Google has updated its free podcast client for Android devices, Google Listen. Here’s what’s new in version 1.1: Subscriptions are stored by Google Reader in the “Listen Subscriptions” folder. Subscribed feed items are fresh, no longer limited in size, and are available offline (and more quickly). Screen “My listen items” shows queued and most recently […]

Google has quietly launched Listen, a free new app that brings podcasts to Android phones: Listen from Google Labs brings podcasts and web audio to your Android-powered device. It lets you search, subscribe, download and stream. By subscribing to programs and search terms it will create a personalized audio-magazine loaded with fresh shows and news […]

The Participatory Culture Foundation, a Massachusetts based non-profit, has announced an update to the open source Miro internet TV platform that features faster performance and audio podcasts. Changes in Miro 2.5 include: Miro 2.5 launches 2 – 4 times faster (especially for users with lots of videos and feeds) New audio podcast section of the […]

VersatileMonkey.com has released PodTrapper for the popular Blackberry phone/portable media device. The PodTrapper is a podcatcher, or download manager and player of podcasts. The $9.99 application allows users to consolidate podcasts a single device, rather than schlepping a Blackberry for phone and texting, and a separate portable media player for podcasts. Simon Sage of IntoMobile […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]