Someone on the Zune team said podcasting support will be rolled into the Zune later but it wasn’t ready for the product launch. I am hoping the team is listening to the community and not going it on their own like the folks at Apple have.
Here are just a few of my ideas and if you want to beat Apple this is some things your gonna have to do.
- Put the Podcatcher Application on the Player (make it easy for listeners)
- Tie the Podcatcher Application to WiFi that works
- Allow the unit to download new cast anytime it connects to a WiFi Hotspot
- Integrate a Podcast Directory on the Unit that is Current.
- Kill Podfaded Shows from the Directory
- Do not allow Funky Characters to Game the Directory Listing
- Reach out to the community to test the integration and give feedback
- Be fair in highlighting content the same self perpetuating top 100 list on Apple is BS
I could go on. Pretty simple really, the question is are they up to the challenge? [Zunester]
One thing for sure it would be nice if this team would have talked to the community. I am not going to cut them any slack non the less. The Podcast Integration should have been a weeks worth of work from a experienced coder and hell they could have out sourced it.
Nice list! You’re right — how hard could this be to integrate?
Not sure I understand the comment about Apple. The iTunes lists, based on recent subscriptions, are significantly less stable than lists based on total number of subscriptions or vote popularity. I don’t think Yahoo or Podcast Alley’s lists change very often either.