Previsões (em 2006) para o futuro

«The next step will be content designed and delivered to mobile phones, hand-held personal devices (PDAs), games consoles or connected media players, potentially using the – newer – smaller and higher quality MP4 or AAC format (the format used in iPod offering improved quality over MP3). The current ‘next generation’ or ‘3G’ mobile phones do offer the capacity to access the web with speeds capable of sustaining audio streaming, and downloadable applications already exist to run Podcasting clients on ‘smartphones’. This could be a step forward, bypassing the computer altogether andcapturing content on the playback device. (...)  It is likely that with the increased choice, digital content (whether via DAB, satellite, webcasting or Podcasting) that is ‘in tune’ with audiences, using formats and styles other than mainstream music, will develop. Linked to this, a role for speech-led content may develop (Berry, 2004).» (Berry, 157-158)