Comments on: MobileCast 3.0 BETA Now Available! http://blog.podgrove.com/2008/09/26/mobilecast-30-beta-now-available/ A blog on MobileCast, the iphone & podcasting Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:30:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: deadeye http://blog.podgrove.com/2008/09/26/mobilecast-30-beta-now-available/#comment-120 deadeye Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:04:34 +0000 http://blog.podgrove.com/?p=31#comment-120 Since apple did not provide the thirty second skip button feature in their podcast player your work on mobilecast is still greatly needed. -movie player used for all playback; so you don’t get the 30 second skip buttons like in mobilecast 2.2.x. - us mobilecast users really need this. Since apple did not provide the thirty second skip button feature in their podcast player your work on mobilecast is still greatly needed.

-movie player used for all playback; so you don’t get the 30 second skip buttons like in mobilecast 2.2.x. - us mobilecast users really need this.

]]> By: Ants http://blog.podgrove.com/2008/09/26/mobilecast-30-beta-now-available/#comment-107 Ants Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:52:09 +0000 http://blog.podgrove.com/?p=31#comment-107 Love the app, and willing to pay for it! My only concern with this version is playing podcasts in the movie player. The movie player is in landscape mode, which is a pain when the iphone is in the cradle in the car for instance. The older version with your player was great. I realize this is a work in progress so please don't take it as a dig at your code! You have provided me with hours of wireless podcast enjoyment in the past and you should be rewarded for your hard work! Well done! Love the app, and willing to pay for it!
My only concern with this version is playing podcasts in the movie player. The movie player is in landscape mode, which is a pain when the iphone is in the cradle in the car for instance.
The older version with your player was great. I realize this is a work in progress so please don’t take it as a dig at your code!
You have provided me with hours of wireless podcast enjoyment in the past and you should be rewarded for your hard work!
Well done!

]]> By: question http://blog.podgrove.com/2008/09/26/mobilecast-30-beta-now-available/#comment-106 question Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:08:35 +0000 http://blog.podgrove.com/?p=31#comment-106 Is there any way to have this app be nothing more than a podcast MANAGER? Optimally, I would like this app to stick to adding, downloading, and managing my podcasts, but use the ipod app to listen to them... Am I just dreaming? I know that there is an app on cydia that can switch your iphone's music libraries, so maybe it'd be possible to have this app add the podcasts to the music library as well? That'd be the dealbreaker for me. My perfect podcast program: Sits as a background process and checks for new podcasts at X intervals. If there is a new podcast, download it and add it to music library to be accessible from the ipod app. (then deleting them and marking them as read after replay would be stellar too) Sorry if this isn't possible. I would pay ~$10 for this functionality. Is there any way to have this app be nothing more than a podcast MANAGER? Optimally, I would like this app to stick to adding, downloading, and managing my podcasts, but use the ipod app to listen to them…

Am I just dreaming? I know that there is an app on cydia that can switch your iphone’s music libraries, so maybe it’d be possible to have this app add the podcasts to the music library as well? That’d be the dealbreaker for me.

My perfect podcast program: Sits as a background process and checks for new podcasts at X intervals. If there is a new podcast, download it and add it to music library to be accessible from the ipod app. (then deleting them and marking them as read after replay would be stellar too)

Sorry if this isn’t possible. I would pay ~$10 for this functionality.

]]> By: Jose http://blog.podgrove.com/2008/09/26/mobilecast-30-beta-now-available/#comment-104 Jose Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:52:15 +0000 http://blog.podgrove.com/?p=31#comment-104 I'm really looking forward to this application and have no problem paying for it as long as it works. We really need this type of app. for heavy podcast listeners on the iphone. I’m really looking forward to this application and have no problem paying for it as long as it works. We really need this type of app. for heavy podcast listeners on the iphone.

]]> By: Anville http://blog.podgrove.com/2008/09/26/mobilecast-30-beta-now-available/#comment-103 Anville Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:54:32 +0000 http://blog.podgrove.com/?p=31#comment-103 I would definitely play for this app, up to $10, but once I did, I would expect some continued development and support. The Nokia Podcasting app was the most-used non-phone feature on my N80. Now with the iPhone, I am not stoked about tethering to iTunes to update. But... I really like the the player interface on the iPhone. The graphics, the integration, and particularly the way it resumes where I left off (which I didn't have on the Nokia). I guess I am hoping that Mobilecast can bring in the best of both worlds: automated wireless downloads (on a user-defineable period), managing the podcasts on-phone, and a great interface. I have been playing with it a bit this weekend, and it looks like you've got a lot covered, and are going in the right direction. Thanks for this great app! I would definitely play for this app, up to $10, but once I did, I would expect some continued development and support. The Nokia Podcasting app was the most-used non-phone feature on my N80. Now with the iPhone, I am not stoked about tethering to iTunes to update. But… I really like the the player interface on the iPhone. The graphics, the integration, and particularly the way it resumes where I left off (which I didn’t have on the Nokia).

