Apple Activates Podcast Downloads in 2.2 Firmware (flag)

www.macrumors.com — German blog Schimanke.com publishes new screenshots from the iPhone 2.2 firmware that reveal that Apple has activated iTunes and App Store features that will make their debut in the next iPhone update. Prior to this past week, these new feat...

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OTA podcasts enabled in iPhone 2.2 firmware
The Apple Core — ... posted screenshots from iPhone 2.2 indicating that Apple has enabled OTA podcasts in the latest developer build. MacRumors : The new iTunes Store screenshots confirm that Apple will be delivering over-the-air downloads for both video and audio podcasts. According to Schimanke , podcast downloads will be limited to episodes less than 10MB in size when using the cellular network….The screenshots also show off the new App Store category view with icons embedded. There’s no word on when iPhone 2.2 firmware will be released to the great unwashed masses. I originally thought ...

Apple adds OTA podcast downloads to iPhone firmware 2.2, continues to burn developers
Engadget — ... projects which are similar to its own -- but it's still hard to stomach the concept of the company outright refusing an application with nearly the exact same functionality, only to turn around and add it to their installed software. This kind of veiled violence against developers only serves to chip away at the support Apple has engendered in its community, and drive those hands and eyes to other platforms. C'mon Steve -- we know you can do better than this. [Via Mac Rumors] Apple adds OTA podcast downloads to iPhone firmware 2.2, continues to burn ...

Are Over-The-Air iTunes Downloads Coming Soon?
Silicon Alley Insider — Will Apple's (AAPL) next iPhone software update -- version 2.2 -- include an over-the-air iTunes store? (You can currently buy music via wi-fi, but not over AT&T;'s 3G network.) We think so. Why? MacRumors points to screenshots from a German blog (right) of someone purportedly downloading a podcast from iTunes over a 3G connection, running iPhone 2.2 software. If the screenshots are real, we think it makes sense that Apple would activate paid downloads -- iTunes music purchases -- at the same time it activates downloads it doesn't make any money from ...