Apple Updates Podcasts iOS App With Custom Stations, Playlists, and iCloud Syncing - Page 2

Peace · Mar 21, 2013, 03:53 PM

This new podcast GUI.

I saw the same thing on an iPhone on the TV show Elementary the other night. Lucy Lui was using the phone then switched to the calendar app in the same fashion that you now switch between the store and library in Podcasts.

naeS1Sean · Mar 21, 2013, 03:54 PM

Exactly what I thought when I saw it...

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Originally Posted by PBP

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It begins

phillipduran · Mar 21, 2013, 03:54 PM

Yay for Starcast!

Downcast invalidates your app. I haven't looked back since the release of the podcast app sent me to the app store to find an alternative.

newagemac · 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by rhett7660

I haven't been using this for a while now, but does this app stream from the cloud, download from the cloud? Is there an option for streaming only or download only?

Yep, it streams from iCloud now. You can choose whether to download to the device or stream and can auto download per subscription if you want. And your subscriptions are synced across devices in the background using iCloud. Pretty cool.

Edit: iCloud also now syncs your play position. You can start listening to a podcast on your iPhone then pick up right where you left off in iTunes on your Mac. Then switch to the iPad and start playing exactly where you last paused it from iTunes too. Awesome.

phillipduran · Mar 21, 2013, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by WestonHarvey1

What was particularly skeuomorphic about it? It had buttons?

Yes, buttons that looked like real buttons.

budselectjr · Mar 21, 2013, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by WestonHarvey1

What was particularly skeuomorphic about it? It had buttons?

The pointless reel to reel tape player.

leon44 · Mar 21, 2013, 03:57 PM

I really liked the skeumorphism tape deck thing, it was pretty cool

naeS1Sean · Mar 21, 2013, 03:57 PM

Don't be dumb. It's obvious. This is why I stay away from the comment sections. It's like a bunch of high school babies in here.

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Originally Posted by WestonHarvey1

What was particularly skeuomorphic about it? It had buttons?

Boris A · Mar 21, 2013, 03:58 PM

I wish I could say it looks better, but it just doesn't. In some ways, the app became even more cluttered.

canesalato · Mar 21, 2013, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by WestonHarvey1

What was particularly skeuomorphic about it? It had buttons?

Have you ever used it?

Eadfrith · Mar 21, 2013, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ps3zocker

And they removed most of the skeuomorphism!

A sign of things to come perhaps?

Medic311 · Mar 21, 2013, 04:00 PM

anything to fix the clunky POS that was the last version....

clukas · Mar 21, 2013, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by leon44

I really liked the skeumorphism tape deck thing, it was pretty cool

Same here. Whilst im not a big fan of skeumorphism i actually liked the podcast app very much.

wxman2003 · Mar 21, 2013, 04:02 PM

Still prefer Downcast.

D 5 · Mar 21, 2013, 04:05 PM

I like the new design vs the old!

rhett7660 · Mar 21, 2013, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by newagemac

Yep, it streams from iCloud now. You can choose whether to download to the device or stream and can auto download per subscription if you want. And your subscriptions are synced across devices in the background using iCloud. Pretty cool.

Great thank you!!!!!! Downloading it now!!

BruiserB · Mar 21, 2013, 04:07 PM

Will video podcasts now play on a TV via the 30pin to video cable? I used to travel with this cable and watch podcasts on hotel TVs. But since the podcast app came out, video out was disabled. You can AirPlay but I don't want to carry an Apple TV with me and not every hotel TV has hdmi in ports.

WestonHarvey1 · Mar 21, 2013, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by phillipduran

Yes, buttons that looked like real buttons.

Those are all over the place in the OS. Is that really such a big deal?

I get why people don't like stitched leather calendars, but this whole "nothing on my interface should remind me of anything in the real world" thing goes way too far. It's not based on anything real. It's just dogma.

We have high resolution 32 bit color graphics, and people won't be happy until we have a totally flat 4 color interface. I just don't get it.

jigzaw · Mar 21, 2013, 04:08 PM

Very happy to hear about iCloud syncing. Syncing my phone to my laptop always screwed up my podcasts. I kinda liked the reel-to-reel theme. Thought it looked cool. Don't understand all the hostility to old-timey skeuwhatever around here, as it certainly distinguishes iOS from the funky neon futurism of Android and gives it a warmer more inviting feel.

daneoni · Mar 21, 2013, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SamGabbay

We went from....

To...

APlotdevice · 04:21 PM

Aww... I kinda liked the little reel-to-reel thing. Pointless, yes, but cute.

Unfortunately the playback controls are still located on the bottom of the iPad screen, rather than the sides like in the music app. I do hope Ives plans on doing more than just change a few textures in the future, cause frankly it's not all that impressive.

