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Apple Update Means Palm Pre Can No Longer Sync With iTunes
endikos writes "Apple updated iTunes to version 8.2.1. According to the changelog, it offers bug fixes and 'addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices.' In other words, 'Buzz off, Palm Pre. You ain't no iPhone.'"
Why does it need to be any more complex than artist->album?
I've never understood the need for genre's (especially seeing as they're pretty vague and meaningless). Why the hell would I care about years?
I'm pretty sure that using your market dominance in one field to force people to buy your other products could be interpreted as anti-trust.
They aren't using their market dominance to do anything. They are simply not allowing anything but their own devices to use their services which is perfectly legal.
Apple has a monopoly on MP3 players ? Geez, what are all those other devices on the store shelves then ? Apple doesn't have a monopoly on anything.
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Anonymous Coward on Monday August 04, @06:49PM
Probably because:
1. You can take your music from iTunes and load it up into any number of programs. If you have DRM'ed tracks, then no, but that isn't exactly a secret.
2. There will doubtlessly be other ways to sync your music with the Pre.
3. Why in the hell is Apple obligated to let other players use their software? Palm can make their own software and people can use that instead. You can still get your music onto your Pre without Apple's software. Simple.
Those crying monopoly really aren't thinking about this.
Hey, I can't sync my iPod with Windows Media Player! MICROSOFT MONOPOLY ABUSE!
Apple has no obligation whatsoever to let anyone else sync with iTunes, just like any other playlist/sync app has no obligation to let other software sync with theirs. There is nothing stopping Palm from making their own software or getting a plugin for something like WinAmp. In addition, unless you have DRM'ed iTunes music, you can pull all of that music right out and sync it with any other software that supports the Pre. Anyone who didn't see this coming a mile away is obviously not thinking very clearly.
Your argument is little more than petty Apple-bashing and holds no water. Apple isn't keeping people from using their music on the Pre. They're keeping people from using iTunes to sync with their Pre, which is very different. Like someone else said, it would be pretty simple for Palm to make an app that reads the iTunes XML file and syncs your music from there instead of within iTunes. There are a hundred different ways Palm can sync their device. Piggybacking on iTunes was one of the dumbest.
I think There is no communication period, except maybe cease-and-desist letters in the future.
Why? Palm is a competitor. Palm is the enemy.
Access to iTunes is non-negotiable, only Apple hardware is allowed.
And Palm should mark themselves fortunate if Apple just fines better ways of authenticating their own hardware, rather than sending armies of lawyers against palm to sue the **** out of them.
(Unfortunately), that is the sort of behavior I would have come to expect from the likes of Apple based on their recent activity in the past few years.
No, but they do lose a significant user experience advantage over their competition, one that they've spent a substantial amount of resources developing. Personally, I am completely unsurprised by this turn of events. Palm knew it was only a short matter or time before this happened, and they chose to do it anyway. QQ
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