How to Use Google Reader on a Cell Phone

Google Reader is an easy way to keep all of your favorite web feeds in one place, and by installing Google Reader on a cell phone with a compatible web browser you can take those web feeds with you wherever you go. Never miss an update from any of your favorite websites.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Check your cell phone for a web browser; then check to see if that browser is XHTML complaint. That is the only way Google Reader will work.

2. Go to your phone's browser settings and enable cookies on your cell phone to allow Google Reader to mark your favorite sites and feeds and access them later.

3. Set the secure SSL settings through your phone's browser settings.

4. Type the following web address into your phone's web browser: reader.google.com. This should bring up a mobile web version of the Google Reader you're used to seeing on your regular computer.

5. Check out the list of feeds and stories on the Google Reader. They should match the same subscriptions you get on your standard computer.

Tips & Warnings

• To determine whether your phone's browser is XHTML compliant, type the following web address into your phone's browser: www.google.com/xhtml. If the screen comes up, your browser is compliant.
• You might have to log in to Google to be able to see your feeds on Google Reader. This is a quick process that you can do similar to text messaging. Just use the same log in that you would use when logging on to Google on a standard computer.

Resources

• All about Google Reader.