[Grogck]

I used to use a desktop podcatcher and have a smart playlist in WMP sync it with my phone. But I listen to a LOT of different podcasts and hated having all the space eaten away. Also I could never find one phone-based app that came even REMOTELY close to the podcasting experience I got out of the Zune so I eventually ditched them and went with Kinoma.

I personally find Kinoma's more ideal for podcasts than it is music actually as it bookmarks/remembers where you left off in an episode (which is a big deal for podcasts.) I also find that I love using their built in Guide to find all sorts of new podcasts and other streaming content that I may otherwise have never known about. It's great when you're not sure what you're in the mood for and they update it regularly. And of course their UI is arguably the best of any WM app out there.

The only potential downside from a podcasting standpoint is that it's not a podcatcher (i.e., going out and regularly downloading new episodes.) It just streams everything by default. At first I considered that a big knock, but then I realized I was always in a 3G coverage area for my daily life. And just streaming the episodes also freed up the concerns of having my Diamond's somewhat limited storage eaten up by tons of podcast episodes leaving me very little room for music (although I find I just stream a lot of radio from Kinoma now - probably even more than listening to my own playlists.) For times when I travel or am on the road and know I might have spottier EVDO coverage I can always just press-and-hold (effectively right-clicking) a specific episode(s) and download it to memory for uninterrupted playback.