There are a number of apps out there designed to push RSS feeds from your favorite blogs and Websites to your mobile phone. The trouble with those services is that if you can't install software on your phone, don't want to pay for mobile Web access, or have a carrier that doesn't allow you to use those services, you're stuck. Pingie can help. The service allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds from your desktop, and then sends you text messages when the feed updates. It's quick, simple, free, and best of all works with most mobile devices.
Google Reader, Bloglines Mobile, and other services all bring news and updates to your mobile phone, but there's a catch: you have to have mobile Web access or you have to be able to install apps on your phone. That's fine if you have a smartphone like a Motorola Q or a Blackberry, but if you have a Motorola RAZR or a Samsung Juke, an app that runs on Windows Mobile or PalmOS doesn't do you any good. Worse yet, if your carrier is someone like Verizon (like many Americans), you may not be allowed to install software on your phone at all if it's not downloaded directly from your carrier.
Pingie gets around that whole issue by sending RSS feed updates to your mobile device via text message. A Verizon subscriber with a device like a Samsung Juke can get text messages, even if they can't install a news reader or don't have a cellular plan with mobile Web access.
Additionally, Pingie will send you a text message every time one of your RSS feeds updates. This is great for people who like being alerted when there's new content on one of your favorite blogs or sites instead of having to go to the site to check it yourself, or wade through pre-downloaded feeds.
[ via DownloadSquad ]
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