Good news for all podcast addicts out there! iTunes 4.9 has finally arrived including some very nice new functionality. You can now easily subscribe to podcasts via iTMS and iTunes then automatically downloads the latest episodes of your favorite podcasts for you and even automatically puts them on your iPod. Listening to podcasts has never been easier. You can get iTunes 4.9 here.

Now I am just wondering if or when Apple will publish some nice little software so that everyone of us can easily create his own podcasts. Wouldn't it be nice to have something like Garage Band for podcasting? Maybe with integration of iTunes and .Mac so you can easily publish your own podshows? At least sounds to me like a good idea but maybe Steve Jobs has a different opinion.

An besides the new version of iTunes Apple introduced new iPods yesterday as well. Now with brand new color displays and new prices. And they also reduced the price for the 1 GB iPod Shuffle. Time to grab your own iPod for some nice afternoons at the beach.

Yours, Andi