We now have our lovely trophy, and we’d like to show it off to you all. Here it is, in all its glory:

UK Best Non-Profit Podcast Award 2010 - The Trophy

Again, we’d like to thank all of our regular and loyal listeners for their support, and for making FrequencyCast the best UK non-profit podcast in the European Podcast Awards.

In the update, you’ll find a couple of bits of news, your feedback and the results of our Broadband survey.

We also have a couple of important announcements about FrequencyCast, and our plans for next year.

Our update is now available iTunes: FrequencyCast on iTunes

You can also listen online or download the update from here: FrequencyCast Updates

We hope you enjoy our special Christmas bonus, and would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best for the festive season.

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Yesterday, the results of the European Podcast Awards 2010 were announced, and we were a national winner in the Best Non-Profit Podcast category!

We’d like to extend a huge thanks to our loyal listeners who voted for us in this year’s European Podcast Awards. Clearly, your votes counted, and we’ve been able to bring home our first award, with your help!

If you’re interested in seeing the nominations, or indeed finding out more about the awards, you can see the ceremony here: European Podcast Awards 2010 Announcement (Our bit is 9’45″ into the video).

FrequencyCast announced as UK Podcast Award winner

Thanks again to all of our listeners for helping us to win our first podcast award!

According to our hosting provider, Namesco, we’re getting more traffic than their server can handle. (Is there a news story we’ve missed?).

Both us and Namesco are seeing if there’s anything that can be done to keep us up and running. In the meantime, please bear with us!

BTW – If the site’s down, you can still get us on Twitter, where we’ll keep you updated (Follow FrequencyCast)

We need your feedback!

What do you think?

We’re reviewing our shows, and we’d love your feedback on whether you’re still enjoying what we’re doing, what we could do better, and what interests you.

We ran a survey last year with some great results, and we’d like to do it again this year. If you have 2 minutes to spare, there are only 10 simple questions.

Please take a few months to complete the 2010 FrequencyCast Listener Survey

We’d really welcome your feedback!

There’s only 7 questions – If you can spare two minutes of your time, your thoughts would be appreciated!

Take The Survey: Sport on TV Survey

The augmented reality drama will hit the streets of London. Created by Tim Kring, the chap that created Hereos, this is something rather unique, and you can take part for free. Want to know more? See this video teaser…

Voting ends on 31st of July.

You can vote for us at www.european-podcast-award.eu/uk/start/vote-and-win/non-profit/type/player/uid/1081/podid/1081.html

Existing iPhone customers on an unlimited data plan can keep that plan as long as they don’t change tariff, or upgrade to the new iPhone 4.

Anyone getting a new iPhone from 24th June will instead be offered a tariff with the following:

• Cap of 500MB of data a month – £25 to £35 a month contracts
• Cap of 750MB of data a month – £40 to £45 a month contracts
• Cap of 1GB of data a month – £60 or £65 a month contracts

Given that many iPhone users are heavy data users, this new cap will be far from ideal, and many may choose to either a) not upgrade to the new iPhone 4 and keep their existing Unlimited contract, or b) shift to a network that offers a less extreme data cap.

Although the new data caps take effect from 24th June, it seems o2 won’t be enforcing them until 1st October 2010. From 1st October 2010, it’ll be an extra £5 for each block of 500MB used.

Hacked off with o2′s new data policy? Add a comment below!

After some delays, the Apple iPad hit the UK market today, the 28th May 2010. Queues were let into the Apple Store in Central London this morning at 8am, with many camping out overnight to get their hands on the latest goodie from Apple.

First across the line at the store in London was a 17 year old lad from Essex. Mac-man Stephen Fry was there too – he’s already got one, but after being at the launch back in January, it seems he felt he had to be there… and why not.

Prices for the iPad start at £429 for the 16GB wi-fi version, right up to £699 for the 64GB version with Wi-fi and 3G, It seems that pre-order demand was high, and it seems that web pre-orders now won’t be shipped until the 7th of June.

Any of our lovely listeners been in the queues today? Any comments on your iPad experiences appreciated!

No idea what we’re talking about? Shame on you! A towel is probably the most handy thing you can own. “A man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with”.

Today is marked by fans of the wholly remarkable radio series, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, as Towel Day. The date commemorates two weeks after the author, Douglas Adams, ascended to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, on 11th May 2001.

In searching to see which of the newspapers have mentioned Towel Day, the Telegraph referred me to an article written by Douglas in 1999 – It’s well worth a read: How to stop worrying and learn to love the Internet.

