We’ve just hit our release candidate milestone on our most significant update of Podcast Lounge to date. Expect to see it hit the store in the coming days with full coverage in all of the major Windows Phone news sites.

New in this update:

• Added Smart Playlists support
• Lots of improvements & fixes
• Backup/restore functionality
• New player screen with scrubbing support
• Revamped settings area
• Added share status via Email
• Support for HTML podcast show notes
• Block auto-sync of specific favourites
• Lots of fixes and other small features

We’re really excited that this development phase is drawing to a close and we’re looking forward to getting the version in the hands of our loyal users.

More soon.