Pre to support iTunes syncing
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The interview also produces some other interesting tidbits. At launch there will only be a handful of apps through the App Catalog, though personally we'd expect to see that number grow rather quickly. Palm admitted that it has made SDK access scarse in order to keep the quality high, and while it has hundreds of developers on board now they also have thousands of applications queued. They also confirmed that they are at full production and delivering shipments to Sprint daily, but that they still expect demand to outpace supply. With the launch just over a week away we wonder who will be first in line.
source: All Things D
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2. souleater93 posted on 28 May 2009, 23:39 0 0
if apple doesn't give palm permission to allow the pre to be recognized as an apple device. Couldn't that mean that palm could be sued by apple for breach of copyright laws or something like that? lets say its true and apple did give permission than does this mean that apple and palm are working together and possibly lead to a partnership or a partial or full buyout?
3. E.N. posted on 28 May 2009, 23:49 0 0
Probably. iTunes was mainly meant to sync with Apple devices only, so they could be sued. But if Apple did give them permission then they are probably the dumbest company. The buyout thing is highly unlikely though. But if Apple is not happy with the fact that Palm Pre would be recognized as an Apple device, and if they don't/can't sue, they can probably update iTunes so that it's incompatible with the pre (if that's what they want).
4. SellPhones82 posted on 29 May 2009, 08:37 0 0
iTunes does sync with more than just Apple products as Apple give a list of compatible players here... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT
2172?viewlocale=en_US Creative Labs and SONICBlue mp3 players are the main ones but they do not pose a threat like the Pre does. For Apple it means more people buy DRM free music through iTunes but less sales of the actual hardware. I think we will see an update to iTunes in the furture that will somehow block the Pre as I'm not sure why Apple would have given the OK for Palm to do this.
5. *HOVA* posted on 29 May 2009, 11:23 0 0
Yea I think it's a majority of mass storage units. I really wouldn't be surprised to see Apple come out with a new version of iTunes aimed at blocking the Pre though. It does create some competition which is good for us, not neccessarily so for Apple...
