How to sync iTunes to iPhone

Hi there,
I'm having trouble syncing my iPhone 3G onto my iTunes.
How do I copy ringtones, music and podcasts which are on my iPhone into iTunes???
I download podcasts directly onto my iPhone so there's always new podcasts on my iPhone which aren't on my iTunes. 
Just then I tried to Sync podcasts from my iPhone onto iTunes but all Sync'ing did was delete the podcasts from my iPhone and replace them with the files in iTunes. That's REALLY dumb! It means I have to download everything again.
Can it actually just detect any duplicates and copy any new files into the system which are missing them?
I'm holding back from Syncing my music and ringtones because that will probably delete everything aswell.
Thanks.

Hi kckchan,
If you have purchased or downloaded content from the iTunes store on your iphone and wish to move it over to your iTunes then you need to use the Transfer Purchases. The following link should help with this: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
Content not purchased from the iTunes store (e.g. Music you've put onto the iPhone via iTunes from a music CD) is not able to be taken from the iPhone without the use of 3rd party software.
Hope this helps.

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