One thing I was worried about while syncing my bookmarks over to my iPhone was RSS support. If I could have RSS feeds then I would be set. Luckily Apple didn’t forget about it, but their implementation of an RSS reader is very, very interesting.

If you point your browser towards reader.mac.com you’ll receive an error stating you must use an iPhone to view this page. If you visit reader.mac.com on your iPhone you’ll be greeted by an online Application that will read RSS feeds and allow you to bookmark them. It’s a simple reader forgoing the other features that make my favorite reader Vienna so great or others such as NetNewsWire and NewsLife. But 2 things are odd, Apple is only allowing iPhone users to access the online application and that the App is not accessible by any other device thus decreasing it’s usefulness.

Since it’s under mac.com I would assume it’s part of Apple .Mac service and the limitation of the RSS App’s availability is part of Apple’s idiotic mentality of touting premium web services when similar options are available for cheaper or free. But it is a free feature from the .Mac service or network or whatever.

If Apple allows this App to be available to everyone and add more features such as article marking then they’ve got a real winner.

UPDATE: Better pictures coming soon…