Engadget Founder Plans IPod Challenger

By Adario Strange EmailMay 24, 2007

Rjasegd The idea that originated as a joke on Jason Calacanis’ blog that had Dave Winer and Engadget’s Peter Rojas putting together a podcast player is still very much alive as a real possibility.

“We saw so much interest and excitement about the prospect of building one, it’d be awesome to get a bunch of smart, creative people all in the same place at the same time to talk about it.”

Here’s the original idea for the device, as originally fielded by Calacanis: “what if Peter designed a wifi-enabled media player for geeks. Like something with built in podcasting software and the ability to sync podcasts whenever and IP device is detected?” The idea then ballooned into a kind of open source project that would include input from various volunteers. The dream gadget seemed like idle speculation at the time, but Rojas’ recent comments indicate that we may eventually see the product become a reality.