I’ve now seen a couple of technologies that allow us to place Podcasts on our cell phones.

First there is Mobilcast from Melodio. Here is a bit from their press release:

February 8th, 2006 - Mobilcast brings podcasts directly to a mobile phone. Listeners can stream their favorite shows to their phones and enjoy them now, or download them and listen later. By using the mobile phone, Mobilcast eliminates the PC barrier - podcast fans no longer have to be online to download and listen to their favorite shows.

And, this from Yahoo! And Motorola:

February 13th, 2006 “Together with Motorola we are thrilled to be able to demonstrate the future of podcasting, letting consumers take their media experiences on their mobile phones to be enjoyed anytime and anywhere,” said Joe Hayashi, director, product management, Yahoo!

It’s exciting to see the birth and growth of new technologies. Podcasting, somewhat tethered to the PC, whether later listened to on a MP3 player or directly on the PC, can now be downloaded and played on your very own mobile phone. Cool!

Oh, on a related front, we have been thinking about doing very short Pocasts that we call Podlets™ - my bet is that Podlets will be going mobile.