After playing with iTunes 4.9 a bit more, it appears that my wish has been partially granted. When I listen to podcasts with iTunes (whether they're stored on my laptop or on the iPod), it begins playing at the point where I last paused the podcast. However, when I listen on my iPod, it doesn't. :-(
I wonder if it works with the Click Wheel iPod.
Update: It looks like it would work with the Click Wheel iPod. It would also work if my podcasts were "m4b" files, which are, apparently, bookmarkable AAC files. Most (all?) of the podcasts I listen to are mp3's. I guess I could convert them to m4b's (using an AppleScript, say), but I won't.
Posted by cradle at June 29, 2005 10:47 PMI believe the fact that Apple makes m4b (AAC) files bookmarkable and not MP3's is due to the fact they want to promote AAC and the iPod, because I've got a very old Rio and it bookmarks MP3's just fine...
Those jerks!
Posted by: Pete Prodoehl at June 30, 2005 06:18 AM