Podlinez is essentially a portal providing you with podcasts and telephone numbers that correspond to the podcast so you can simply dial up and listen. There’s no sign-up required. As of this writing, there are 15 pages of podcasts in the directory (25 per page) and counting. You can browse the podcast directory for the corresponding telephone number or you can input an RSS feed URL of the podcast so that you can access it immediately thereafter. It has been so popular during its launch that the service provider is already ordering new telephone numbers (I tried to input a new RSS feed and was unable to at this time.)

Fonpods: Contrary to Podlinez, this service has a single access number and many more podcasts. Users can dial this number and hear an automated lady bot offer different categories of podcasts. If you do choose to sign up for an account (which is optional), you can configure your favorite podcasts on the website and listen to them offline by phone by dialing the same number and then inputting your 10-digit phone number as identification.

I found Podlinez pretty easy to use compared to Fonpods — its web interfaces compared side-by-side seem to reflect what you hear once you dial in. As a new user trying out Fonpods, unless I knew the web ID of the podcast immediately, it seemed like I had the option to listen to NPR, ESPN, and National Geographic, and there was no easy way to back out (eventually, I discovered that pressing # enough did the trick). Fonpods seemed to have a lot of “headlines,” indicating multiple podcasts, not playing just the most recent podcast, which is interesting because Podlinez doesn’t seem to support multiple podcasts, just the most recent one.

Both options seem pretty practical depending your needs. If you want to access an old podcast, Fonpods seems doable. If you want centralized access to multiple podcasts, Fonpods is also the choice product. If you want really simple access, Podlinez is the way to go.

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If you’re looking for a centralized location to further your studies, be sure to bookmark this site.

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Engadget has a pretty cool biweekly podcast that reviews products (e.g. the new Treo 680 PDA cell phone, which was announced last week), discusses new products not yet on the market, offers even more giveways (as if reading the blog wasn’t enough!), and features industry news. The podcast, which runs between approximately 40 minutes to an hour and a half, is available in MP3, AAC, OGG format.

If you check out Podfly often, chances are you do like those gadgets too — and therefore, you shouldn’t miss this podcast.

MySportsRadio has a huge number of podcasts, from your average varsity sport (football, baseball, and basketball) to Nascar and to Poker. In addition, there’s a fitness blog as well.

The Sportscolumn Blog features the latest news in national and college sports, both in blog and podcast format.

The weekly/biweekly podcasts at Round 10 Sports remind me of the Super Bowl. Hmm, I wonder why.

There are even fan blogs too that are featured on individual school teams, such as the SEC Podcast Network.

If sports interests you, there’s much to talk about and plenty of podcasts to check out.

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What’s your preference? Do you think Netcast is the better name?

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Past podcasts have delved into Digg, the social bookmarking site, S3: Amazon’s online storage service, RSS feed readers, and Wikia, an online encyclopedia.

To keep on top of new Internet ideas and startups, TalkCrunch definitely has a lot of potential. Its founder, Michael Arrington, is known as an expert in the “new in tech” industry.

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Debuted in May, Pluggd allows you to search through nearly 40,000 podcasts and find podcasts based on user reviews and opinions.

With HearHere technology, you are presented with a search window that enables you to enter a concept term.  It searches the podcast for that term and highlights the portions of the podcast that relate.  You can then click on this portion and listen.

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Now their is nothing revolutionary about this at all - its just nice to see companies/media outlets (especially in smaller markets with smaller budgets) thinking outside the box a bit. I would venture to guess that for many residents of Niagara that was/is their first taste of a podcast. The more people are exposed - the more it spreads….

Check out the Niagra Gazette’s Daily News Podcast here - even though most of this is only going to be interesting to residents of Niagara

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Via TechWeb:

Site owners load feedCaster onto their AIM, MySpace, or any blog or social network page. The software automatically determines if the podcast listener who visits the site has a camera or microphone, and then prompts them through recording and posting a comment.

According to Podcast’s website - there are two parts to feedCaster:

1. The feedCaster Recorder allows you to record custom Podcasts for users to view and comment.
2. The feedCaster Flash Widget allows you to place your custom content (or other content of your choice) on any website. The viewers of your widget can then, among other things, comment on your Podcasts.

Podcast Ready is giving this widget away free on their website (requires registration) @ www.podcastready.com/tools.php.

Read the official press release here.

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From the press release:

PodShow, Inc., the digital media entertainment network whose properties include PodShow+, PodShow Podcast Network, PodShowPDN, Podcast Alley, Castblaster, the Podsafe Music Network and, most recently, BTPodShow, today announced that the company has raised a second round of venture funding from new and original investors, totaling $15M, led by DAG Ventures.

Read the full press release here.
PodShow pressroom here

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