Thanks for this info. I used to use AvantGo for various things, to provide versions of sites I created for PDAs, and more recently to read the paper on my commutes, creating my own channel for the Seattle Times by scraping their text-only version into a format that was better suited for my Palm Vx.

I've not been interested in pay services since the days I used to pay for OmniSky wireless access. I find the price points just too expensive and it couldn't compete with free.

Hopefully I can get Plucker and Sunrise XP to work as a replacement, although in conjunction with the loss of AvantGo the news available in a text format is going to be even harder to find. A number of the news channels I subscribe to (The Guardian, The Sporting News) have their own related notices that indicate they're replacing their service with a mobile version, but these might not work as well if they have more than simple text layouts.

I guess it was never going to last forever, but I've not found a need to upgrade my PDA - it worked for me. I guess "progress" always does in a service or device eventually, regardless of whether they're still useful and working for some people.

The bill was introduced by Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3], a Republican. If you'd like more of his kind, feel free to turn back the clock.