November 7, 2009
Apparently my phone plays audio.
So, I walk out. It’s a normal day. Time to go to the office, then to the press, La Dee Da. Just like any other.
THEN.
DISASTER STRIKES.
I only had 18 minutes worth of podcasts for hours and hours of work.
Fuck.
I figured I was boned, and would just have to listen to music, of all things. I had the BlazBlue soundtrack and stuff, so I had something to listen to, I guess (Seriously, I don’t know why, but I find it quite nice), and that would be that.
Then, I was checking twitter on my phone and I realized I HAD A PHONE WITH INTERNET. My Blackberry has a normal headphone jack. I figured it was worth a shot. So I navigated to the gdgt podcast, which I listen to sometimes when I have gaps in podcasts like this one, and tried opening an episode.
Honestly, I was completely impressed. In the two straight hours I was streaming podcasts from my phone, it only buffered four, maybe five times. It streamed those MP3s like a pro. I was honestly quite impressed with both the 3G connection and my little phone for playing audio so well.
Granted, it certainly wasn’t perfect. I couldn’t do anything else while it was streaming, not even check my schedule or anything if I needed to. I think I might have still be able to take a phone call, because I accidentally hit the phone button in my pocket and things didn’t stop playing, but that would probably be it. Certainly way less than ideal for normal, everyday podcast use (which I’ve had someone ask me about, believe it or not). At the same time, it’s nice to know that, when I get in a jam I didn’t prepare for, I can stream a decent-quality MP3 without much lag or effort. That’s just pretty damn cool. I’m pretty happy with the little machine.
But let’s hope I keep more prepared in the future, and don’t have to resort to it. Heh.