I guess I am hoping that Mobilecast can bring in the best of both worlds: automated wireless downloads (on a user-defineable period), managing the podcasts on-phone, and a great interface.

I have been playing with it a bit this weekend, and it looks like you’ve got a lot covered, and are going in the right direction.

Thanks for this great app!

]]> By: Jailbreak, Part 2! | Marc Perton http://blog.podgrove.com/2008/09/26/mobilecast-30-beta-now-available/#comment-102 Jailbreak, Part 2! | Marc Perton Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:55:54 +0000 http://blog.podgrove.com/?p=31#comment-102 [...] that the beta of the new version would be available as an ad-hoc download, he instead chose to offer it via Cydia, an application installer for jailbroken [...] [...] that the beta of the new version would be available as an ad-hoc download, he instead chose to offer it via Cydia, an application installer for jailbroken [...]

]]> By: MobileCast 3.0 Beta Now Available | infone.org http://blog.podgrove.com/2008/09/26/mobilecast-30-beta-now-available/#comment-100 MobileCast 3.0 Beta Now Available | infone.org Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:24:21 +0000 http://blog.podgrove.com/?p=31#comment-100 [...] Read More [...] [...] Read More [...]

]]> By: ghendar http://blog.podgrove.com/2008/09/26/mobilecast-30-beta-now-available/#comment-99 ghendar Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:59:44 +0000 http://blog.podgrove.com/?p=31#comment-99 @yeti: Let me get this straight... you're willing to pay a total of close to $2000 over the course of 2 years to own the iPhone, but you don't want to tip a developer a modest couple of bucks if he adds some very useful functionality to it?! Are you for real?!! @yeti:
Let me get this straight… you’re willing to pay a total of close to $2000 over the course of 2 years to own the iPhone, but you don’t want to tip a developer a modest couple of bucks if he adds some very useful functionality to it?! Are you for real?!!

]]> By: aaron hinkle http://blog.podgrove.com/2008/09/26/mobilecast-30-beta-now-available/#comment-98 aaron hinkle Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:19:08 +0000 http://blog.podgrove.com/?p=31#comment-98 I would be happy to pay for mobile cast in the app store but my issue in paying for a jailbreak app is i dont have a credit card to use something like pay pal. If your able to put out an appstore mobilecast i will be willing to pay up to 7 dollars for it, but otherwise i have no means to pay for it. Also i cant seem to get mobile cast 3.0 to download or stream right now. Once i click on something it just crashes to back to the springboard. I would be happy to pay for mobile cast in the app store but my issue in paying for a jailbreak app is i dont have a credit card to use something like pay pal. If your able to put out an appstore mobilecast i will be willing to pay up to 7 dollars for it, but otherwise i have no means to pay for it. Also i cant seem to get mobile cast 3.0 to download or stream right now. Once i click on something it just crashes to back to the springboard.

]]> By: Frank Lynch http://blog.podgrove.com/2008/09/26/mobilecast-30-beta-now-available/#comment-97 Frank Lynch Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:34:22 +0000 http://blog.podgrove.com/?p=31#comment-97 @yeti: Your certainly entitled to your opinion. If we charge for MobileCast it will be a nominal fee to help cover the cost of developing the app. I appreciate your concerns about depending on being jailbroken & believe me we would have preferred to have been in the app store but that isn't possible for every type of application. It appears that apple will reject any app that has even the slightest overlap with itunes or the ipod applications. Personally, I have an extremely high degree of confidence in the jailbreaking community. There are no guarantees that future firmwares will be cracked but I'd be quite shocked if they weren't. You can certainly expect MobileCast to continue to work on the 2.x firmwares. @yeti:
Your certainly entitled to your opinion. If we charge for MobileCast it will be a nominal fee to help cover the cost of developing the app.

I appreciate your concerns about depending on being jailbroken & believe me we would have preferred to have been in the app store but that isn’t possible for every type of application. It appears that apple will reject any app that has even the slightest overlap with itunes or the ipod applications.

Personally, I have an extremely high degree of confidence in the jailbreaking community. There are no guarantees that future firmwares will be cracked but I’d be quite shocked if they weren’t.

You can certainly expect MobileCast to continue to work on the 2.x firmwares.

]]>