OTA podcast downloading in IE10?

[sirosisofliver]

WP7 didn't support downloading audio files to the phone, only streaming. If MicroSD support is present, could I assume file downloads will be acceptable now that they have a place to reside? This is without a Podcast app, since some of the content I listen to isn't available on the majority of podcast repositories. Also, any word if the media player will remember where in a song/file you were if it gets tombstoned?