Fishing for Pod in the Southwest...
Well, U don't have to be here in Dallas to use this info, but here goes...
Abbie has a Sprint/Windows Mobile Phone/PDA thingy. It's very kool, and like most 'Users' she only uses about 10% of the total functionality. For example she won't let me setup it up to communicate with the exchange server directly. She'ld rather have it only sync with outlook through the cradle. I know, the injustice! Especially considering I don't have one yet!!! The other day she was asking me how to listen to podcasts on her Phone, like when she's out walking, or in the car or waiting for a client, or whatever. (I think she just wants to look kool in the Coffee Shops). This did however arise from a real situation. We were stuck in a Rental Car for about 15 hrs all told this week on our trip to Corpus, and this could have been a great time to consume some freshly caught Pod, not that I eat seafood.
So this got me to thinking about the situation, and so I used my handy dandy MSN Desktop search to solicit info from the vast Information Superhighway. Lo-and-behold it provided a wealth of links and info for my use...So, abbie there's a variety of ways to get your daily fill of mindless drivle, I mean Partner focused audio information. One is the tried and true, download various MP3 and WMA files from wherever and copy them over to a folder that syncs with the Windows Mobile Device, then simply listen to them at your leisure (suit Larry). Fortunatly for those that are overwhelmed by that many steps, there's some Podcast Readers (thank you http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/articles/podcasts.mspx). The provided link has some good info on setting up and using said podcasts. These apps automate the process and can make it quite simple.
Now that that is out of the way, here's some Blogger/Podcasters that I listen to...
eOn Call Podcast feed
Vladville's SBSShow Podcast Feed
Connections Unplugged Podcast Feed
There's also a ton of content that can be watched on your Windows Mobile device from Microsoft and other sources. Yes video casts...It may not yet be to the point that audio feeds are but it is simply a matter of time...Anything that MS training puts out that can be downloaded could, in theory be watched on your Windows Mobile device. Before you go stocking up, watch those file sizes!!! You may do well to put them on say, a compact flash or sdram card and going from there...
Charlie Ramirez has some links to archived Webcasts on his South Central Area SBS Portal
Good luck, and let me know of your success stories with this...I'll be getting mine SOME TIME!!! and when I do, I may never speak to my family again! JK. :-D
later, bill