The Zune I bought in 2006 recently got Podcast support for $0.

I sold it to a friend a few months ago before the version 2 software was released. I hear the v2 PC software is awful, but the v2 Zune software is actually not bad and it added features. This appears to be a valid example and it's even a similar product to iPod.

I was pretty surprised by Apple charging for the January iPod Touch update considering the iPhone seems to get so many updates. I just figured it was because Apple is getting a piece of the action from AT&T through phone service fees.