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There are many things to recommend the Blackberry Playbook, but one that I’ve found under reported and under discussed is the podcast app. In the earlier version of the OS it was limited, but now it is wide open to let the user add podcast feeds and it works flawlessly. In fact, in some ways it is superior to the iTunes iPod app in that more is displayed on the screen about the podcaster. Yes you must enter the feed url by hand, but that is one time only task. The downloads I’ve used BBC and CBC load very fast. There are Featured podcasts you can try, but if you know what you’re after, it’s great. Also, the speakers on the Playbook are strong enough to play the podcast loudly while you go about your chores, etc.