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Palm Pre iTunes Syncing Back With WebOS 1.1 Update
suraj.sun points out CNet coverage of Palm's newest OS release, which restores the ability to synch with iTunes that iTunes 8.2.1 had broken. "The news was posted on Palm's blog where it listed the new features and enhancements of the software update and nonchalantly added at the end: 'Oh, and one more thing: Palm WebOS 1.1 re-enables Palm media sync. That's right — you once again can have seamless access to your music, photos and videos from the current version of iTunes (8.2.1).' Bold move, Palm. Bold move. It'll be interesting to see how Apple responds, and do you suppose the use of the phrase 'one more thing,' a phrase that Apple CEO Steve Jobs often uses to introduce a new product at the end of his keynotes, was intentional or am I just reading too much into this?"
Don't you just hate how Microsoft always tries to manipulate the system to give an unfair advantage to one of their products based on the popularity of another? I can't believe they're at it again. I thought they'd stop after the whole IE/Windows debacle that they have gone through, and to a certain extent are still going through.
Oh wait.
But then I realized the cable was blue, so I only gave it one star. I hate blue.
Why as a consumer would I be so dumb as to buy a palm if my itunes only worked intermittently or had no assured path forward.
Well you're already dumb enough to use iTunes in the first place, so why not?
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
Open iTunes. Make sure you have your main library open. Create a new folder on your desktop. Open that new folder. Go back into iTunes and hit [cmd|ctrl]-A and then [cmd|ctrl]-C. Go to the new folder that you opened. Hit [cmd|ctrl]-V. When it is done copying you can have whatever program or device you want manage your music for you. (iTunes lock in is sooooooooooooo harsh!)
What the pre is doing is making use of iTunes' management capabilities so that that palm didn't have to much about with coming up with their own playlist and management app.
First off: I own a Pre. I own a TX. I own some Palm stock. I don't want my company wasting their time doing anything but making what I bought from them better -- that's time better spent on implementing standards.
iTunes isn't an open standard. If Palm wants to add music syncing to their product, they can do it themselves, or use another product that they're allowed to use.
Sheesh. My wife has a Sansa music player. Do you mean I have to suddenly go and download software from Sansa, and not just use whatever the f-- I want to move the stuff over?
Yes. Or use a product that allows Sansa interoperability, like (I assume) WMP.
This goes WAY beyond just "we don't support that". This is Apple going out of their way to break it.
No shit, captain obvious.
Bull crap. This isn't DRM, this has nothing to do with DRM.
I wasn't the one who brought up DRM. Learn to parse quote tags.
Palm was never mighty -- they were popular. Big difference.
Palm was the PDA maker at one time. That sounds pretty mighty to me, but if you prefer, use whatever adjective you want for a company that Palm once was but is no longer. It doesn't change the facts, just the words.
Whatever words you choose, what I wrote still stands. Palm was once a great company, now they're playing amateur-hour with their iTunes hacks. They are a sad caricature of their former self.