Palm Pre iTunes Sync Makes a Comeback With WebOS Update 1.1
July 24, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones
Yes, that last iTunes update disabled syncing with the Palm Pre. But look! Palm is fighting back, integrating a fix for Apple’s fix in its WebOS 1.1. The money quote: “Resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (8.2.1).”
o, are we seeing the start of a compatibility arms-race, with Apple disabling Pre + iTunes sync with the next update, and Palm restoring it with update 1.2? In any case, the 87MB update—which the Pre downloads over the air automatically upon user confirmation—isn’t just about breaking Apple’s exclusivity-oriented ways. A complete list of the changes follows. …read more
No Surprise: Apple Disables Pre-iTunes Sync
July 16, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones, Portable Audio
When the Palm Pre debuted, many made noise over its ability to sync with iTunes. The talk mainly centered on how Palm figured this out, and what actions Apple would take.
So it comes as no surprise that the latest iTunes update basically “disables devices falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm Pre.” Palm’s reaction to this isn’t clear yet, but here are some possibilities:
Palm Sues Apple. Given Apple’s dominance of the portable music industry, could Palm’s lawyers argue that Apple is being anti-competitive?
Someone hacks iTunes to restore Pre compatibility. Or simply comes out with a program that fools any …read more