We’d also like to point to a rather good deal on the radio series (the original and best Hitchhikers version) – All five series of the radio series can be purchased for £36 (saving £44), from Play.com. There’s a bonus CD of extras and behind-the-scenes stuff too. Free postage and packing all the way from Ursa Minor.

Once again, happy Towel Day to you all, and Don’t Panic!

HHGG fan? Add a quote below…

• UK Radio listening rockets
• US TV shows to be axed
• We have an iPhone app
• We’re on your Internet radio
• Get a half-price Joggler
• Powerlines break FM and DAB

You can download the update direct to your MP3 player or listen online at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/update.html.

If you have an iPod or iPhone, get shows faster by signing up at iTunes:  FrequencyCast on iTunes.

Handy links:

• Powerline interference YouTube clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3yVu5IfaEY
• More on Powerline adapters: frequencycast.co.uk/powerline.html
• Forum discussion: frequencycast.co.uk/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1274377381

By installing our free iPhone application, you’ll be able to read our latest news and blog posts, listen to our latest podcasts, send us a message, see what’s new in our forum, and check out our new TV & Tech section.

The FrequencyCast iPhone application is available now, free, in the Apple iTunes App Store. It will run on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Direct link: FrequencyCast iPhone application

Google Android phone users note that a similar version for Android has been available for a few weeks in Google Market, available from your Android phone.

If you find our apps useful, please click on one of the ads at the bottom of the app to visit our advertisters. This helps to cover our app development costs.

Hope you liek the apps – if you do, let us know!

We now have a ShoutCast stream on FrequencyCast, which includes our current show, as well as a selection of recent Focus features. Internet radio receivers make use of a database of streaming radio stations, and we should be listed on many of those databases. If you have an Internet radio, take a look and see if we’re listed.

If we’re not listed, you may be able to add us manually – here’s our Shoutcast feed address: http://lush.wavestreamer.com:3680/listen.pls

Fnd out more about our streaming service, see our FrequencyCast Radio Station page.

Can you get FrequencyCast on your Internet radio? Let us know which model you’ve found us on, as a comment.

Fear not… help is here, via the Sky Vote-U-Lator.

You can have your voting preference scientifically worked out for you, based on your Facebook social networking activity.

Want the fill SP? Click on this here video, voiced by the lovely Brian Blessed:

Or hop to www.vote-u-lator.com

The show is attached to this blog entry, or you can listen at www.frequencycast.co.uk/update.html

If you’re an iTunes user, get the show from the FrequencyCast Podcast page on iTunes

Remember to keep spreading the word about FrequencyCast, your TV and Tech podcast.

Here’s what’s new…

1. The cost of the V+ HD box has just dropped to £49 (free if you get the XL TV package)

2. No extra fee for HD channels. Unlike Sky’s offering, you don;t need to pay an extra £10 a month for Virgin’s HD channels

3. More channels. Due in the next few months: ITV 1 HD, E4 HD, Film 4 HD, Sy Fi HD, Eurosport HD and Discovery HD. That’s in addition to the existing HD services: BBC HD, Channel 4 HD, ESPN HD, FX HD, Living HD, MTVN HD and National Geographic HD.

Full details of how to get the HD experience from Virgin at www.virginmedia.co.uk

The FrequencyCast podcast now has its very own Android app. With our app, you can listen to the latest show, see our latest news stories, read Pete and Carl’s Random Words blog, and see our new TV and Tech guide entries as we add them.

Here’s us, holding a Google phone running our app…

The FrequencyCast UK application is now available for Android phones. In the UK, this includes the following Google Android devices: HTC Dream, HTC Hero, HTC Magic, HTC Sapphire, Motorola DEXT, Motorola Milestone, Samsung Moment, T-Mobile G1 , T-Mobile G2 Touch, T-Mobile myTouch and T-Mobile Pulse. With more to follow!

If you have an Android phone, select the “Market” application from your phone’s menu, press search, and search for “FrequencyCast” in the Android Market store.

The app is free! If you try it, we’d love to hear what you think!

Livescribe has now released their long-awaited App Store, allowing users to get to a colklection of third-party applications to enhance the Smart Pen. Applications include Hangman, travel phrases, blackjack, guitar, a sexy oracle and a handy conversion app.

Pulse users should visit http://www.livescribe.com/store . Note that you’ll need to update your pen with the latest version of firmware to be able to use third-party apps.

Show your support and vote for us at www.european-podcast-award.eu/uk/start/vote-and-win/