Comments on: Listen up: Podcasts now a standalone iOS app http://gigaom.com/2012/06/26/listen-up-podcasts-now-a-standalone-ios-app/ Sat, 25 May 2013 16:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jenn @ Bawdy Books http://gigaom.com/2012/06/26/listen-up-podcasts-now-a-standalone-ios-app/#comment-858810 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:25:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=536611#comment-858810 Did we really need an app? I can easily go to my Podcasts on my phone via Music App > More > Podcasts. The same way I get to audiobooks or playlists.

]]> By: ricphillips http://gigaom.com/2012/06/26/listen-up-podcasts-now-a-standalone-ios-app/#comment-857395 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:10:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=536611#comment-857395 Playlists!! It doesn’t let you make playlists.

]]> By: Steve Kuker http://gigaom.com/2012/06/26/listen-up-podcasts-now-a-standalone-ios-app/#comment-857272 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:55:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=536611#comment-857272 I applaud Apple for introducing this app, it is just another example of the iPhone/iPad becoming stand alone devices in the “post-pc era”, it’s so nice to be able to now subscribe to podcasts right from a mobile device.

]]> By: Oliver Stevenson http://gigaom.com/2012/06/26/listen-up-podcasts-now-a-standalone-ios-app/#comment-857267 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:42:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=536611#comment-857267 This also may explain why a lot of my apps won’t update if the real reason is that I need iOS 5.1 to update. At the moment my iPod just says ‘unable to buy’ when I try and update most of my apps.

]]> By: Oliver Stevenson http://gigaom.com/2012/06/26/listen-up-podcasts-now-a-standalone-ios-app/#comment-857266 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:40:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=536611#comment-857266 Heh, okay. I haven’t seen any other apps require it is all. Do you know what exactly 5.1 introduces such that it would be necessary? But I am a little fed up of the upgrade process on jailbroken iDevices.

Also, just because an issue is a ‘first world problem’ doesn’t mean it isn’t worth mentioning.

]]> By: anonymouse http://gigaom.com/2012/06/26/listen-up-podcasts-now-a-standalone-ios-app/#comment-857243 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:48:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=536611#comment-857243 Plenty of apps require the latest iOS version, get over yourself. If you can’t be arsed to re-jailbreak your iPad, that’s hardly Apple’s issue. (I missed the window to jailbreak iOS 5.0 on my iPhone and went without newer versions of some apps until iOS 5.1 was jailbroken. Seriously, it’s a first world problem).

]]> By: Oliver Stevenson http://gigaom.com/2012/06/26/listen-up-podcasts-now-a-standalone-ios-app/#comment-857221 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:48:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=536611#comment-857221 ‘Requires iOS 5.1′. Seriously Apple? Why would an app require iOS 5.1? On a jailbroken iPod and really can’t be arsed with the almighty effort of a minor upgrade just for this (every time I’ve upgraded I’ve lost my jailbreak settings).

]]> By: Rex http://gigaom.com/2012/06/26/listen-up-podcasts-now-a-standalone-ios-app/#comment-857218 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:39:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=536611#comment-857218 Good news! Hopefully there will be a method to merge my existing iTunes podcast playlist etc. with the new app.

]]> By: PXLated http://gigaom.com/2012/06/26/listen-up-podcasts-now-a-standalone-ios-app/#comment-857197 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:20:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=536611#comment-857197 What’s the difference between a podcast & a radio/tv show? – Nothing I can determine – Could the Apple podcast app be the forerunner to paid subscriptions for TV?

]]> By: Peter John http://gigaom.com/2012/06/26/listen-up-podcasts-now-a-standalone-ios-app/#comment-857196 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:13:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=536611#comment-857196 Good god! Finally! – automatic episode downloads directly to the device. Only took, what, 5+ years to figure that one out?

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