Palm Pre To Sync Seamlessly With iTunes

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday May 29, 2009 @04:46AM from the middle-finger-included dept.

Wired is reporting that Palm's new handheld device, the Pre, will be able to sync automagically with Apple's iTunes. Thanks to a team of ex-Apple engineers the Pre will sync everything but iPhone applications and some of the older Fairplay DRM music. "It does it by faking out iTunes, making the jukebox software think that it is connected to a real iPod. Hook it up and you'll be given three options: USB mass storage device, charging only or iTunes sync. This is a ballsy move from Palm, and we totally love it: a big fat middle finger at Apple. Apple will, we are sure, be readying its legal attack dogs as I write, and don't be at all surprised if an iTunes update pops up around June 6th. This fight just got a lot more interesting."

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Right. by MachineShedFred · 2009-05-29 04:50 · Score: 1, Troll

I'm sure that Apple won't find a way to break this in an iTunes update down the road. They certainly have no history of breaking unlicensed addons... Nope...

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Re:Sue Those Monopolistic Apple Bastards! by oldhack · 2009-05-29 08:00 · Score: 1, Troll

Shut up you monopolist pig.

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