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Re:A review of all available Hacker News iPad Apps by smackfu on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @08:43AM (#3047549)
Last time I looked through the iPhone clients, they seemed to all be overpriced, and half were abandoned and had one-star reviews saying they didn't work anymore.

I'm not going to spend $5 on a reader just so it can break when the developer gets tired of it next month. I wish pg would just make a mobile stylesheet, or at least not make it fixed width.

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Re:A review of all available Hacker News iPad Apps by danielh on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @08:45AM (#3047563)
Unfortunately, the situation on the iPad is similar, 2 out of 5 apps are totally useless and the reviews don't really help. That's why I wrote this review.
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Re:A review of all available Hacker News iPad Apps by cbs on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @11:07AM (#3048174)
Last time I looked through the iPhone clients, they seemed to all be overpriced, and half were abandoned and had one-star reviews saying they didn't work anymore.

My experience on android has been similar. I haven't found a good one, and have given up looking. The ones I've tried are either broken, buggy and feel abandoned, or have an uncomfortable UI.

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Re:A review of all available Hacker News iPad Apps by dongsheng on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @10:03AM (#3047866)
Try news:yc it's not free, but open source, you can compile it then put it on your phone
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Re:A review of all available Hacker News iPad Apps by z92 on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @09:03AM (#3047625)
That might have to do with very low demand. Like 1 download/week. Only assumption though.
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Re:A review of all available Hacker News iPad Apps by smackfu on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @09:21AM (#3047696)
I think someone could definitely get a lot of visibility writing a free good Hacker News client, instead of trying to charge $3 and being annoyed that no one buys it.
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