Podcasting Via Mobile

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I came across this article yesterday and wanted to post it sooner but life gets in the way.

It seems that a company named Melodeo, hmm sounds much like Odeo (which is the new company it seems), is introducing an application that makes it possible to subscribe and download Podcasts directly on your phone.

Intersting, but impractical. I’ve got a Nokia 7610. It takes 1MP pictures. Trying to send one of those pictures up and out into the ether is painstakingly slow. Would it seem “easier” to download a 20MB podcast? Not just yet, in my book.

However, one thing that does make me curious is whether or not content should/would be downsampled to make the downloads more manageable. It seems that compressing the MP3s that we’re using down to something painfully low, it might just work out considering the player.

Any thoughts? Anyone preparing low-end versions of their podcasts?