Among information geeks (like me), one of the most-anticipated iPhone applications has been NetNewsWire, the iPhone version of . The Mac version is my favorite software for following news feeds--live-updated summaries of articles on Web sites--and I've been waiting for a good newsreader for my iPhone. Once you've configured your feeds (more on that in a bit), launching NetNewsWire on the iPhone displays a list of those feeds, along with the number of unread articles in each feed. (The current version of NetNewsWire for iPhone, 1.0.7, shows only feeds with unread articles; earlier versions showed all feeds. A setting to choose your preferred approach would be a nice addition.) If you're online--via either WiFi or a mobile network--the program will connect to the Internet to check for new articles and to sync the status...
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