RSS feeds

RSS provides a way for Web sites to distribute their content outside of a Web browser. A news Web site might have an RSS feed which contains breaking stories, while a magazine Web site may provide an RSS feed with excerpts of their latest articles.

An RSS feed is a file containing a list of information items, each of which has a title, a description and a link to the Web page.

The RSS feeds application enables you to get information from the Internet into an easy-to-view

Tip An easy way to subscribe to a new feed is to navigate to an RSS/XML link in the Web browser. Select the link and the Add feed dialog is opened with the Web address of the feed already entered.

Reading news items

When you start the

application a list of

 

 

RSS feeds

 

 

A

 

 

 

C

your subscribed RSS

 

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format without browsing the Web sites. You can browse information from dozens, or hundreds, of Web sites without ever visiting them.

Note: Before you can use the RSS feeds application you must set up your Internet accounts in the phone, see Setting up accounts on page 102.

Subscribing to RSS feeds

A.Title of a subscribed RSS feed and time of last update.

B.Numbers that appear in parentheses indicate unread feeds.

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13:33(10)

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To add an RSS feed to your application you select

Multimedia > RSS feeds > RSS feeds > Add feed and

enter the Web address of a feed.

C.Feeds with new news items are displayed in bold.

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