"Steve Jobs just revealed at the D: All Things Digital Conference that iTunes 4.9 will add support for podcasts. With one click you�ll be able to subscribe to different feeds and have them automatically delivered to your iPod without using a third-party app like iPodder."
It's about time! Why Apple didn't add this sooner I'll never know. Speaking from personal experience, having to mess with third party RSS feeders to pump podcasts into my iTunes playlists is unnecessary, in my opinion. Now if only Apple would make color screens standard across the entire iPod line, I will be a happy podder.
iTunes 4.9 to Support Podcasts
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