Comments on: Viigo adds Craigslist to their ever-expanding application http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Wed, 22 May 2013 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Roy78 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-418252 Roy78 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:01:10 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-418252 The book can be used in faculty and staff development, strategic planning, institutional mission clarification, leadership development, and collaborative efforts between academic and student affairs. ,

]]> By: Roy78 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-499570 Roy78 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:01:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-499570 The book can be used in faculty and staff development, strategic planning, institutional mission clarification, leadership development, and collaborative efforts between academic and student affairs. ,

]]> By: Ahmad Nassri http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-368948 Ahmad Nassri Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:29:18 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-368948 Phreqd,

no new features we add do not affect the application size. it is as you suggested, handled by the servers …

cheers.

Ahmad Nassri.
Director, Web Services.
Viigo Inc.

]]> By: Ahmad Nassri http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-499569 Ahmad Nassri Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:29:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-499569 Phreqd,

no new features we add do not affect the application size. it is as you suggested, handled by the servers …

cheers.

Ahmad Nassri.
Director, Web Services.
Viigo Inc.

]]> By: thx man http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-356597 thx man Fri, 15 May 2009 00:49:53 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-356597 Thank you Sr for the Podcast plug in regards to Stitcher. I found a new app for net pod on the go.

]]> By: thx man http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-499568 thx man Fri, 15 May 2009 00:49:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-499568 Thank you Sr for the Podcast plug in regards to Stitcher. I found a new app for net pod on the go.

]]> By: jesssquire (Jesse Sternberg) http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-356474 jesssquire (Jesse Sternberg) Thu, 14 May 2009 19:23:47 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-356474 RT @BlackBerryCool: Viigo adds Craigslist to their ever-expanding application http://bit.ly/jQucr

]]> By: jesssquire (Jesse Sternberg) http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-499564 jesssquire (Jesse Sternberg) Thu, 14 May 2009 19:23:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-499564 RT @BlackBerryCool: Viigo adds Craigslist to their ever-expanding application http://bit.ly/jQucr

]]> By: Phreqd http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-356508 Phreqd Thu, 14 May 2009 19:22:45 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-356508 As Viigo adds items to their program, does the install end up being much larger? Or is everything handled on their servers? I’m asking because I don’t have much room left on my Bold and would rather not install a program that keeps growing. How big is the install file?

]]> By: Phreqd http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-499567 Phreqd Thu, 14 May 2009 19:22:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-499567 As Viigo adds items to their program, does the install end up being much larger? Or is everything handled on their servers? I’m asking because I don’t have much room left on my Bold and would rather not install a program that keeps growing. How big is the install file?

]]> By: BlackBerryCool (BlackBerry Cool) http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-356476 BlackBerryCool (BlackBerry Cool) Thu, 14 May 2009 18:31:55 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-356476 Viigo adds Craigslist to their ever-expanding application http://bit.ly/jQucr

]]> By: BlackBerryCool (BlackBerry Coo http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-499565 BlackBerryCool (BlackBerry Coo Thu, 14 May 2009 18:31:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-499565 Viigo adds Craigslist to their ever-expanding application http://bit.ly/jQucr

]]> By: Sr http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-356488 Sr Thu, 14 May 2009 17:38:32 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-356488 Josh, I couldn’t agree more. First off, I was a big fan of Viigo last year because it provided content that was previously unavailable to BB users. However, with the introduction of app world and a new found enthusiasm for mainstream BB apps, the availability of content has grown. As a result, I now gravitate towards programs that deliver content in a form that is natural, intuitive and full featured (after all, an RSS feed is not the best way to view some content). Here is a rundown of Viigo’s content categories and a list of apps that, in my opinion, provide a better experience…

RSS – Viigo does win in this area, but there are other free options that work well, like Upvise & FreeRange.

News – AP ($2.99) is great because it downloads the full articles. Reuters is similar and free

Weather – Weathereye, Weatherbug, BB push notification are all free so pick your poison. I personally love BerryWeather ($9.99), its worth the money.

Sports – This is the only one I struggle with. Mobile sites work well (ESPN, CBS). GetSportz is not bad, but I am not sold on its updating speed yet. I am sure someone will come up with a pure “scores and schedules” type app soon.

Entertainment – AP/Reuters for news. Poynt for movies, etc

Local – Business? Poynt. Traffic? Google Maps! Opentable will have a BB app soon.

Flights – Worldmate Live for travelers. Airline mobile sites work perfectly well for the occasional traveler.

