Wirelessly posted (Verizon 8830)

The Viigo group is advertising an update.

I think they added Formula 1 and Tour De France to their sports.

They added Nascar too.

BOOGITY, BOOGITY, BOOGITY!

Did you reinstall the software?

Nope just there... I'm still waiting for a new beta, it's been a while...

It's been a LOT longer than the week they said it would be!

Yes it has...

Typical... their record of hitting the anticipated release dates are on par with that of Microsoft's OS releases...

Wirelessly posted (Verizon 8830)

Well. As long as they have the football set up in time. I am no Tour De France expert

Same here waiting for the football, NFL that is...

Same here waiting for the football, or known as soccer in NA... ;)

I just wish they'd communicate with the testers a little better. They're way late on the update, and we never hear anything from them.

Ooo, a racing update! Woohoo.

How do I get Viigo without a BB plan? I have data but when I try to download it under Opera Mini it tries to open the blackberry browser

Wirelessly posted (Verizon 8830)

I think you need a data plan.

lol nevermind

I see you say they added Nascar to Viigo. I have been trying every which way to see the line up/practices and qualifying for the current race. Will this show me? I downloaded the application but can't figure it out. When I first got my BB, I had media net, the BB browser and Opera loaded and was able to find this info on the second day, since then I have not been able to figure out a way to find it again. Might this Viigo do it, or can you suggest another way? Please? Thank you!

I finally got sick of the beta and just downgraded. I'll give it a shot again once a new version comes out, but it slows my BB down too much, and I'm fed up with their lack of communication.

Yeah it was so bad for memory. i use news gator now even though it isnt pleasing to the eye but at least it doesnt eat my memory.

I have Viigo and now i am hearing about Project Tango (which the sceen looks different). Do I need to uninstall Viigo to get Project Tango and will Project Tango have all my Viigo feeds. Whats the difference or same?

# How do I install Viigo 3.0 (Project Tango)?
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To install Viigo, go to Get Viigo in your mobile browser.

This version of Viigo runs on OS 4.0 or later.

Note: If you are upgrading from the WES version of Viigo to Viigo 3.0, you should delete the WES version of Viigo before upgrading. For more information see, "How do I delete Viigo?"

To install Viigo:

1) From your device, go to Get Viigo.

2) On Viigo’s mobile download page, click the Download button.

A progress bar appears and Viigo begins to download. (This process will take approximately 60 seconds.)

3) When prompted, reboot your device. When your device reboots you will see a Viigo icon on your main screen.

Note: You will only be prompted to reboot if you had Viigo installed on your device when you upgraded.

4) Click the icon to launch Viigo.

5) Read the Agreement form that appears and then click the I Agree button.

Make sure you have a viigo account or you will lose all your feeds when you get the new version. If you have an account, once you log in, the new version will pick up the feeds.

Waiting for an update from Viigo.

Here we are - one week since the last post and God knows how long after the promised update... and still nothing...

I am curious now, what are the viable alternatives to viigo for Blackberry RSS reader?

I switched to FreeRange after not liking the Viigo beta. It's a very nice (stripped) RSS reader. It doesn't try to throw all the extra bloat at you.

From your mobile browser, go to http://mwap.at to install it or go to FreeRange Communications for more info.

As someone who's managed software development, I understand delays. What I don't understand is lack of communication.

The fact that they haven't even made an attempt to communicate, even to those in the private beta, indicates that they simply don't care or that there are very significant management issues at the company.

Anyway, I've always been happy with FreeRange. If you can deal with only 10 feeds, it's free. If you need more, yes, it's expensive. However... well... let's just say that it won't be this expensive for long. Unfortunately, I have the feeling that the changes afoot are based, in part, on Viigo. Is Tango fails, the FreeRange people might decide to keep their high pricing.

The main thing I love about FreeRange is that with some feeds I always want the entire article and I can have the full article automatically downloaded with each update.

Wanda

Yeah, if nothing else, Viigo was another 'provider' and therefore, competition.

I have way more than 10 feeds at this point, but prior to finding Viigo, I had none... so I will try Freerange, whittle my number of feeds down to 10 and see what happens.

Ya gotta love the lack of communication, though... * shakes head in disbelief *

I've send a message to the company's CEO to see what's up. Based on the significant slippages and the non-existent communication, I have to assume that someone died or that the Viigo headquarters has burned down. (Not that I wish that to happen). Otherwise, Mark (the CEO) has some explaining to do.

Any way to get rid of the CFL completely?

I've just downgraded to the old version of Viigo, and it's still my favorite. It's extremely poor form for them to never update anyone in the beta program. At least send SOMETHING out telling us there's a delay, or to say "hi, we're listening". There's probably not too many people still using the beta at this point since it was so slow.

Nuclear attack on Canada? Ohhh, nevermind, you meant the CFL thingy in Viigo...

NO. It's another 'feature'... supposed to demonstrate what it can do IF they ever get around to releasing a new version or updating the beta.

Yea, dump the beta.

Maybe they can replace the CFL with NFL. GO DOLPHINS!

Mark (the CEO) got back to me. The short answer is that they got busy. Very busy. Too busy to even write an e-mail to the private beta participants (much less everyone on their list) saying "we've busy and we're sorry for the delay." He promised to do better in communication.

I can't say much, but apparently the next beta will have a couple of new features in a vein similar to the CFL menu item.

Anyway, we'll see if they actually do better in communication.

And if the next beta, whenever it comes, is any better. (Memory issues apparently have topped the list)

I sure hope whatever is coming is stupidly huge; ground breaking, huge contracts, streaming coffee service... that type of thing. I assume they aren't doing manual emails to each person. Heck, I'd have settled for much less than "we've busy and we're sorry for the delay." "Busy. Update Coming." woulda been fine. They're lucky there's a few of us still around who like their product.

Truthfully, the CFL thing, the missing features, even the crappy memory hasn't bothered me much. It's a beta (though some developers may argue at the use of that word). I knew that going in. The silence however, is pretty annoying. If there was some unforseen crap internally, we don't need an explaination. We would however, rather have some communication in the mean time. We can live with the delays. We may not like it, but we'll stick around a lot longer if we know something is coming.

Come back soon!

I tried the beta for 2 days, maybe.. then downgraded to the old version. I like the old version just fine. There are some nice features in the beta, but you can't disable stuff that you don't want (hence the memory hog) and that is a no-no for me.

I'd be happy with a simple memory leak fix... I'm friggin tired of by call log getting deleted cause I have NO memory left! Deleted my messages once too somehow.

3.0.82 is actually up for download if you have access to the private beta. No notable changes though....maybe a little quicker.

Thanks! This is probably the first day in a month I haven't checked the link... Hope that massive leak is gone!

Wirelessly posted (Verizon 8830)

I am NOT in private beta. I thought they were going to release an update build for all at around July 31