More screenshots from the new iPhone firmware 2.2 are surfacing over at MacRumors. First it was Google Street View, then we saw a newly added rating system for applications.
MacRumor member, TUAW posted new screenshots of the firmware, this time it seems to reveal that Apple will allow an over the air Podcast download on the iPod Touch and iPhone. The iPhone seems to be getting a lot more independence with Apple realizing that mobile phones can’t always download podcasts from a computer at any moment.
Apple seeded the iPhone 2.2 beta 2 to developers last week, still with no word as to what people can expect in this version. If what we have seen so far is true it will be more than worth the wait. There is also speculation that this may be the reason Apple rejected the Podcaster application. What we want to know is, what are your opinions?
[Via MacRumors]
This sounds awesome. No more hard-syncing with the computer to watch podcasts.
I love it. I dont sync regulary so my podcast are always outdated. This would realy open the whole podcasting more to the iphone.
The more freedom from syncing to iTunes……the BETTER!!!!
That would clearly explain why they rejected the podcasting app. They probably already started the work when that app came across their desk
Will you also be able to DELETE podcasts via iPhone?
I got an ipod touch thinking I could use it to listen directly to podcasts from the web, like I do constantly with my MacBook -boy was I wrong! It’s completely useless as it is for that purpose.
This points out how Apple is following the Microsoft model, which is exactly the wrong model to follow. I have no doubt it will doom the touch and phone. I want a device that lets me freely access the web, not just the parts Apple wants me to access because they don’t interfere with its business model. Pandora is off, podcasts are off, flash videos are off. How is that a “web device”?
Nice move, just got to convince my employer (who pays the line charges) that I can do it!