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iTunes update blocks Palm Pre
Stephen Withers
Thursday, 16 July 2009 04:02
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It seems that this isn't a case of a change to iTunes accidentally breaking Pre compatibility - it was apparently Apple's intention to block the Pre.So the ball's in Palm's court. Will it find a way to make the Pre once again masquerade as an iPod? If it does, will Apple continue to play cat and mouse?
Sometimes you feel like knocking corporate heads together. Hey guys, reverse engineering for interoperability is legal. This sort of behaviour is a bit like a kid taking his ball home because his team is losing.
Anyway, several third-party utilities exist for syncing iTunes with phones and music players, though they typically work on specific playlists rather than the entire library.
Examples include Salling MediaSync (which apparently can handle the entire set of music and podcasts from iTunes and photos from iPhoto or Aperture; free for basic use or €15 to enable faster intelligent syncing) and iTuneMyWalkman (open source).
Having to resort to an add-on is not as elegant or convenient as direct compatibility, but it's better than nothing.
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