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Snow Leopard Drops Palm OS Sync

Posted by timothy on from the exclusivity-demands-it dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "It's been just a little over a month since Apple blocked iTunes sync with Palm Pre, and now Apple takes that strategy one step further by blocking Snow Leopard sync with Palm-OS powered smartphones. Even though Palm has officially retired Palm OS and is now focusing hard on its next-generation WebOS in the Palm Pre, the company is still selling Palm OS-powered smartphones; two current models are the Treo Pro on Sprint and the Centro."

4 of 290 comments (clear)

  1. First the floppy, then serial, now the palm? by That's+Unpossible! · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jesus, Jobs, have you no heart? First you killed off the floppy disk drive. Then you wiped out serial ports in favor of USB. Now you're blowing out syncing technology that barely anyone uses any more in order to streamline your OS... shame, shame on you.

    Sorry, I'm having a real hard time getting worked up over this, or even seeing a nefarious scheme behind it.

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  2. Re:Ugh by pasamio · · Score: 2, Funny

    We are! Apple are now bringing their support for Palm in line with Microsoft: None.

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  3. Logic by ZackSchil · · Score: 2, Funny

    1.) Apple updates OS, modernizing and streamlining the codebase.
    2.) Some legacy app that hasn't been maintained in 4-5 years breaks.
    3.) Apple must have deliberately broken the software in an anti-competitive move.

    I'm an ace at logic.

  4. Re:Stay classy by Tetsujin · · Score: 2, Funny

    And one for high UID morons.

    Oh, look... Anonymous Coward just slammed you for your high numeric UID! XD

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