All About Symbian - Symbian, Nokia and S60 unwrapped.
Podcast subscriptions
Published by Steve Litchfield at 16:12 UTC, August 23rd 2010
Question:
Q. I've subscribed to over a dozen podcasts on my old Nokia smartphone and now want to get the same shows set up on my new one. But most of them aren't in Nokia's Podcasting directory - I've built up my favourites over quite some time and really don't want to have to type in all the URLs all over again. Isn't there a quick way?
Answer:
A. Yes, Nokia Podcasting supports industry standard OPML files (Outline Processor Markup Language - this contains all the information you need for each show).
- In the 'Podcasts' screen in Podcasting on the old phone, use 'Mark all'.
- Again on the menu, 'Send' 'Via Bluetooth', to the new device.
- Once received into Messaging on the new phone, open the new message and you'll see 'Import OPML file to Podcasting directories'.
- Say 'Yes'.
- Back right out of the message in Messaging.
- Open Podcasting on the new phone and go looking in the new 'Received' directory - just select each podcast you want to re-subscribe to and hit 'Subscribe', of course.
There, that was easy, wasn't it? Well, a lot easier than typing in the URLs all over again!
(This original text of mine was originally published in Smartphone Essentials magazine and re-purposed here with kind permission)
