Escarpod

Escarpod is a podcatcher for cell phones that run the Symbian operating system.

Presently Escarpod is only available for the UIQ graphical environment. This includes all newer phones in the Sony Ericsson P-, M- and G-series, as well as W950 and W960 and Motorola Z8 and Z10. See supported phones below for a list of phones Escarpod is known to work on.

A version of Escarpod for the S60 graphical environment, including all Nokia N- and E-series phones is under construction and will be released shortly.

Notable features include:

• RSS feed updating and show downloading
• Built-in audio player
• Persistent position in shows between restarts, for multiple files
• Cover art support
• Support for podcasts manually downloaded to flash card
• Automatic downloading of new shows
• Audio Book player
• Multiple languages

You can see some screenshots below, and download the latest version from the Downloads page. All versions, together with their complete source code is available in our Subversion repository.

Screenshots

These screenshots are from Escarpod 1.10 on a Sony Ericsson G900.

Credits

Escarpod was created by:

• Sebastian Brännström (teknolog) - Project founder, programming
• Lars Persson (anotherguest) - UI, programming
• Lasse O (baronen4177) - programming
• Alan Eddie - graphics

Data Usage Warning

Before you start using Escarpod, check your data rates with your access provider. Many charge exorbitant fees, and downloading large files such as podcasts may force you to sell your house to pay the bills. We're not kidding!

Many providers offer flat rate fees that allow you unlimited data for a more reasonable charge.

If your phone supports it, using your own wireless LAN or Bluetooth PAN are great options. Escarpod allows you to specify a connection.

Releases

To download binaries of Escarpod to use on your phone, visit our Downloads page.

• Escarpod 1.20 (January 2009)
• First S60 version
• New SQLite based backend with massive performance and stability improvements
• Other improvements based on user suggestions

• Escarpod 1.10 (July 29th) code
• Spanish language (new)
• Polish language fixed
• Updated Estonian language
• Proxy problems fix
• M3U import function for audio books
• Refusal to start when no memory stick bug fixed

• Escarpod 1.00 (May 22th) code
• Audio book improvements
• Bug fixes

Older releases can be found here.

Frequently Asked Questions

See Escarpod FAQ

Translations

We need help translating Escarpod into more languages. If you want to translate it into your language, it is quite simple! For m ore information, see our Translations page.

Supported Phones

All UIQ 3 based phones should work, however Escarpod has been specifically tested on the following phones.

• Sony Ericsson
• P1
• P990
• M600
• W950
• W960
• G700
• G900

• Motorola
• Z8

Why Escarpod?

The name Escarpod is a pun on the french Escargot, meaning snail, and also used for cooked snails is many other languages. Apart from being a cutesy name allowing the nice little icon, downloading podcasts over cell phone networks is at best done at snail's pace.

Feature suggestions

Add any ideas as comments to this wiki page, or write directly in the discussion group.

Where do I find feeds?

There are several sites that list and host podcasts. Some starting points are

• Podshow
• Podcast Alley
• CNET Podcast Central
• Podhead (Swedish)

We have our own international short list of good feeds.

License

Escarpod is licensed under the GPL version 3 open source license.

Donations

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