Easynews Adds iPhone And Android 3rd Party Apps
Great news folks. Easynews has announced the addition of mobile support for 3rd party apps! Now you can get all your newsgroups through Easynews on an iPhone, Ipod Touch, and other platforms we will list below. The 3rd party iPhone application, called “EZ Global Search,” published by The Media Council, LLC., is available from the Apple app store for $1.99.
Platforms Are Limited, But iDevices Are Covered
Although the supported platforms are limited at this time, there are more apps being developed for release in the near future, that includes more for the Android tablet, and phone apps, too. Supported platforms for EZ Global Search are: iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. As with other Easynews searches the applications are developed to be as user friendly as possible.
Features of EZ Global Search include:
Custom searches.
Search withing specific groups.
Tabbed favorites; Settings screen will display your gig bank.
Lots of search filters like audio, video,and text.
App will remember your log in information.
Easynews Android Users Will Find EZ Usenet Nicely Done
The 3rd party Easynews app for Android is called “EZ Usenet,” published by Chillaxing Software. A well seasoned team of developers. EZ Usenet has been made available to Android platform, tablets and cells. Users can get a free trial, with 14 days of downloads available. You can buy your unlock key through the Android market, which will give you the full set of tools available in the app.y
Features of EZ Usenet include:
Customizable searches with a nice selection of filters.
Search results contain the information you need about the files you find, such as type size, or audio codec, if applicable.
Download manager built into the software.
Works with 3G/4G and Wifi.
Integrates with other Android apps.
If you haven’t tried the Easynews interface yet, they do have a free 14 day trial that will give you a 10 Gig limit on Usenet downloads. Using their new interface makes browsing for the information you need easier than the ordinary newsreader, and their features also make it easy to get started in Usenet.