As announced News Wall 2.0 is currently rolling-out to App Stores around the world. Enjoy the experience with the great new user interface, feed search and really fast downloads.

The update is available as free and paid version for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

News Wall major update 2.0 will be available for download December 9. It brings a revamped interface, much faster downloads, feed search and much more. Both the free and the paid version do work on iPhone and iPad now.

I am really excited what you will think of it.

Major update 2.0 of News Wall for iPhone and iPad has been submitted to Apple’s review team. Even though it is the first update of the app it deserves being a major update. Here are the most important changes:

• new article style combining images and text
• advanced article reading view with next/previous buttons
• completely rewritten feed fetching core
• really fast feed loading
• improved feed reading so nearly every feed can be used
• search feeds by keywords

News Wall Free now runs both on the iPhone and the iPad. It displays ads and has some limitations when it comes to social sharing.

The update will hit the App Store during the next day. Feel free to contact me (you can do this directly in the app now).

Apple just approved Paper Pile’s update to version 1.3.2. Running on iOS 4.2 the app crashes when trying to fetch new stories. This update fixes the issue.

During the next weeks, Paper Pile will get a new feed fetching core which is incredible fast. It will debut as part of the next News Wall update in a few days.

Due to some DNS troubles both the website and the backend of Paper Pile and News Wall for iPad & iPhone have been unreachable for some hours. The error is fixed now. I apologize for the time the apps have not been usable.

The Domain Name System is responsible for IP address / hostname translations. When the app tries to contact the backend it connects to the host danielkbx.com. A DNS server translates the name “danielkbx.com” to the IP address 188.40.86.71. Without a working DNS service the app cannot resolve the IP address and therefore a connection is not possible.

Some user suggested some changes on News Wall user interface. After testing it on my devices I am sure this is a good idea. I made screenshots of an iPhone showing the new arrangement both in portrait and landscape mode.

You will notice that the size of each article was decreased so you can see more articles on a single screen. Furthermore, writing the title of an item “into” to image of the articles again saves even more space. In my opinion, readability does not suffer. Please tell me what you think about this little change. If there are no complains I will submit this as an update on Wednesday. Of course, this update will include some other bug fixes. So tell me, if there is something that could be done better.

Apple just approved News Wall Free. It uses iAd at the bottom and therefore relies on iOS4. That’s the reason for not being usable on iPad. Once iPad gets its iOS4 update, News Wall Free will support iPad as well.
In general, News Wall Free works the same way as News Wall. However, you can only use one account per external service like Twitter, Instapaper and Read It Later. Furthermore, News Wall Free will not get Google Reader Integration with the next update.

Apple just approved News Wall 1.0.1 which fixes a little but annoying bug which causes a connection error message on iPad. When automatic reload is enabled, the app starts reloading articles immediately when it gets active. Sometimes this fails due to name resolving problems. After the update, News Wall waits for 2 seconds before refreshing feeds. by the way, it just feels better.

News Wall is now available at the App Store. Go and get it now for the introduction price of $1.99. It runs both on iPad and iPhone and will make your read your RSS feeds faster than ever.

After July, 12th the price will be $2.99.

After starting News Wall for the first time two feeds are already there. You can add as many RSS feeds as you like. First, open up the settings screen by tapping on the little (i) at the top right corner.

Now press the “Edit” button at the top of this screen. Besides deleting and re-ordering feeds, you now can add a new feed by pressing the “plus” button which is right handed at the top.

There are two ways to subscribe to a feed. First, just enter the URL of a webpage or a feed and press on “Validate”. Second, open the build-in Feed Browser by tapping on “Open Browser”.

When using the Feed Browser you navigate to the page you want to use. When a feed is found, the RSS icon get visible. By tapping on it you open the list of discovered feeds. Now you simply need to select the desired feed. That’s it.

The screenshots are taken from an iPad. The screens look different on an iPhone but they work exactly the same way. This applies both to the paid and the free version.