Posts Tagged ‘ podcast client ’

Podstreamer Offers An Alternative Podcast Client For The iPhone

Dec 15th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Software

Gunp Media Productions’ Podstreamer (App Store link) is a native iPhone application designed to complement the iTunes-iPhone system for listening to podcasts. As the name suggests, Podstreamer is designed to stream podcasts, rather than download them. 
It’s great to see a new iPhone podcast client - but Podstreamer doesn’t offer a true alternative to Apple’s kludgy [...]



Podcast Downloads Coming To iPhone 2.2 Firmware

Nov 6th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Software, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

German blog Schimanke.com has published new screenshots that show wireless podcast downloads enabled in Apple’s upcoming iPhone 2.2 firmware update. 
Check out the screen capture, right. 
It shows that much of the podcast find functionality of iTunes will be migrating to the iPhone. Users will be able to search for podcasts directly from the iPhone, browse featured podcasts, [...]



More Fallout From Apple’s Podcaster iPhone App Ban

Sep 14th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Podcasting Software, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Friday, we reported on Almerica Podcaster, a podcast client for the iPhone that Apple banned from the store because it duplicates features offered by the iPhone’s native software. 
We said:
Rejecting an app because it competes with Apple’s own software, though, sends the signal that people shouldn’t develop podcast-related applications for the iPhone.
This is bad for podcast fans, [...]



NewsGator Feed Readers Now Free

Jan 9th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Software

NewsGator announced that all of its client RSS reader products are now available free of charge, including NetNewsWire 3.1, FeedDemon 2.6, and NewsGator Go! for Windows Mobile 2.0. The public beta of NewsGator Inbox 3.0 also began today.
“It‚Äôs all about ubiquity,” said Greg Reinacker, NewsGator CTO and founder. “We found that the more people that [...]