If someone really needs syncing between different computers because a person is using, e.g., one at home mostly offline and another at the office online), then NewsGator is indeed a pretty good option. However, this is the only situation where NewsGator has a true competitive advantage. Other readers can sync between two different computers (like Awasu).

For my money, the best bet is Omea Pro. There’s really no comparision. It’s not perfect; alas, no readers are. A perfect solution would likely be an Omea-NewzCrawler-Awasu-Google Reader-Bloglines hybrid. But animal doesn’t exit. Hence, I’ve found that Google Reader and Omea are the two best combinations, especially since the Pro edition is now free.

BTW, Omea works quite nicely with Firefox. Even has a Clipmarks-like clipping function (although without a social component). And you can subscribe to pages (yes, web pages) with their Firefox Add-on. VERY nice feature … and easier than always using FeedYes.com to create a feed from a page without one (although FeedYes.com does have some distinct advantages in many cases; I use combined with RssFwd to, in essence, send updated clippings of a web page to both my news readers AND e-mail accounts).

Bottom line: Forget NewsGator. Go with Omea (by JetBrains). And their price is right, too. FREE + great functionality = a winning combination.

BTW, JetBrains uses Omea to entice people to buy their other products which are not reader related. Building good will; demonstrating their capabilities.