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Podcasting may not have lived up to the early hype, but with iPods and other MP3 players still selling like crazy, the potential audience for these audio shows is huge . I have made a cool list of online podcast creation tools for those who want to try this out.

Gcast

Record by phone or click to mix a playlist. If you have audio production software, you can produce your podcasts on your own computer, and upload them to Gcast for free hosting and syndication.

Hipcast

Whether you’ve got a mobile phone or a web browser, Hipcast.com makes it easy to upload, record over the web, or phone-in audio and video.

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Compact mobile phone designed for Sony Ericsson. This mobile phone is a personal, friendly object which is wearable around the neck. The user can use the three buttons (Busy, Accept, Reject) to handle the calls. The ‘Accept’ and ‘Reject’ buttons work in the regular fashion while the ‘Busy’ button allows the user to record a message such as ‘I am in a meeting right now’. When the button pressed during an incoming call, the phone plays the message for the caller. The concept of “call priority” is also introduced here. This is a feature which allows callers to set a priority for the call, such as emergency, normal, fun, etc. In return, the peeking display of the device glows with a certain color for certain priority levels when ringing. Hope to see it in the future ?

Courtesy : Bilgi Karan,Future Designs

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Despite Instant Messaging,SMS and other forms of communication,the defacto way of keeping in touch is still e-mail.The simplest way of checking and sending mail from anywhere is by using Web-based e-mail.In this case,you need to be online and log on to the website of your email provider such as Gmail,Hotmail and so on.However,there are situations when you can connect to the internet only once in a while;in such situations web based e-mail can be relied upon.Another scenario:you have a company e-mail account ,and you are connected to the internet all the time.
Why should you log to the web site when you want to check your e-mail.It’s better to just let the e-mail come to your inbox.I have made post on the different types of e-mail clients to choose from.I will post them shortly.

Here are 17 Things to look for in e-mail clients.

Protocol support

POP3 : Post Office Protocol version3 is an application-layer internet standard protocol that lets you retrieve e-mail from a remote mail server over the internet.Many e-mail providers provide free POP3 service,while some such as yahoo! provide it for a fee.

IMAP: This is an application layer internet protocol that allows a local client to access e-mail on a remote server.It is known as IMAP4.Almost all modern e-mail clients support it.

NNTP : Network News Transfer Protocol is an internet application protocol primarily used for reading and posting usenet articles ,as well as to transfer news among news servers.

News Feeds : This is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated digital content such as blogs,news feeds and podcasts .It is again divided into formats such as ATOM and RSS;the latter again has versions 0.91,1.0 and2.0.

Security Features

SSL encryption : Secure Sockets Layer is a cryptographic protocol that provides secure communications on the internet for things such as e-mail,Web browsing,Internet ,faxing and other data communications and transfers.

Preview before download : Some e-mail clients support reading mail off the POP3 server directly without downloading it to the PC.This provides you with security against mallicious e-mail.The image-blocking feature also has some same advantages.

Junk filtering : Spam can be irritating and also means a waste of time.Inbuilt Junk/Spam filters are a big plus.

Appearance

Formatted mails : HTML-formatted messages have much better visual appeal than plain-text messages.

Customisable Interface and Keybindings : The interface and keybindings(combination of keystrokes)should be customisable to suit individual needs.

Mail Notification : Mail notifiers alert you when you receive a new mail so you don’t need to keep checking for new mails.

Ease Of Use : We looked at the ease with which a new mail account could be created,whether the interface is user friendly, and so on, and collectively rated this on a scale of five.

Other Features

Split large attachments : Most e-mail service providers specify a certain limit for the attachments you can send .Anything above the size is rejected .The option we are talking about lets you splits attachments to a size below the specified threshold.

Import/Export Of Mail And Address : This is important feature-very useful when you are migrating from one e-mail client to another.An e-mail client client should support importing from as many popular clients as possible.

Multiple Profile Support : For more than one user to access a mail client installation ,the client should be able to handle a profile unique to each other.

Changeable Mail Store Location : It is a good idea to change the location of the e-mails stored locally on the hard drive to a safer than default location.

Plug-in Support : Plugins have the power to revamp an e-mail client,so this is a very welcome feature.

Additional features : Personal Management Features such as Calendar,Notes,Tasks,Scheduler,Memo etc.

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