iPodarmy

I’ve been reading recently about Odeo a podcasting service that proclaims to be:

making it easy for you to discover, create, and subscribe to fresh, independent audio content for your iPod (or whatever MP3-player-type-deal you prefer).

There has been quite a bit of hype surrounding Odeo, and based on these screenshots it looks pretty nifty. I wonder though, is it too late? Apple has said that they will add podcasting functionality to iTunes so I’m sure many will use that as their default “podcatcher.”

What about creating content? Well, I use GarageBand and Audio Hijack and contrary to some popular belief, it was pretty darn easy to get it going. I plan on doing something more pofessional down the road, and Odeo seems like it would be a backwards step for someone like me.

But who knows, it looks nice and may have some features that are of benefit that I don’t know about. One thing I wish it had was a better way to find music for podcasting. What’s out there now is pretty lame.

I wish Odeo luck and will give it a spin when it’s out, I just wonder if they were a bit too slow getting it out there.