BreakingNews for BlackBerry is a new application by Shao Soft which adds a live scrolling RSS feed widget to your home screen.  Pretty cool.  Customizable features include:

• Ticker border colour
• Text colour and size
• Ticker location speed
• Up to 5 user customizable RSS feeds
• Automatically uses Wifi if available
• Battery safe! Won’t drain your battery, goes to sleep when not on your home screen or when your backlight is off.

As this is currently open beta, there are bugs that come along.  One of the bugs is the ticker displaying over the menu on your home screen.  So you could be scrolling through apps and might see the RSS feed widget come flash on top for a quick instance.

If you decide to download this app to try out, the developer is looking for some things from your testing:

• Does a specific RSS feed not work?
• Does the ticker appear in places it shouldnt?
• When leaving feedback please include your Device Model and OS version.

You can read more on the app at the CB Forums >>

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