This was the first microphone I bought with the intention of using it for podcasting.
With a little EQ I was able to get a very natural sound with this mic. Any criticisms I would have of the mic would be that the sensitivity is quite low and amplifying the signal afterwards was amplifying unwanted noise. That said, I did many recordings with it after experimenting with distance from the mic which were perfectly acceptable and I even recorded a 45 min CD with the acoustic guitar using only this mic. Sure it didn't sound out of this world, but it was quite acceptable.
Having the built in USB is great, but the mic really comes alive using the XLR out and a decent pre-amp.
For this kind of money, you could do a lot worse.