New iPods and Podcasting

Tim and Dominik are joined by Ross Patzelt to talk about the latest iPod releases from Apple and to announce this podcast on air for the first time. Apple announces new iPods: (see UK Apple Store for details)

• Shuffle gets new colors - £49 (1 GB) (Alternative: Creative Stone)
• Nano now plays video - £99 - £129 (4-8GB) (Alternatives: Sandisk Sansa, iRiver, Samsung) (see Engadget's review roundup)
• Classic now up to 160Gb and no longer white - £199 - £269 (80-160GB) (Alternatives: Cowon iAudio, Creative Zen, Toshiba Gigabeat, and more) (See PC Advisor's first look and a website review.)
• iPod Touch - new, just one button, touch navigation, and WiFi - available Sept 28; £199 - £269 (8-16GB) (Alternatives: Archos, HTC Touch, Nokia N800, etc.) (see PC Advisor's first look)
• iPhone - didn't have time to talk about that, UK ship date unclear

Podcasting:

• How podcasts work
• post on web with an RSS feed
• get a podcatcher - iTunes (most common but sometimes buggy on Windows), Juice, Doppler Radio, Winamp
• find podcasts in podcast directories - thepodcastnetwork.com, podshow.com, podnova.com, podcastalley.com
• play back on a computer or on an MP3 player (not just iPod)
• Interesting podcasts
• BBC - bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts
• NPR - www.npr.org/podcasts (Wait, wait, don't tell me)
• Technology - TechTalk, twit.tv, podcast.cnet.com, and more
• Arts, Science, Education - Platform, Sciencefriday.com, onthemedia.org, Berkley lectures, etc.
• Music - podshow.com
• Audiobooks - podiobooks.com
• Dominik's favorite podcasts: BBC: Start the Week, In Our Time, NPR: Science Friday, On The Media, Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me, Tech: This Week in Tech, Buzz Out Loud, Gadgettes, MacBreak Weekly, Education: Berkley lectures, Byzantine empire history, Music: TPN Jazz, No Idle Frets (import all 37 subscriptions from this file)