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Podcatching on the Go!

November 27th, 2006

The next version of NewsGator Go! will have full media support for enclosures/podcasts! Now you can listen to Steve Gillmor and the troops at the gym, Jason Calacanis while walking the dog, Adam Curry while commuting to work, or Coverville while jogging. Ah, life is very good for those who have NewsGator Go! and a Windows Mobile device.

This is so cool!

First you will want to get an external storage card. I use a 512 MB mini SD card. And then the flow inside NewsGator Go! will go like this:

1. Set Go’s data location to your storage card:

2. All feeds that have enclosure will have a cool looking green icon to indicate there is media goodness inside:

3. You will be able to start/stop each enclosure within a feed with one press. Also, each download is on a separate thread so the user interface is not interrupted (i.e., you can still perform other actions in Go! while downloading). And yes all downloads are resumable! If you drop a connection in the middle of a download, Go! will pick up right where it left off:

4. When the download is complete, you can quickly launch the default player:

5. I am also looking at creating play lists on the fly to keep your podcasts manageable.

Did I say this is so cool! What do I need my PC for? Right, I gotta write the code there

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