I especially like how easy it is to stream with Apple's podcast app, but still wish there was a way to tell it not to automatically go to the next episode. On Sep 23, 2012, at 9:25 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Kawal, > > I agree the the Apple Podcast app still needs some work, but it is slowly > getting better and you can download Podcasts very easily with this app. I > just searched for the Today in iOS podcast and subscribed to it. After that > all episodes are listed, in fact, they are listed already when you find the > Podcast even without subscribing. Anyhow, if you flick right there is a > download button after each episode, double tap it and it will download and > correctly announce both the amount of data that has downloaded as well as > the total size of the download and the download button itself indicates the > download percentage. After the episode has downloaded there is a "More Info" > button which has the show notes and you can mark the episode as played in > there, you can change the settings for the entire Podcast if you double tap > on the Podcast name or the More Info button next to the name. You can turn > subscription off for the Podcast here, a feature which I think actually does > not exist in Downcast, you can set your auto download options, e.g. keep all > unplayed, keep the 2 most recent etc. You can also indicate the sort order, > newest first or oldest first and the play order, oldest to newest or newest > to oldest. Also you can mark all as played or all as unplayed. > > I was hoping that you can delete Podcasts with the new single finger flick > down gesture and then double tap to confirm, i.e. that the Action rotor > option works, but they have not yet added this although I would dare to say > that I can't see this being far away. For the time being you can delete in > the old way, do a double tap and hold (pass through gesture), then swipe > left to right across the Podcast you want to delete and a "Confirm Deletion" > button pops up. This is like you would delete music before the new Action > rotor setting was added. > > In short, it's not so bad any more and I could see that this app after > another 2 or 3 updates will definitely be interesting especially if SIRI > integration is improved which still seems to be a bit sporatic. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Kawal Gucukoglu > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 6:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Apple Podcast gone. > > Well, I got rid of the podcast thing from Apple as I don't like that you > can't delete with ease. The other thing about Downcast is that you can > download podcasts without connecting to Itunes. > > Kawal. > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
