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POLL: Do you listen to podcasts on a portable player?

Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:48 PM EST
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By Andy Lurig
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In a recent article it was pointed out that 80% of podcasts never make it off of the PC onto a personal player.

. . . highlighting three key characteristics of podcasting: (1) it used file-based downloads (versus streaming), (2) it was subscription-based (you sign up and podcasts are automatically "pushed" to you on a regular schedule), and (3) the content was then consumed on portable devices.

So maybe the third term needs to be removed, but I'm still curious: How do you listen to your podcast collection? Comment vote UP the method you use the majority of the time. Any other options
I've forgotten should be added in the
comments so that others may vote up that
option as well.

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Andy Lurig

On a portable player (MP3 Player - flash or hard drive based)

  • 32 votes
Reply#1 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:44 AM EST
Andy Lurig

Burned to a CD-R or CD-RW to listen to in a portable cd player, car, etc.

  • 1 vote
Reply#2 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:45 AM EST
Andy Lurig

On a personal computer (laptop or desktop, regardless of location)

  • 17 votes
Reply#3 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:47 AM EST
Nem W Schlecht

For me its pretty 50/50. Oddly enough though, I only listen to certain podcasts on my portable player while the others I only listen to on my computer. I break it down by things that are good to listen to while working out or in the car versus things that I can listen to in my workplace.

    Reply#4 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:05 AM EST
    guard952

    Anything audio goes on my iPod. If I happen to listen to a podcast on my computer, then it's removed from the iPod automatically. Most are heard on the iPod, with the exception of video podcasts (since I only have an iPod mini). Rocketboom stays on the PC.

    • 1 vote
    Reply#5 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:40 AM EST
    Edvard Wendelin

    The only music I have on my iPod are from podcasts.. Works flawlessly :)

      Reply#6 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:46 AM EST
      Joggl81

      On an 4th gen. iPod or on my Powerbook.
      But i prefer the first device as I'm mostly listening to podcasts on my commute.

        Reply#7 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:02 AM EST
        LostAirman

        On a 4th gen iPod.

          Reply#8 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:33 AM EST
          sshappell

          iPod mini

            Reply#9 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:09 AM EST
            Binro

            On my PB at home, on my iPod Mini away from home. Rarely even listen to music anymore!

              Reply#10 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:14 AM EST
              StephanieBamBam

              I listen to audio podcasts on my ipod, in my car.

              The only video podcast I watch is Rocketboom, and I didn't start watching it until it was available on my TiVo. It's a shame, too, I really like listening to Diggnation, for example (and am dying to see control-alt-chicken) and would love to see the video, but I just won't sit in front of my computer to watch it. If I could watch on my couch and my TiVo, I would.

              • 1 vote
              Reply#11 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:41 AM EST
              dspille

              1st gen iPod (5GB); primarily podcasts; not so much music.

                Reply#12 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:41 AM EST
                SamAbuelsamid

                I have itunes set up to sync unplayed podcasts to my 30GB 3g ipod whenever I plug it in. I have a hardwired link in my car for the ipod and the ipod is also the cubilcle dwellers best friend. I started listening to podcasts very early on (late oct 2004) and have pretty much completely abandoned radio. I am subscribed to about 70 podcasts at any given time, including tech, news, comedy,and lots of music. I have discovered more new music in the past year and a half from podcasts and bought more new music music as a result than I had in the previous ten years. And the best part is that none is from RIAA labels none of it has drm because I only buy from the likes emusic.com, magnatune and mp3tunes.

                • 2 votes
                Reply#13 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:52 AM EST
                sunnyd13

                1 GB iPod Nano... perfect for podcasts and the newest albums I'm listening to.

                I rarely listen to a podcast on my Powerbook. I probably listen to 90% of the programs I download.

                • 2 votes
                Reply#14 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:10 PM EST
                Aldo

                Ipod definitely. I almost never listen to podcasts on my desktop machine or other non-portable device.

                • 1 vote
                Reply#15 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:11 PM EST
                Andy Lurig

                I'm the one lonely vote for putting it on a CD-RW for my drive into work and home... I'm technologically poor next to most of Newsvine it seems. At least I move Vidcasts over to my Mythtv box for viewing... it's a step in the right tech direction!

                  Reply#16 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:20 PM EST
                  marqmike2

                  Portable Player

                    Reply#17 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:27 PM EST
                    techgirllee

                    5th Gen Ipod... Tech podcast mostly!

                      Reply#18 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:49 PM EST
                      Cary Quinn

                      Burned to a CD-R or CD-RW to listen to in the car, during my
                      commute.

                      ...when not listening to NPR.

                      • 1 vote
                      Reply#19 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:55 PM EST
                      b3nd3r

                      iPod Nano- w/FM Modulator on my commute.
                      Security Now, TWIT, Diggnation, NPR Technology.

                        Reply#20 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:22 PM EST
                        Shaun Dawson

                        5th gen IPOD almost exclusively. I will sample a new podcast to see if I want it on my computer. All my subscribed to pocasts I listen to on my IPOD. As a matter of fact I listen to more podcasts than I do music.

                          Reply#21 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:34 PM EST
                          Angrybunny

                          nano

                            Reply#22 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:08 PM EST
                            Justin Mears

                            Podcasts gave me reason to start listening to my iPod again. I listen to them in the car and it's like programming my own podcast radio station.

                              Reply#23 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:10 PM EST
                              raffid

                              Well I'm sure I would listen to some podcasts if I had the time (like if I bussed a lot during these times of the year) but I only use transit a lot during the summer. At this point in time, I just listen to them on my computer. Oh and another factor is that I like watching the vidcasts rather than just the audio if there is a video that accompanies the audio.

                                Reply#24 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:13 PM EST
                                Zaki

                                iPod video 5G 60GB baby

                                I listen to Europe 1 News (France) in the morning, BBC Newspod (U.K.) by mid-day, and NBC Nightly News (USA) by night.

                                Once a week I listen to Radio Javan's Insomnia / BBC Rooze Haftom (Persian) and Diggnation / Twit (Tech)

                                I listen to many other podcasts, but those are the main ones.

                                  Reply#25 - Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:41 PM EST
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