Stocks & Finance – Bloomberg or iStockManager, both free, both awesome. Pageonce ($9.99/yr) has its own app that works very well.

Podcast – I am not a podcast person, and since this has always been a “future” feature, I will defer judgment until it has been up and running for a while. I hear Stitcher works well though.

Yes, having all these programs takes up more space, but the user experience (again, in my opinion, no offense to Viigo) is better. All that said, if you want an all-in-one app, Viigo is still the best option.

]]> By: Sr http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-499566 Sr Thu, 14 May 2009 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-499566 Josh, I couldn’t agree more. First off, I was a big fan of Viigo last year because it provided content that was previously unavailable to BB users. However, with the introduction of app world and a new found enthusiasm for mainstream BB apps, the availability of content has grown. As a result, I now gravitate towards programs that deliver content in a form that is natural, intuitive and full featured (after all, an RSS feed is not the best way to view some content). Here is a rundown of Viigo’s content categories and a list of apps that, in my opinion, provide a better experience…

RSS – Viigo does win in this area, but there are other free options that work well, like Upvise & FreeRange.

News – AP ($2.99) is great because it downloads the full articles. Reuters is similar and free

Weather – Weathereye, Weatherbug, BB push notification are all free so pick your poison. I personally love BerryWeather ($9.99), its worth the money.

Sports – This is the only one I struggle with. Mobile sites work well (ESPN, CBS). GetSportz is not bad, but I am not sold on its updating speed yet. I am sure someone will come up with a pure “scores and schedules” type app soon.

Entertainment – AP/Reuters for news. Poynt for movies, etc

Local – Business? Poynt. Traffic? Google Maps! Opentable will have a BB app soon.

Flights – Worldmate Live for travelers. Airline mobile sites work perfectly well for the occasional traveler.

Stocks & Finance – Bloomberg or iStockManager, both free, both awesome. Pageonce ($9.99/yr) has its own app that works very well.

Podcast – I am not a podcast person, and since this has always been a “future” feature, I will defer judgment until it has been up and running for a while. I hear Stitcher works well though.

Yes, having all these programs takes up more space, but the user experience (again, in my opinion, no offense to Viigo) is better. All that said, if you want an all-in-one app, Viigo is still the best option.

]]> By: Matt Bogart http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-356473 Matt Bogart Thu, 14 May 2009 16:23:36 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-356473 Thank you very much for the comment Josh, we appreciate the candor. It’s unfortunate you aren’t getting the same level of satisfaction the vast majority of Viigo users do. Essentially, what you say we should do, do 1 or 2 things excellently, is how we have come to be the most popular third party application on the BlackBerry smartphone. That one thing is to bring content or services that are dispersed around the internet and make them available in one location (Viigo), in a fashion that is easy to access, always current and mobile friendly. As such, Viigo will continue to add new features at a services level on the front end, such as Craigslist to keep to the subject of the blog post, while our engineers optimize the platform at the back end so as to continually improve the performance of the application.

]]> By: Matt Bogart http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-499563 Matt Bogart Thu, 14 May 2009 16:23:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-499563 Thank you very much for the comment Josh, we appreciate the candor. It’s unfortunate you aren’t getting the same level of satisfaction the vast majority of Viigo users do. Essentially, what you say we should do, do 1 or 2 things excellently, is how we have come to be the most popular third party application on the BlackBerry smartphone. That one thing is to bring content or services that are dispersed around the internet and make them available in one location (Viigo), in a fashion that is easy to access, always current and mobile friendly. As such, Viigo will continue to add new features at a services level on the front end, such as Craigslist to keep to the subject of the blog post, while our engineers optimize the platform at the back end so as to continually improve the performance of the application.

]]> By: Josh Schairbaum http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-356457 Josh Schairbaum Thu, 14 May 2009 14:27:31 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-356457 I have to continue to ask. Who thinks Viigo is useful in the least? I’ve installed it several different times, but think it’s one of the least useful applications available, primarily because it does a million different things, but none of them particularly well. Protip for Viigo developers: do 1 or 2 things excellently. Say no to the rest.

]]> By: Josh Schairbaum http://www.blackberrycool.com/2009/05/14/viigo-adds-craigslist-to-their-ever-expanding-application/comment-page-1/#comment-499562 Josh Schairbaum Thu, 14 May 2009 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=12605#comment-499562 I have to continue to ask. Who thinks Viigo is useful in the least? I’ve installed it several different times, but think it’s one of the least useful applications available, primarily because it does a million different things, but none of them particularly well. Protip for Viigo developers: do 1 or 2 things excellently. Say no to the rest.

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