers (while you’re at it, add ours!). Viigo is a solid application and your feeds will download when they’re supposed to. One thing that makes Viigo a top level app is the continuous development. The masterminds over at Viigo see an opportunity and are constantly innovating.

To get Viigo Tango on your Shadow (or other Windows Mobile device) point your mobile browser to http://www.getviigo.com/beta

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3 Comments to Tango: Viigo’s Beta

Mark Ruddock
July 24, 2008

Thanks for the post Mike.

You raise some good points vis a vis the Audio, and we do plan in future releases to allow you to specify a number of “auto-downloading” options … including being able to specify which channels download audio always, only when tethered or in WiFi coverage, etc.

We are also planning a complete overhaul of the web-side management facility.

Stay tuned for lots more, including Flight Schedules/Status, Local Interest, a killer Olympics sports service, etc.

Mark Ruddock
CEO
Viigo

Mike Benton
July 24, 2008

Wow! That’s great Mark. I know everything I’ve seen from Viigo so far has been quality. I know others and myself are looking forward to the changes.

Thanks

ShadowFan2008
July 28, 2008

I downloaded the exe to my storage card and tried to install it, came back invalid. I tried installing via active sync. Came back error installing. Anyone with ideas?

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