| phonecasting With the signing up of a Podcast Ready account I realized it's time to create a new personal paradigm. I mentioned recently that I have a alot of mediums that can play MP3s, the foremost being my iPod of course, but that my phone is probably the most practical. With the spat of "we own the word" from Apple I realized even more so that these things have to be seperated from the iPod, or at least the audio end of things. Most phones in today's age can play MP3s but most cannot hold much in the way of data. At a good rate you might get about 10-20 songs on it, a nice sized playlist or the average audio blog's content. So it seems like they are made for each other. (Phone)Casts are unlike other audio media in that they are usually disposable. Like a radio show, having listened to it once, you move on. There are always more to come and more to listen to. Small storage space means a quick delete and replacement. So, this is the software I need. Server Side (pooter) it takes the cast and organizes it according to genre and style, i.e. informational, political, comedy, pop, new music, etc. It allows you to adjust all the ID tags so that you maximize the information on your phone, perhaps even going so far as to building in time-post-markers breaking audio phonecasts into playlists of each song. This thing will then Bluetooth or cable-send it to your phone, adding to (for those with 1+ gig phones) or replacing existing casts. Client Side (phone) would be more smart phone friendly as allowing you to quickly pause the playback, see the playlist of the current single MP3 cast, pause or lower the playback when the phone rings (choosing volume for the ringer as it plays over the headphones) and a built in rating system. People like to rate casts it seems. Having a URL associated that can instantly flip over to the smart phone browser without pausing playback would be nice also. This would be nice; someone make it. And see, I told you that I am more an idea man than a creator. You would be surprised at the great ideas in my head. October 05 06 |
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