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Palm's webOS 1.2 Released, Does Not Re-Enable iTunes Media Syncing

Monday September 28, 2009 2:09 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
PreCentral reports that Palm's webOS 1.2 has just been released, offering a number of improvements to the Palm Pre's operating system. Multiple posters in the PreCentral forums have noted, however, that the update does not re-enable media syncing via iTunes.

Last week, rumors had suggested that the update would in fact re-enable iTunes syncing in the latest move in Apple and Palm's cat-and-mouse game over the issue. A letter from the USB Implementers Forum questioning Palm's apparent misuse of Apple's USB Vendor ID in order to achieve syncing, however, may have caused them to at least temporarily pull the plug on re-enabling the feature.
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rlelek
31 months ago
and Palm finally gives up :)
They put up a good fight though...
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celticpride678
31 months ago
Stinks Palm, right? Next time, don't go screwing with Apple or you will always lose:D

Haha Palm, haha.
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jaw04005
31 months ago
Palm should just license Missing Sync for Palm Pre and be done with it until they can write their own program.
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noverflow
31 months ago
Like Microsoft did? :D

I love apple. Sadly, probably too much. But it really is beneficial to everyone that they have real competition. Look at the aviation leaps we made during war. And how slow it was without it.

Apple will only advance so far without someone on their tail.


Stinks Palm, right? Next time, don't go screwing with Apple or you will always lose:D

Haha Palm, haha.

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Kilamite
31 months ago
Maybe webOS 1.2 was going to work with iTunes 9.0, but 9.0.1 prevented it?
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casik
31 months ago
lol. it's about time. The Pre Sucks... maybe they are working on their next phone syncing with iTunes....
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simsandwhich
31 months ago
It's just not right that Palm should get a free ride on iTunes. Apple spend alot of money to develop and maintain iTunes, and Palm has no right to piggyback of that. They should work out a deal with Apple (unlikely), or go find somewhere else.

It's not anticompetitive, it's just fair.
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Zweben
31 months ago

Like Microsoft did? :D

I love apple. Sadly, probably too much. But it really is beneficial to everyone that they have real competition. Look at the aviation leaps we made during war. And how slow it was without it.

Apple will only advance so far without someone on their tail.


So they can make their own Mac software to sync with. As I understand it, there are also supported ways to make 3rd party devices work with iTunes, Palm just did it in a non-supported way.
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Bevz
31 months ago
lol - what a surprise ;)
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FKR
31 months ago
Does anyone actually believe that 100% of all iTunes users are also iPod owners? There are plenty of people out there who love the iTunes experience but still use other players or smartphones. Why not let them sync their music and potentially purchases to their devices? Apple is cutting off a revenue stream. Short-sighted. Stupid.
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