The Complete Guide to iTunes 4.9, with Podcasts
The Complete Guide to iTunes 4.9, with Podcasts
Apple today released iTunes 4.9 for both Mac OS X and Windows, most prominently 
introducing support for podcast downloading, and at the same time, providing a directory of more than 3,000 podcasts through the iTunes Music Store. Why the emphasis on podcasts? For months, people have been enjoying the free, serialized Internet radio broadcasts, downloading them individually or through subscriptions, then listening to them on their computers or iPods. More than a year after these broadcasts began, they’ve become popular enough to attract attention from the mainstream media - and Apple - which now claims that “podcasting is the next generation of radio.”