Newsgroup Reader, RSS Aggregator, Annotator, Tagging (update): Omea Pro

This won't be a review, but more of a "psst, hey, check it out" kinda post...

A little while back, I reviewed Omea Reader, and I gave it rave reviews.

To summarize Omea's purpose, it allows you to gather various resources, such as RSS feeds, newsgroup posts, emails, documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, and other files into a centralized console. I find that it is an excellent tool especially for (but not limited to!) bloggers, researchers/students, or journalists.

Just yesterday, I headed out to JetBeans' website, and discovered that the Pro version has been free since December of '06!

Shame on me for my lack of observation skills.

So, for those of you who are using Omea Reader, go out and get the pro version! I promise you will not be disappointed (well, unless you were disappointed with the Omea Reader for some reason). You will need a license key, but after you download the software, you will be presented with an online form that will allow you to generate one - it couldn't be easier...no strings attached.

Omea pro includes integration into your mail client, in addition to automatic podcast enclosure downloads (audio/video files, for example). I'm now using this to download podcasts and audiobooks to my Zune.

A quick blurb from the website:

Bring all your information together That means your email, contacts, documents, files, blogs, transcripts, newsgroups, RSS feeds, pics, webpage bookmarks, tasks, and instant messages are all in the same place, so you don’t need to look through a slew of programs and applications anymore. Learn more »

Quickly find specific details, quotes, and facts with Desktop Search functionality.

See this page to compare features between Omea Reader and Pro versions.

Free for commercial and non-commercial use, community support is available via newsgroups.