I rushed out this morning to install the latest update from Apple largely for one feature: on-device podcast downloads. It is nice that now you can go out and manually pull down single episodes to your iPhone or iPod Touch, but there is one major feature missing that seems like a huge oversight to me.
There is no way to view your list of current subscriptions and do a refresh that grabs the latest episode. The only reason I regularly attach my iPod to my computer is to update my podcasts. I purchase new music once every few weeks in batches, but find myself syncing for podcast support every other day or so. This seems like a great way that Apple could free the iPod from PC’s completely, so I thought for sure it would be a feature. :^)
I hope that future software updates will provide a way for me to automatically get the latest episode of Mobile Tech Roundup without needing my PC.
This is one of the reasons I cant move away from my Nokia. Series 60 OS has a great podcatcher with scheduling and network prefs. MTR, TWIT and others are there for me when I really need them.