WestonHarvey1 · Mar 21, 2013, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by naeS1Sean

Don't be dumb. It's obvious. This is why I stay away from the comment sections. It's like a bunch of high school babies in here.

You're right. Next, Apple should really think about getting rid of the color gradients on those new butto... er.. uh... icons. Gradients remind me of the interplay of light and shadow off objects in the real world. That's just WAY too skeuomorphic for me!

arilev · 04:40 PM

I noticed that when I play a podcast in the app, hit pause, and then jump into iTunes on OS X, the playback position picks up right where I left off in the podcast app.

But if I play a podcast in iTunes, hit pause, and then jump over to the app on iOS the position does not synch. The podcast either starts from the beginning if I haven't already started listening to it in the app or picks up where I left off if I have already been listening to it in the app.

Anyone else having the same one-way-synching experience?

Update: I already take this back, seems it just takes a little longer to synch from iTunes to Podcasts than the other way around...iCloud synch IS (finally) working as advertised.

Update Update: No we just need synching for adding/deleting subscriptions and this thing will rock.

mykelefty · Mar 21, 2013, 04:10 PM

hmmm... is this worth leaving Downcast for now? I love Downcast... but I love the idea of iCloud syncing to iTunes

Mike MA · Mar 21, 2013, 04:12 PM

I like the new design - first signs of Sir Ive taking over.

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APlotdevice macrumors 68000 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Sin City USA	Aww... I kinda liked the little reel-to-reel thing. Pointless, yes, but cute. Unfortunately the playback controls are still located on the bottom of the iPad screen, rather than the sides like in the music app. I do hope Ives plans on doing more than just change a few textures in the future, cause frankly it's not all that impressive. __________________ TV - iPod touch 4 - iPad 1 - Custom HTPC - Numerous Consoles There is something deeply wrong with a society more offended by breasts than by entrails. Last edited by APlotdevice; Mar 21, 2013 at 04:21 PM.
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Mar 21, 2013, 04:10 PM	#48
arilev macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2004	Playback position synching... I noticed that when I play a podcast in the app, hit pause, and then jump into iTunes on OS X, the playback position picks up right where I left off in the podcast app. But if I play a podcast in iTunes, hit pause, and then jump over to the app on iOS the position does not synch. The podcast either starts from the beginning if I haven't already started listening to it in the app or picks up where I left off if I have already been listening to it in the app. Anyone else having the same one-way-synching experience? Update: I already take this back, seems it just takes a little longer to synch from iTunes to Podcasts than the other way around...iCloud synch IS (finally) working as advertised. Update Update: No we just need synching for adding/deleting subscriptions and this thing will rock. Last edited by arilev; Mar 21, 2013 at 04:40 PM.
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Mar 21, 2013, 04:12 PM	#50
Mike MA macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Germany, Europe	I like the new design - first signs of Sir Ive taking over. __________________ Macbook Air 13" SSD (late 2010) - Macbook Pro 15" (late 2008) - Apple TV2 - iPhone 4
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Mar 21, 2013, 03:53 PM	#26
Peace macrumors P6 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Space--The ONLY Frontier	This new podcast GUI. I saw the same thing on an iPhone on the TV show Elementary the other night. Lucy Lui was using the phone then switched to the calendar app in the same fashion that you now switch between the store and library in Podcasts.
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Mar 21, 2013, 03:57 PM	#32
leon44 macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Newcastle, England	I really liked the skeumorphism tape deck thing, it was pretty cool
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Mar 21, 2013, 03:58 PM	#34
Boris A macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2008	I wish I could say it looks better, but it just doesn't. In some ways, the app became even more cluttered.
	3

Mar 21, 2013, 04:00 PM	#37
Medic311 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jul 2011	anything to fix the clunky POS that was the last version....
	1

Mar 21, 2013, 04:05 PM	#40
D 5 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2007	I like the new design vs the old!
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Mar 21, 2013, 04:07 PM	#42
BruiserB macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2008	Will video podcasts now play on a TV via the 30pin to video cable? I used to travel with this cable and watch podcasts on hotel TVs. But since the podcast app came out, video out was disabled. You can AirPlay but I don't want to carry an Apple TV with me and not every hotel TV has hdmi in ports.
	1

Mar 21, 2013, 04:08 PM	#44
jigzaw macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2012	Very happy to hear about iCloud syncing. Syncing my phone to my laptop always screwed up my podcasts. I kinda liked the reel-to-reel theme. Thought it looked cool. Don't understand all the hostility to old-timey skeuwhatever around here, as it certainly distinguishes iOS from the funky neon futurism of Android and gives it a warmer more inviting feel.
	1

Mar 21, 2013, 04:10 PM	#49
mykelefty macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2009	hmmm... is this worth leaving Downcast for now? I love Downcast... but I love the idea of iCloud syncing to iTunes
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