
I witnessed the introduction of Podcasts with damp unenthusiasm. I couldn't see the point. I couldn't see where they fitted into my life. Then I started trying to listen to Radio 4 on a radio streaming app on my iPhone 4 on the bus in Hackney. It didn't work. I'd get two minutes of talk and then 20 mins of buffering. It was driving me mad. So I looked for Radio 4 podcasts of the shows I was trying to listen to and hey presto, there they are. The new podcasts even download automatically. They are fantastic.
I finally got them.
Thanks Apple. And thanks BBC.