I have been writing about how cellular operators haven’t been doing much in the way of offering podcasts to their subscribers, but Sprint has been offering podcasts through MSpot (see left) for at least couple of months. I don’t know exactly when MSpot began offering podcasts for their wireless service, although the company has a press release dated November 14, 2005 (without a URL so I can’t link to it; dumb move on MSpot’s part) that mentions the podcasts.
On my Sprint Samsung MM-A920 “Power Vision” (i.e., 1xEV-DO) phone, MSpot offers a podcast channel that features eight offerings. Most of them — current events and technology — are from Public Radio International. There’s also “Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know? podcast.
With thousands of podcasts available, this is a pretty paltry offering. But at least it’s a start. Are any other cellular operators in the United States or abroad offering podcasts?
And shame on me for not knowing about this sooner. However, I just got to play — all expenses paid courtesy of Sprint — with the A920. I like the phone a lot. More on that in another entry.
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