9500 Podcasts

February 17, 2005

I got the chance to test out the Nokia 9500 in the sound studio with 7 other Multimedia Students. We had an open discussion lead by Bernie Goldbach relating to Smart Mobs written by Howard Reingold. The opening sentences of each chapter were read out and we inserted our own opinions/views on what they actually meant and how they related to us.

I opened the Nokia Communicator on the desk which was the central feature of the room. I just had to hit the ‘my own’ button while I was on the main menu followed by record. Once the 30 minute session had ended I just had to click stop > menu and scroll down to save as and enter the file name. To take out the 512MB memory card I had to open the mobile from the back and pop it out. I later used the Memorex card reader to upload to my college PC, the computer recognised it but it had no data. After thinking everything was deleted it was pointed out to me that the card was upside down, not very clear from the device as to what way to insert it.

The sound clips were in amr format meaning I needed to use a simple converter program and change the four files to wav so I could listen to the sound quality. I tried uploading them to the xdrive but the college computers had problems uploaded such large files. When I got home Tuesday I tried from home, I selected the file to upload, it was uploading but gave no feedback as to if it was successful, unfortunately it never got there, so today at 7pm tonight I uploaded each one again. I know one of them appears on xdrive so at the moment I have just logged in to xdrive and I’m still waiting over 5 minutes to view my uploads to see if the rest made it.

PodMag

Why not start up a podcast magazine? We have unlimited content to make it a success and build on it from there. We could have. I’m sure every podcaster would love to buy it to see what other people are up to and podcasting is starting to hit the average Joe on he streets so maybe a magazine may be the best medium to get them into podcasting.

News Section:

New podast websites. Segments on new podcasters. Latest information on podcasting.

Main Section:

Interviews with podcasters. Tried and tested podcast equipment (which is best for which situations). Review of certain podcasts. Podcasters: Who to watch out for. The latest gadgets available to help people out. Tutorials on how to podcast, how to listen etc. Podcatchers evaluated.

Interactive Section:

CD with magazine which features the best podcasts on it for newcomers to try out in their car. Readers write in with their problems; answered by podcasters themselves. People can send in an MMS of their set up.