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DoggCatcher Podcast Player v1.2.2919
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Requirements: Android:2.1 and up
Price: $4.99
Overview: Find, manage, and play your podcasts with DoggCatcher
Manage your podcasts and RSS/news feeds with the most highly rated Podcatcher in the Market.
Trial
-There is a trial version of DoggCatcher that can you can find either by searching for 'DoggCatcher' in the Google market or by clicking on 'View more applications' on DoggCatcher's page in the Google Market.
Highlights
-Lifehacker recently (Nov-2011) finds DoggCatcher to be "The Best Podcast Manager for Android"
-Easy to find new podcasts/feeds
-Fully automated download and cleanup of media files
-Offline playback of audio and video
-Categories for feeds
-Updated frequently - 30+ updates during the past year
-Active user community - 5000+ forum posts
-Highly configurable
-Variable speed playback (this requires the purchase of a third party audio library named Presto)
Add feeds by
-Browsing Top 100 DoggCatcher feeds
-Getting recommendations based on your feed subscriptions
-Searching podcast and news directories
-Importing for Google Reader/Listen
-Importing from OPML
Integrated Audio/Video Player
-Plays downloaded audio/video
-Streams audio over network (wifi/cell)
-Remembers play position of media file
-Plays video formats supported by Android
RSS/News feeds
-Supports RSS 1.0, 2.0, and ATOM
-Displays inline images
Automation
-Automatically updates feeds on a configurable interval
-Automatically download new media
-Automatically deletes media that has been listened to
Community and support
-Frequently updated
-Very active user community in forums
Playlists
-Audio playlist for continuous play of new media
-Video/News playlists for easy navigation of new media
Other
-Battery/data plan friendly - can limit downloads based on network/power connections
-Media download queue can be viewed and managed
-Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP)
-Supports authenticated feeds (username/password)
Community and support at doggcatcher.com
Requires SDcard for HTC Incredible
What's in this version:
1.Updating feeds should retry failures
2.Simplify doing multiple searches when adding feeds.
3.Change terminology (media -> episode, item -> episode/article).
4.Audio focus lost notification should try to guess which app is stealing the audio focus.
5.Display an indication on an episode about what will happen when you press on it rather than what state it is currently in.
6.Pressing on the right end of a feed displays a dialog with feed details/legend
7.Pressing on top of app should move back one screen
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