Yes you can watch podcasts on your iPod and so can I
I posted yesterday about some of the features I wished my iPod could do, and some of the things it can now as of the 2.0 software upgrade. There was a huge din of silence surrounding some vagueness about being able to watch video and listen to podcasts on your iPods. To clarify, of course you can download TV shows and subscribe to podcasts through iTunes on your computer and sync them to your iPod. And it works very well, though I wish I had native support for Xvid/DivX and maybe even WMV on the iPod, but who’s quibbling?. I’d like to be able to download these things on the iPod itself however.
And, while we’re bashing Rogers, this piece bubbled up in the CBC this afternoon: Internet founder blasts ISPs for hurting national interests. The CRTC’s investigation into net neutrality can’t come soon enough. With some luck, they’ll have their report finished by 2015. I’d just like to have some competition in this vast country of ours. NB Power, I’m looking at you.
iPod Touch wish fulfillment
While I’m not going to complain about what dicks Rogers are, even though they are, and their latest DNS lookup failure redirect is, well, shitty, I am going to instead talk about my iPod a bit.
I know, the iPod touch isn’t as cool as the iPhone which by now, most people own and are busy twittering about how cool they are and making up romantic stories about how they saved their lives and cured their impotence and made food taste better, but I still adore my iPod, especially now that the 2.0 software upgrade has become available. It’s like a whole new device.
Let’s revisit my original wishlist for a second:
- iTunes connectivity — not quite, but the Remote application is pretty close. It lets you control a running iTunes from your wifi network. This is especially excellent if you have an Airport Express in another room and you don’t want to run back to your computer to skip a tune. Navigation is excellent. I just wish I could select a remote speaker set from this app to send my music to whichever set of speakers I’m next to. A minor