Due to the limitations of the iPhone, you cannot natively subscribe to podcasts or update podcasts directly on the iPhone.

There are third-party apps in the App Store available for purchase which will allow you to subscribe to podcasts and download the clips to your iPhone without the use of a computer. You can then listen to the clips through those apps.

One app that allows you to subscribe to podcasts directly on your iPhone on iOS4 is called Podcaster. It sells for $1.99 in the App Store. The iOS3 version of the app is also available. It is called RSS Player Podcast Client, and it sells for $2.99 in the App Store. Below are instructions for subscribing to podcasts using these apps. The instructions may vary if you use a different third-party app.

1. Install Podcaster from the App Store if you are running iOS4, or RSS Player Podcast Client from the App Store if you are running iOS3.
2. Open your iPhone's web browser and go to http://toadhopnetwork.com/mobile/podcast.jsp.
3. Tap the text box that contains the link to the podcast feed you want to subscribe to. This should put the cursor in that textbox.
4. Touch and hold your finger in that same text box until the magnifying glass pops up, then release. A popup should appear with a few options on it. Tap "Select All."
5. With the entire podcast feed url selected, there should be another popup with other options. Click "Copy."
6. Hit the Home button to exit the web browser. Then open up Podcaster or RSS Player Podcast Client.
7. In Podcaster, click Directory at the bottom, then click Import. In RSS Player Podcast Client, click Search at the bottom, then click Import by URL.
8. You will see a text box to enter your podcast url. Tap in the text box. It should already have "http://" in that field. Delete that, because the link you copied has that in it already.
9. Tap again in the text box to bring up a popup with some options. Click "Paste."
10. Click the "Next" button.
11. The app should tell you that feed was added successfully.
12. If you are using RSS Player Podcast Client, click the "Search" arrow at the top to return to the Search page.
13. Click the "Downloads" icon at the bottom of the app to go to the Download page. Your podcasts should be displayed there. Click "Start Downloads" to begin downloading the most recent podcast. If you are connected to wi-fi, they may have already downloaded automatically, leaving this page blank. If you don't see any downloads on this page, go to the next step.
14. When the download is complete, click the "Playlists" icon at the bottom, then select "Unplayed Downloads."
15. On the bottom of this screen. you'll see a Video button and an Audio button. Select Video to see the video clips you've downloaded, or Audio to see the audio clips you've downloaded.
16. Tap the clip that you want to watch or listen to. That will bring that clip up in app's player.
17. Click the play button at the bottom to begin watching or listening to the clip.

1. Open up Podcaster or RSS Podcast Client.
2. Click the "Downloads" button at the bottom.
3. The latest new clip for the podcasts you've subscribed to should be displayed there. It may take a moment for them to show up on that page. If none show up, then you have already downloaded the latest clip.
4. Click "Start Downloads."
5. When the downloads finish, click "Playlists" at the bottom, and then click "Unplayed Downloads" to find and play your new clips.