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06/28/2005, 4:10am, EDT
Tuesday, June 28th
Apple releases iTunes 4.9 with podcast support
Apple today released iTunes 4.9, a major update to its audio application for organizing/sharing music, purchasing songs, and managing iPod music. "With iTunes 4.9, you can now browse and subscribe to podcasts from within the iTunes Music Store. Podcasts are frequently updated radio-style shows downloadable over the Internet. You can also transfer podcasts to iPod, for listening on the go." It is available via the Mac OS X software update. Readers note that once iTunes 4.9 is installed, a new "Podcasts" heading appears under Source; however, there are not any Podcast Directories currently appearing.
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Think of it like Tivo for radio, but instead of recording off the generally big corporate off the air stations, it gets content from anyone willing to create it. There are enough podcasts out there that one is likely to be something you enjoy.
iTunes 4.9 is now simply bringing this to the masses.
Now we can all start waiting on iTunes 5, and hoping it brings hierarchal playlists. If they do that, and bring that to the iPod as well, I might consider an iPod to replace my Rio Karma. Well, that, and crossfading/gapless playback on the iPod would be nice. And ethernet. I know I won't get them all, but it would be a nice start with the hierarchal bit.
Let's see tons of new products and updates...
The UI doesn't make a lot of sense. How do you unsubcribe? Why are there links at the bottom of the screen?
With the bugs and design flaws in Tiger, now this. Come on Apple, get your act together...