ipadio allows audio broadcasting from any phone

ipadio is neat service that allows people to stream their voice to the Internet and/or record it for later playback. Once uploaded, the recording can be geo-located on a Google (NSDQ: GOOG) map, tagged, shared with the world, and later downloaded as an MP3 file.

The service is free and easy to use. All you have to do is call ipadio’s number and start talking, singing or do whatever you want to do. ipadio is free, and you will only pay your operator’s calling rates to use it.

Once you visit ipadio’s website, you’ll instantly find some interesting audio files like:

• a series of hotel reviews by Suzy Bennett, freelance travel writer and photographer for the Daily Telegraph and Guardian who covers a range of memorable hotels from Edinburgh to Devon (link)
• an interview of Beijing silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne by Steve Parry, the BBC’s Swimming Commentator (link)
• a series of live reports from mid-Atlantic by amateur sailor Richard Sawle and his crew, directly from the yacht Infanta over a satellite phone (link)

And that’s just the start. According to ipadio’s release, business applications are expected to include live reviews on places, products or personalities. Some of the existing biz uses include:

• British Ministry of Justice is incorporating ipadio into its Screenreader.net project
• Ipadio will be used in the collection and sharing of information within a DCSF-funded project, Plings (Places to Go, Things to Do)
• Paralympics GB will use ipadio to feature its athletes in the run up to London 2012
• England Athletics plans to collect broadcasts of club activities and post-event interviews to put onto its website
• The English Golf Union is aiming to broadcast post-match interviews with players as they compete in worldwide events

Want to know more? Again, ipadio’s website is the place to look.