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"While Twitter clients were one of the most popular and most debated apps on the iPhone, news readers are the hot topic for the iPad. Apps like Flipboard, Reeder and Pulse have drawn the most attention so far, but a new app seeks to eclipse them all."

I'm still waiting for my email letting me know I can try Flipboard, haven't tried Pulse and Reeder is my news app of choice on the iPad. I kind of like the way the FLUD app [affiliate link] display looks though, as well as the fact that you can customize it with an unlimited number of feeds, so I may give this a try. I'm always looking for something better, so what is your news reader choice for your iPad?

"The popular RSS reader has received official updates to the Mac and iPhone versions that support Google Reader syncing and, in the case of the iPhone version, a completely redone UI. They are both also back to the ad-supported (or paid, whichever you prefer) model that NewsGator ditched in 2008."

The paid version for Mac is only $10.00 USD now, a drop of $20.00 USD from the original price. The only difference is you see a small ad in the corner of the free version, not at all annoying in my opinion. The iPhone also gets a free and paid ($1.99 USD) version, and all of them sync with your Google Reader account. 

"The latest beta of NetNewsWire 3.2 includes the oft-requested support for Google Reader. In fact, NewsGator is ditching its online feed reading and synching service and transitioning all of its clients to use Google Reader."

I've used the online feed reader for a number of years, and it works perfectly with the iPhone app. So I wasn't too happy about this functionality ending on August 31st this year. From what I understand though, I can still use the iPhone app to see my feeds but I need to use either Google Reader or the desktop NetNewsWire instead of the web page. And as an alternative I can use the Google app (even though it only links to the web pages) that consolidates a number of its services. I'm still trying to get Times to work correctly so I'm still up in the air as to what I'm going to use at this point. But I did transfer all my feeds to Google using the handy instructions provided so all is not lost.