The iPhone As Portable Wireless Podcatcher
Posted on 8:56 pm by Paul ColliganI bought my iPhone on Saturday and am now part of the “iCult.”
Last night I watched all of the episodes of iCali.tv (my favorite tip so far, Jivetalk as instant messenger option) via stream connected to my wifi at home. Very nice, an on-demand portable media player.
Today I had to run some errands. I plugged my iPhone into the car stereo and listened to several Podcasts using Pickle Mobile. Here’s the thing, the Edge network stinks for most Web content but all the shows I listened to streamed fine.
This means, and please catch this, my iPhone is a great little portable wireless Podcatcher. Can’t really do it with an iPod Touch (at least when driving around) but this is very cool and very powerful.
Downloading and taking it all with me is going to become less and less important as our wireless options become better. The iPhone ain’t perfect for this type of consumption but it’s very close.
These are exciting times for us new media types.
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3 Comments »
October 10, 2007
Bill said:
I’m sorry, I don’t have an iPhone, and I didn’t get it: what is a Podcatcher again?
October 16, 2007
Johan Myrberger said:
You don’t really need an iPhone to get podcasts on teh go, on your mobile. Please read http://thekillerattitude.com/2007/09/podcasters-please-get-into-my-mobile.html and say what you think.
October 17, 2007
Mike Stitchr said:
This is Mike from the Expo. I saw your post about using the iPhone to listen to podcasts without syncing. Our service, Stitchr.com, actually does a great job with it if you want to check it out.
www.stitchr.com
It’s still in development, but Stitchr.com allows you to stitch together a personalized playlist of your favorite podcasts and have them streamed directly to your iPhone through our iPhone web app. This means that when you are in your car or on your commute, you can just press play and listen, and all of your content will play sequentially.
If you want to listen to the same seamless playlist on your iPod Touch, your wired iPod, or locally from your iPhone, we also can create playlists that will automatically update with the most current versions of your favorite podcasts, every time you sync with iTunes.