Apple Blocks Palm Pre Syncing With iTunes
One of the cool things about the Palm Pre was that it synced seamlessly with iTunes. Well, not anymore.
Reports first got out in late-May that when plugged into your computer, your brand new Palm Pre would play super-nice with your iTunes. Everyone said the same thing: Apple cannot be pleased. That said, it looked like the Cupertino-based company was going to let this one slide. After all, here we were two months later and everything was all good in the hood. Until yesterday.
Apple released iTunes 8.2.1 and lo and behold, it addressed "an issue with verification of Apple devices." Yeah, you got it, if it ain't Apple, it ain't right. Or something. Either way, Pre fans were up in arms, though it's not like they couldn't have seen it coming. Fair is fair, right?
Apple went one step further following the release of 8.2.1, which actually got the message across just fine. The company said, "It also disables devices falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm Pre. As we’ve said before, newer versions of Apple’s iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with unsupported digital media players," in a statement according to BusinessWeek.
A spokespalm told BW that users who really want the seamless synchronization with iTunes should just stick with an older version of iTunes. “Palm’s media sync works with iTunes 8.2. If Apple chooses to disable media sync in iTunes, it will be a direct blow to their users who will be deprived of a seamless synchronization experience. However, people will have options. They can stay with the iTunes version that works to sync their music on their Pre, they can transfer the music via USB, and there are other third-party applications we can consider.”

I take it that shit the bed, too? LOL...
Why are people using iTunes anyway? The only thing it has is the App Store which you probably wont use if you own a Pre.
As for the Pre Palm users, this is a great thing! They will now be able to find an actual good alternative to iTunes such as Mediamonkey or they could organize their files themselves and do a far better job than iTunes will ever do. Not to mention their computers will run faster without all of those unnecessary processes that come with iTunes.
However, Apple has a monopoly going on. If Microsoft had reached their level of market saturation, governments would be all over them. The days of Apple whining about being the underdog are long gone and governments need to accept that. Apple needs to be treated just like Microsoft.
Palm Pre>iphone
But then, that's always been their motto, and the main reason they've never been any competition to Microsoft. 'Screw you, we don't want your money if you won't buy our hardware!' Well, guess what, they don't get any of my money, period.
First Microsoft used market share to force computer makers do what they wanted, include X and exclude Y or else you don't get the discounts on licensing or don't get licensing at all.
What has Apple ever forced on anyone with their market share in the Music segment? Do they force any hardware manufactures to include iTunes in their products? Do they force anyone, including ipod users to actually use iTunes? Do they use their market share and cash reserves to drive down prices and force minimal profits from their competitors? How exactly did they leverage their 6% market share of the PC market to force everyone to use their program and their music store over everyone elses?
They didn't do anything to reach the #1 music spot except offer a player and a store for buying music to put on the player as an easy to use combination that the consumer liked more than all the other players combined. The consumer made them #1 and not because they were forced.
Way to shut down some of your marketbase Apple! Good call!
Please quit whining about iTunes and demand Palm make a proper sync or use the currently advertised/free method of syncing...
First, its an apple product.
Second, its a memory whore.
Third, its fugly.
Now that...
Does anyone who has a Pre care?