Palm files complaint over Pre to iTunes syncing

By masquerading their Pre as an iPod, Palm was able to sync the Pre to iTunes — a “feature” which Palm refers to as “Palm Media Sync”. Apple then disabled this unsupported feature when it released iTunes v8.2.1. Apple even responded to the issue of unsupported media players with this support article — iTunes: About unsupported third-party digital media players . Now, Palm is successfully syncing the Pre with iTunes by fooling iTunes software into recognizing the phone as an Apple music player.

Palm updates Palm Pre webOS software, “fixes” iTunes bork

Filed under: Software , iTunes Palm released webOS 1.1.0 for its Palm Pre devices today. Normally, this would elicit a collective “that’s nice” from TUAW, but what makes this interesting is that according to the release notes , the update “resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (8.2.1).” The “issue,” of course, is none other than last week’s borking by Apple of the Palm Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes . As you may recall, in order to get around

Palm updates Palm Pre webOS software, “fixes” iTunes bork

Filed under: Software , iTunes Palm released webOS 1.1.0 for its Palm Pre devices today. Normally, this would elicit a collective "that's nice" from TUAW, but what makes this interesting is that according to the release notes , the update "resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (8.2.1)." The "issue," of course, is none other than last week's borking by Apple of the Palm Pre's ability to sync with iTunes. As you may recall, in order to get

How-To: Sync your Palm Pre with your iTunes Library

In our recent MacApper Podcast we discussed the iTunes 8.2.1 update that eliminated the Palm Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes. One of the Pre’s major selling points was it’s ability to masquerade as an iPod and sync natively with iTunes. If you’re a Pre user feeling left in the dust, or looking to buy the Pre, this is a simple way to get that sync back between your iTunes library and your Pre. The Easy Way Naturally the easiest way to keep your Palm Pre syncing with iTunes is to download

Apple Throws Down Gauntlet – Disables iTunes Sync for Palm Pre and Other Smart Phones

Can’t sync iTunes with your Palm Pre or other smart phone, when previously you could? Your Palm Pre isn’t broken - Apple has intentionally disabled the ability for non-iPod or iPhone phones to sync with iTunes in it’s newest version of iTunes, iTunes 8.2.1. And make no mistake - this was intentional. Apple has said, of the move, that iTunes 8.2.1 “provides a number of important bug fixes,” and “It also disables devices falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm Pre.” The new iTun

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