At the Podcast & Portable Media Expo, held Sept 29-30 in Ontario, California, Expo organizers announced the winners of their ‚ÄúBest of Show‚Äù awards for the 2006 event. Winners included Podcast Station, for Best “All-Inclusive” Podcasting Software; Adobe Audition, for Best PC Podcast Audio Editing Software; and Bias Peak Pro 5 for best Mac Podcast […]

Apple has played a major role in the acceptance of portable media players and the adoption of podcasting. They’ve delivered a software/hardware combination with iTunes and iPods that works easily and seemlessly, and iPods have been wildly successful as a result. Nevertheless, the state of portable media could benefit from more competition. It’s with this […]

At the Podcasting and Portable Media Expo, held last weekend in Ontario, California, we had the opportunity to talk with Andrew Michael Baron and Joanne Colan of Rocketboom, right, before they headed out to LA for the evening. As you can tell from the photo, Baron and Colan looked exuberant to be at the Expo. […]

Several weeks ago, we noted that Microsoft’s Zune announcement was disappointing, in large part because its wireless capabilites missed the mark, being tailored more towards selling music rather than the interests of users. Now, Zunester David Caulton has posted an explanation of the portable music player’s wireless capabilities, noting that peoples’ comments indicate that “the […]

Cingular Wireless and Melodeo today announced the availability of Melodeo’s Mobilcast podcast service. Cingular customers can now search and listen to thousands of podcasts on their Cingular phone. “Mobilcast further enables the mobile news and entertainment capabilities of your cell phone by providing quick and simple access to podcast favorites while on the go,” said […]

Despite their relative similarities, it looks like Microsoft’s Zune portable media player is going to be a little larger and fatter than Apple’s iPod. The Zune has a slightly larger screen, which may have required a larger housing.

The Podcast Film Fest is an online film festival that hopes to help filmakers get exposure to their work. PCFF plans to build an online community of filmmakers and film enthusiasts where they will be able to share their point of views and critique filmmakers. Prizes will be awarded to filmmakers and film enthusiasts at […]

PirateWeather, a service that offers robocasted weather reports for every Zip code in the US, has introduced a new service for MySpace users. Pirate Weather’s podcasts are automatically generated using text-to-speech software, and available via embedded players or podcast feeds. If you’re interested in trying this out, send a request with your Zip code and […]

Added to Podcasting Software list: PodcastBlaster is a free online service for generating podcast feeds. To use, you fill out web form fields that are used to generate the RSS file. Each time you creates a new episode of your podcast you can come back to your Podcastblaster account and add a link to that […]

Sony Ericsson has introduced a Bluetooth Watch MBW-100. According to the company, the MBW-100 is the first mainstream Bluetooth fashion accessory from a mobile phone supplier. Crafted from high quality stainless steel with a silver facia, the analogue watch will go on sale globally during Q4 of 2006 with a guideline retail price of approximately […]