HTTP:: iTunes Breaks Up with Palm Pre Again
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In the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between Apple and Palm, the company developing the iPhone has again disabled the Palm Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes, by releasing the iTunes 9.0.2 software update. Given that the USB Implementers Forum sided with Apple in September over the two companies’ dispute, Palm may stop enabling its smartphones to be recognized in Apple’s iTunes. The latest iTunes update reportedly disables the ability of the Pre to sync with iTunes. According to Precentral.net, iTunes will launch when a Palm Pre is connected via USB. However, iTunes will not recognize or show the device in the sidebar, therefore will not sync any content with the respective device. Apple is sending a clear message here: iTunes sync is reserved for the iPod, iPhone, Mac and Apple TV. The company doesn’t need any headaches with issues arising from other companies’ devices that haven’t been developed with iTunes in mind. As noted above, Palm believed (and probably st!
ill does) that Apple's prevention of syncing with iTunes was unfair. Palm was actually the one that called on the USB Implementers Forum trying to make a change. However, the USB-IF took Apple’s side, noting that the iTunes' method of identifying Apple devices was within the consortium's rules, according to AppleInsi...
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