Today I’m giving a new service that brings podcasting to mobile phones a test run with the launch of the “Bryper Bits.”

Foneshow is a service that allows you to subscribe to and listen to audio/podcasts on your mobile phone. Here’s how it works:

  1. You subscribe by entering your mobile number below
  2. You’ll receive a text message telling you that a new episode is available and will be provided with a telephone number
  3. Hit the “send” or “call” button on your phone (on my handset, I have to hit “send” twice)
  4. Start listening!

Foneshow is still in beta — and what isn’t, these days? — but eventually, you will be able to manage your subscriptions through an account on the show’s website.

Foneshow CEO Erik Schwartz tells me the service works with all American mobile phones, though Canadian callers are still a bit of a question mark? If you do try subscribing from north of the border, please drop me a line and let me know how you fared.

Subscribe to “Bryper Bits”!

Just enter your cellphone/mobile phone number here:

Show notes - Bryper Bits 001

  • A discussion about whether podcasters should publish full transcripts of their shows on their blogs. I weigh the pros and cons.
  • This first episode was recorded on my phone, so the audio quality isn’t pristine. Still, I think it starts to demonstrate the potential for the service. Do you agree?
  • Total time: 3 minutes, 3 seconds

(Update: I’m including the audio file here as well, to give you one more way to listen to the show)

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