Announced on the Official Google Reader Blog, Google introduced a solid new version of what is already the best iPhone RSS experience hands-down:
If you’ve used list view, then it should be familiar to you. Scan the titles for an item that interests you, tap and it expands in place. Starring, sharing, and keeping unread are done in place, so you never have to leave the list view or refresh the page.
It’s surprisingly snappy over EDGE even though it seems to pre-fetch the current 15 posts you’re viewing (images don’t appear to be pre-fetched, but correct me if I’m wrong). Starring and sharing in place are fantastic ways to speed up navigation.
This new version is still missing a critical feature, though: the ability to send a link to a post via iPhone’s Mail app. I think it’s a safe bet that most iPhone users sync all their contacts with the iPhone (or at least the important ones), and e-mail is a vital way to share stories with both friends and coworkers.
Sending a story’s link to a Mail message is actually one experience that NewsGator nailed very well with its otherwise disappointing iPhone RSS reader. Google Reader iPhone team: please check out how NewsGator pulled this off and incorporate.
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