How to Use the Feed Reader on Opera Mini 5

By Luqmaan

I am a heavy mobile user and surfer, I usually do not cover mobile related topics on Computer Realm because it’s, well, Computer Realm after all. Occasionally however if I pick up something worth notifying my readers about (like the mobile flv player post) I do share it on the site.

The latest beta of Opera Mini nailed it in terms of interface and features, several improvements were implemented, including a completely re-designed interface, tabbed browsing, download manager, password manager and text selection making my Nokia E63 the ideal mobile device IMO, however key features like bookmark synchronization and RSS feeds existing in previous versions were somehow overlooked.

The bookmark synchronization feature was re-introduced in the second beta while RSS still wasn’t available. Personally, I tend to subscribe and keep track of blogs via mobile as readability is easier and the smaller screen size allows blocks of text to be read in ideal quantities for effective reading.

The lack of the RSS feature was a disappointment, I had resolved to installing both versions and used the previous version just for rss. I recently discovered that while the feature wasn’t available, the option to subscribe to feeds was still available. It then occurred to me that the feature was available in Opera Mini 5 as well however it was concealed as the developers have somehow failed to link to the feeds page.

Using Opera Mini 4, I retrieved the feed URL which is:

feed://list

I bookmarked it on my speed dial and it’s pretty much just like how it used to be on the previous version. I suspect an icon would be added in the next build and maybe even a complete revamp with the reader could be possibly implemented, till then, this solution works just fine.

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