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The growth of cellphones
By Jeff Lakie
Cellphones are quickly becoming an integral part of our lives. They
increase the convenience factor, help us stay organized, and keep us in
touch with the people that we love. They can also help us keep
informed!
As cellphone technologies increase, cell phone manufacturers are
finding new ways to pack great programs into their cellphones. One
such program that is being built into cellphones now, and will increase
in the future, is the RSS feed capability.
Having this capability will mean that your cellphone can act like an
MP3 player, and perhaps you already have a cell phone that has MP3
player capabilities. But in a cellphone with RSS feed capabilities take
the MP3 player format one step further.
The word ¡°podcasting¡± was coined in 2004. It is a technology that no
one heard about until recently but is gaining popularity at an
exponential rate. A podcast is like a radio program that broadcasters
create in an MP3 format and attach it to an RSS feed on their web
site. Computers and cellphones with RSS feed capabilities can grab
the MP3 file and download it automatically. This means that every time
the podcaster makes a new show, your computer or your cell phone
can automatically pick it up.
(A quick note on terminology: podcasts and punchcasts are virtually
the same thing except that podcasts are typically the "radio show" that
goes to your computer, while punch casts are considered the ones that
end up on your cell phone, even if they are the same show in the same
MP3 file.)
The value of listening to podcasts on your cell phone is tremendous.
While most people have not heard of podcasts, there are literally
thousands and thousands of podcasts out there, and each one is
designed for a specific niche: the baseball enthusiast, a wine lover, a
news junkie, an entrepreneur, and the list can go on and on. If you
have a hobby or interest, you'll probably find a podcasts on it¡ or 10
podcasts on it!
Aside from topics, podcasts vary in length and quality: just like
television shows, they can have an interview format or a quiz show
format or a monologue format, to name a few. They can be well done
or poorly done.
Here's how it works: you find the podcast you are interested in and
subscribe on your cell phone (it's free) and every time the podcaster
creates a new podcast and attaches it to the RSS feed, it gets
automatically loaded onto your phone.
So now you can stay on top of all the exciting news in your industry, or
in a hobby or an area of interest that you might have and you can do it
all on your cellphone!
About the Author
Jeff Lakie is the founder of Cell Phone Information a website providing information on Cell Phones
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