To help mitigate such procrastination, a popover containing an episode number, title, date, and excerpt, promptly floats just above your finger when utilized. The episode scrubber below the notes, more useful when browsing all unplayed episodes, quickly helps one navigate through a sea of unplayed podcasts.
I’m definitely a big fan of the background that’s not dissimilar from the linen patterns found in other great iPad apps like Reeder and Instapaper. Numbered bookmarks indicate unplayed and cached statuses, as blue highlights indicate the currently selected subscription. A pamphlet of the day’s activities, the episode show notes are always front and center.Ī waterfall of your subscribed podcasts highlights recognizable cover-art in Instacast HD, giving all of your favorite shows a central location from which they can be accessed at any time. Already confident in its ability, Instacast HD greets you with a complimentary overview of the most recent unplayed episode.
Redesigned to feel native, custom, and appropriate for the iPad’s 10” display, these screenshots only tell half the story.Īt first launch, Instacast HD fluidly slides the episode show notes, the main toolbar, and the episode list into view. Podcasts are immediately slurped into the reimagined interface. Remember how fresh and innovative Twitter’s interface felt when you first used it on the iPad? Instacast HD manages to capture that same feeling when you first open the app, especially if you’re already using Instacast sync with your iPhone. Instacast HD is the Twitter of podcatchers. The hype around Instacast HD for the iPad has been astounding, and for good reason. An excited Joshua Schnell and Myke Hurley have also been eager to share the new interface, giving it due praise on the App Orchard and at Macgasm. Martin Hering first hinted at the design in September, and I later had the privilege of revealing more of the interface near the end of October. I imagined the interface as a grid, where you would easily scroll through podcast cover-art and see badges revealing the number of unplayed episodes. I imagined that Instacast, containing a library of podcasts, would take on a form similar to iTunes. Until recently of course, I hadn’t known what to expect before I was invited to take a look at the first beta. There were lots of days on the couch when I thought about Instacast coming to the iPad. Future updates that of course would finally see Instacast taking on bigger endeavors. Later, iCloud syncing was added in preparation for future updates.
Continuous playback always kept a friendly voice on the loudspeaker.
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Sure there were times when enhanced podcasts didn’t work or a wonky update caused weird crashes, but they were fixed and plenty of new features were added. An intelligent conversation, a good laugh, and Geek Friday are always just a tap away. Instacast is the only non-Apple app that has a spot on my iPhone’s dock. The interface, lightweight and smooth, capitalizing on common sense gestures and thoughtful design elements, quickly made Instacast one of my favorite iPhone apps. While possibly dramatized, what Instacast has done for mobile podcasts is what Loren Britcher did for Twitter apps. I remember when I first reviewed Instacast for the iPhone back in March, declaring it the Twitter of Podcast apps.
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