RSSApple iTunes builds onto its garden walls with Palm Pre sync shutdown
By Tim Conneally | Published July 15, 2009, 6:38 PM
With the latest version of iTunes (8.2.1), Apple has addressed what it calls "an issue with verification of Apple devices," that is, it now verifies that the Palm Pre is not one.
It was bound to happen. Both Palm and Sprint warned Pre owners of a possible rejection, and Apple last month issued an a report saying, "Newer versions of Apple's iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with non-Apple digital media players."
Now, when a user with the newest version of iTunes selects Media Sync on his Pre, the device will show up as a USB mass storage device on the desktop, but not in iTunes. For these folks, third party media sync tools like doubleTwist and The Missing Sync are the only option for iTunes syncing.
California software company Mark/Space Inc, makers of The Missing Sync, were quick to remind the public today that its software "utilizes APIs provided by Apple to properly and validly access music and pictures in iTunes and iPhoto," and can be purchased for $39.95.
For those aware of the change, simply hanging onto the last version of iTunes seems to be the immediate and most commonly employed solution.
Pre is not an IPod so it should not show up as one in iTunes. There are well documented public API's for iTunes. If Pre wants to integrate with iTunes, use the publised API's. Very simple. Or if they want "deeper" integration, sign a license agreement of some sort with Apple.
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|"Apple iTunes builds onto its garden walls with Palm Pre sync shutdown"
Understood.
The blue herring rests warming nest in ship toward ice sandbar.
This message will self-destruct in 5 months. ;)
Seriously... Put some punctuation in there or re-word it..or something....anything. I cringe reading that.
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|this gets my vote as the most convoluted article title ever
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|i'd never subject my PC to anything Apple, thats just the facts, iTunes is one hugely bloated mess, did you see the size of the little update? 80MB, one wonders what all thats about lol
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|who ares, iTunes is bloated and crappy, it stores music on the device in such a fragmented and hideous manner. Drag and drop seems 1000x better.
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|...and it's now completely useless to anyone but iPod/iPhone owners.
Nice way to artificially limit the exposure of your software.
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|"..and it's now completely useless to anyone but iPod/iPhone owners. "
Yeah, we all know those mp3 files only play on Apple's devices and software.
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|Like Google using a “free” OS in an anti-competitive move to
generate ad revenue for another of it’s products, Apple uses iTunes
to dominate the phone and mp3 markets. Can you imagine the uproar if
Microsoft did this?
Apple not only controls their markets, they own them. FTC - are you
listening? Unless you have an iPod or an iPhone, guess not.
Since I don’t want Apple suing me too…
iPod is a registered trademark of Apple Computer
iPhone is a registered trademark of Apple Computer
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|*laughing*
Okay... these issues you are whining about only apply to monopolies. Apple is *not* a monopoly. Their market share falls far below the US's bar, and is likely even low enough to not stir the EC.
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|That's right, Apple can do what ever they want, but so can the customers knowing full well that Apple and jobs are nothing but opportunistic control freaks. And this idea of causing things to "break" in functionality when convenient should ring a giant dinging bell that calls up memories of when apple bricked tons of iphones a year or so back. And this falls right into line with their desktops which were also made by the same control freaks that decided to box the entire computer up into a thin, shiny box which makes it nearly impossible to upgrade them and a nightmare when some part of the hardware malfunctions like the screen. That's why I don't buy any more apple products. 1st they over charge you for something that is over rated and not really any better. Then if something goes wrong, they soak you for eve more money just to get it functioning again. But back to the point, it's totally obvious why they would purposely create sync error problems. And I know they probably have their phony excuse all lined up too. Because after all, apple can't afford more public relations disasters. But every blind ifan will of course stick up for their god of the shiny devices, and all while never realizing they've been sucker punched by apple over and over.
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|Apple owns iTunes so they can do what they want..
One World One Apple!!
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|Microsoft owns Windows so they can do what they want..
Oh... wait...
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