Apple Upgrades IPod and ITunes

First off Steve Jobs is right about podcasting being the next generation of radio. Unfortunately I see no place on his iTunes site where people can submit their content for possible review. This is a real shame in my opinion.

Apple Computer Inc. released new software Tuesday designed to make it easier for users to listen to the increasingly popular, but largely unstructured podcast offerings.

Apple, which also announced color screens for its iPod digital music players, said the new iTunes software comes with a podcast directory that lists more than 3,000 free audio programs. It also sports a new menu and the ability to automatically send new episodes of podcasts to the user’s computer.

“Podcasting is the next generation of radio,” Apple CEO
Steve Jobs said in a statement.

Podcasts are downloadable audio files that are often similar to radio programs. They allow anyone to become a Web broadcaster.

On iTunes, podcasts focus on a range of topics from electronic gadgets to movies and astronomy. Shows come from mainstream organizations such as ABC News and Newsweek as well as Web journals, or blogs, like Engadget. [Read the rest]