The vast majority of PodCasts on iTunes are free. It will state Free (or the cost) next to the subscribe button.
NO monthly fee. That is what is nice about it.
No.
No.
An iTunes account is required to activate the iPhone. iTunes is not a subscription service, and as such, does not collect a monthly fee. If you never purchase or rent anything from iTunes, there will be no charges from Apple or iTunes. The wireless phone service provider (AT&T in the United States, O2 in Great Britain, T-Mobile in Germany, Orange in France, etc.) will charge a monthly fee, however. That fee is required for the service, but is not billed by Apple If you do not wish to use Itunes, there is a safe program that is called "CopyTrans." this is simply a way to add songs to your ipod without Itunes. Just type in the keywords: "CopyTrans" into google, and answers will come in!
You only pay for items you wish to purchase or rent from the iTunes store. There is no registration fee on iTunes.
You don't have to pay for iTunes, but you have to pay for any content you purchase from the iTunes Store, the App Store (within the iTunes Store), and the iBooks Store (within the iTunes Store, in iTunes 10.3+). Also, if you've already purchased something on a different device using the same iTunes Store account, you can go to Purchased and download it for free.In short, you pay for what you buy, unless you've already bought it.
Yes, you must pay monthly membership fee.
No. Once you buy the game there is no monthly fee.
A fee you pay every month for some kind of service.
Most GPS units won't charge you a monthly fee.
Yes
You can either pay monthly - or annually. The choice is yours.