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Listen to podcasts on your cell phone--or any phone
Podlinez wants to take the "pod" out of podcasting. The service went live just a few days ago, allowing you to listen to podcasts without downloading them, and without an internet connection. All you have to do is dial a phone number to listen to the podcast of your choice. Here's how it works: You take the feed for any podcast and type it in to the box at Podlinez. If the feed is in their directory, a phone number will pop up. If not, Podlinez will allow you to dedicate a phone number to that podcast. After waiting a few moments, you can dial that number from any phone and listen to the podcast. You can skip forward by hitting the * button on your phone, and backward by hitting the # button.
As Michael Arrington at TechCrunch points out, there are several other services available that allow you to listen to podcasts on a phone. Fonpods, for example, has just one number to dial, and then lets you choose from various podcasts. I found it much more difficult to navigate, but if you don't want to program a bunch of podcast phone numbers into your cell phone, this Fonpod might be a handy one-stop shop for when you're bored and stuck watching CNN at the airport. And there's also VoiceIndigo, which requires you to install software on your phone.
I've just spent the last half hour using Podlinez to listen to podcasts through SkypeOut. This could be one of the geekiest things I've done in... well, minutes. If you want to check out the service, you can listen to my interview with ReplayTV General Manager Bill Loewenthal on our sister site PVR Wire's podcast by dialing +1 (650) 644-1949.
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Subscribe to commentsJordan RunningNov 14th 2006 7:40AM
It's very strange listening to They Might Be Giants' podcast--(650) 644-1950--on my phone, but with Dial-a-Song out of commission it's very comforting, too.
Chris McConnellDec 12th 2006 1:58PM
Adondo Personal Audio Link (www.adondo.net) provides an alternative way to hear podcasts--and traffic reports, and blogs, and even your own email--all using one private phone number that belongs just to you. It's a great way to get whatever you need instantly. And it's especially fast, convenient, and SAFE while driving.
Rob GreenleeJan 12th 2007 3:02PM
For those of you who would prefer to have an actual java client installed on your mobile phone that has a in-phone podcast directory of short-form and frequently updated podcasts. Mobilcast is your best choice and is already offered by major wireless carriers like Cingular, Alltel, 3 UK and many others around the world.
Mobilcast enables creating "My Favorite" playlists via search that essentually gives you on-demand personalized radio. You can listen to streaming on-demand playlist of the most recent podcasts anytime. No need to download before listening. Mobilcast is also about to launch HiFi audio quality and Video.
Check it out for yourself. Here you can see a video demo at YouTube of how Mobilcast works - http://youtube.com/watch?v=T1BHuQ5RbLU