Podcasting as many of you may or may not know is defined as a Web-based audio broadcast via an RSS feed, accessed by subscription over the Internet. During my research of podcasts, I came across some of interest to me. I simply searched the iTunes store for podcasts and did some additional surfing on NHL.com and TSN.ca and came up with some exciting results. You can listen to the podcasts I listened to by going to http://www.nhl.com/podcasts/index.html or http://www.tsn.ca/podcasts/. In terms of enjoyment, I found podcasting to be a great way to keep up to date with all your favourite radio events. One can receive new podcasts if they choose to by subscribing to their podcasts of interest. The fact that podcasts are transferable to ones iPod is a feature that would spark me to use this technology again and again.
When comparing podcasting to other methods of providing information, such as newspapers, magazine, etc, podcasting has an edge on its competitors. With the rise of multimedia devices like the iPod, users are able to subscribe to podcasts they enjoy and listen to them on the go.
When I researched "audiobooks" I found two sites that offer this service. They are www.audible.com and the iTunes store. Personally, I feel the line has been crossed with books now being read to us. I feel that society has gotten caught up with making things easier, but we must not forget the importance of reading. The only benefit I can see with audiobooks in the future is for the blind. The blind would now be able to enjoy the books they could only dream of reading before. An audiobook on iTunes goes for roughly $20 and on audible.com users pay $7.49 for the first 3 months and $14.95 per month afterwards and receive 1 credit towards 1 book. In terms of library and selection, iTunes carries the better of the two, but in terms of price audible.com is the better option.
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