Nokia Launches Podcast Application; discovery, OTA downloads and sharing all supported

Nokia continues to step up the company’s efforts to integrate more and more Web2.0 application functionality into their phones and to more tightly integrate the mobile experience with Web2.0. Today they’ve announced a brand new podcasting application for their S60 3rd edition devices, but particularly the N91 (which was recently profiled here).In paging through the 13 page PDF that constitues a very well down instructional manual it looks as though this is not a half baked product, but a very complete, well thought out and well executed tool that (at least for me) will dramatically augment the functionality of my N91.

According the the manual, the Nokia Podcast Application supports, over the air downloads via WCDMA/GPRS or WLAN (which they recommend since it is both faster and you won’t be charged for the download), discovery of Podcasts via both search and a directory function, listening to the podcasts (of course!), and sharing of podcasts via bluetooth and MMS which I think is not only a great idea but also demonstrates how functionality that exists in the phone but not an iPod can give the former a real advantage in terms of overall utility and performance.

The application is free to download as are virtually all podcasts, the only cost may be for data if you don’t have un unlimited plan. I’ll be installing this on my phone straight away and will provide an update to this post if I find anything interesting or particularly good or bad that bears mention.

Via: Mobilecrunch