As we alluded on the last MobileTechRoundup podcast, the Nokia N800 is quite a usable Internet device. It easily handles the basic web functions that most folks need. The recently added Rhapsody music service is a fantastic experience but I'm also interested in listening to podcasts. Unfortunately, I was having a hard time finding a podcatcher, so I asked "The Twitter Borg", i.e.: the collective brain of my Twitter friends. Here's what they came up with in just a few minutes time...
- Doug mentioned Canola (shown above), which I just installed a little while ago. Canola is a wonderful app with tons of media player features: audio, video and photos. The fluid touch interface reminds me of the Origami Experience on Vista UMPCs. While there is podcast support in Canola via RSS, you can only stream the audio: there's no support for podcatching and downloading files when you're off-line. However, with so many other features, this one's a keeper for now.
- Mike offered up iTunes Agent: this app allows you to synch iTunes files between a host PC and a non-iPod device. This solution has the host PC do all of the podcatching so that you can listen to 'casts on the N800 after you synch. As Mike said, "an indirect" podcatcher.
- Jonathan shares gpodder, which has the most promise, but is less of a "click to install" approach. I doubt most techy N800 owners will take issue with that, but you will need to install python prior to installing gpodder. This is something I'll have to try because it appears to be closer to a solution (if not the solution) to the problem I'm looking to solve.
