While I received my X41 Tablet (model 18666SU) a couple of weeks ago now, I’ve only had a couple of days to play with it. I’m currently filling the system with my primary programs, and things have been mostly enjoyable. I thought that now would be a good time to share my out of box experience with you all, along with some kinks that I’ve run into.

I’m also going to try out a new way to write my posts – the ‘Geek Note’, which will simply be a link in brackets like this: [GN1]. This will be an attempt to keep my articles more readable, while still providing my more technically inclined readers with the information they desire. So let me know what you all think about this, I hope it works.

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As I was going through my weekly routine of synching my new podcasts onto my mp3 player, deleting old ones, and listening to them on the way to work today, I thought: Why can’t my mp3 player act like my PVR?

I realize that podcasting is still in it’s infancy, and big companies like Apple have really helped spread the idea and community, but there are some really rough edges that I think can be smoothed out. I’m not sure how most of you deal with your podcasts, but I currently listen to about 5 regularly, which isn’t very many at all, but it has already become unwieldy. As a result I have some ideas that I’ve borrowed from the PVR space that I think would be a perfect fit for podcasting.

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