It appears that Apple has added stand alone downloading of podcast directly to your iPhone without the need of using iTunes in version 2.2.
If indeed this is what they have done, it proves that Apple was Anti-Competitive in denying the applications that were made for this same purpose. Their heave handed actions was to get rid of the competition before they added their own functionality.
I remain committed to only building Android Applications due to this apparent anti-competitive nature that Apple has. Thanks JW for the Tip