Comments on: Pulse News Updated to Version 3.0, Allows For Unlimited Pages and a New Widget

By: Taptu

Taptu — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:53:00 +0000

We often wonder the same as well. We are glad you are finding Taptu useful! Just want to add you can indeed put in any URL into the Android version of Taptu and follow the site/blog you want. And thx for using our app.

By: Kie

Kie — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Huge fan of Taptu. I find myself trying Pulse again every time there is a new update, not because I have any problems with Taptu but because it is just SO popular I feel like I’m missing something. Taptu does Pulse better then Pulse does. Always confused me why it doesn’t have more recognition.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:30:00 +0000

I couldn’t stand it for not allowing you to follow who you want, even popular blogs or whoever. Pulse sucks and they’ll need to allow more add ons to follow before I ever use it again. For now I’ll just use flipboard, and it allows twitter following

By: Droid Burgundy

Droid Burgundy — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:03:00 +0000

HOw does this app/service compare to simply using Greader + GreaderPro on android?

By: ChuckDz3

ChuckDz3 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:45:00 +0000

You can also just swipe to the left and it will access your pages that use to be labeled at the top. I like this a lot better imo just because it was hard to thumb up to the top sometimes with the bigger phones that they are making.

But for your account reference… when you flash a new rom how do you back up your apps? Just curious because if you back up using TiBu just restore the app+data and your pages will all be aligned like you had them before no problem at all. You won’t even have to log in again to your pulse account.

Just thought I’d throw out some tips.

By: sr_erick

sr_erick — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:13:00 +0000

Actually making the switch to “Taptu” after this update. It seems much more customizable. I use (used) Pulse daily but this update really slowed things down and removed a lot of the functionality I did actually use. Time to move on I guess.

By: Lactose_the_Intolerant

Lactose_the_Intolerant — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:33:00 +0000

Left Pulse long ago for Taptu… didn’t care for the limited number of streams that Pulse could carry and that you couldn’t merge slower streams (been awhile, maybe it’s changed)… I’ll probably give them a second look as I liked the way they the full story.

By: ElectroGadget

ElectroGadget — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:24:00 +0000

Feedly is where it’s happening.

By: RaptorOO7

RaptorOO7 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:58:00 +0000

Well its about time. I closed out my account given the limited nature of the pages you could have. Now its worth it.

By: FortitudineVincimus

FortitudineVincimus — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:17:00 +0000

More and more I use Flipboard, but I kind of look at them as different tools. It seems like you can make Pulse more specific to topics from specific sources, whereas Flipboard is more general info pulled from many sources. Both have usefulness, I use both, but more often I am checking Flipboard. Also, Pulse seems to require to use the feeds they want in their search selection. We use to be able to use a URL or feed of choice, but that stopped that a while back which sucked.

By: DjDonFrancisco

DjDonFrancisco — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:04:00 +0000

I’m also having mixed feelings about this update. Having your categories at the top in tabs, was very useful for quick navigation. I also miss the pop-up menu with Save and Share settings. Selecting a menu in order to save an article to be read later is not intuitive. This version does not feel nearly as snappy as the previous and thats pretty much due to the UI.

By: Mack

Mack — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:03:00 +0000

Can anyone who has tried FlipBoard chime in? I’m thinking of trying a different news reader and Pulse just doesn’t impress me like it used to.

By: FortitudineVincimus

FortitudineVincimus — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:59:00 +0000

also dont like how they took away – a while ago – the ability to add your own custom feed or URL and you must use their offerings. And how can they not have a “mark all as read” function? I plan to stay on my older version.

By: JustTrollin69

JustTrollin69 — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:56:00 +0000

Even “ever-so-minor power savings” is an overstatement. It won’t effect your battery life at all.

By: EC8CH

EC8CH — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:51:00 +0000

Pulse has always felt more laggy than Taptu for me