I find it funny you thought

Submitted by ogremustcrush on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 11:48pm

I find it funny you thought that I didn't read the article.... I've been following this topic since before the Pre was even released. Heres the timeline of events: Palm announces Pre will support iTunes syncing - Apple doesn't say much, but does comment somewhere or another that third party devices aren't supported and may be broken by updates - Pre launches, iTunes syncing works. - iTunes 8.2.1 update comes out, breaks Pre syncing - Palm Pre 1.1 update comes out, reenables iTunes syncing by emulating Apple's vendor id - Palm complains to USB-IF that Apple may be breaking specification by blocking certain vendor id's from syncing with their software (while Palm is technically breaking USB-IF specification by bypassing these blocks) - iTunes 9.0 software is released, breaks Pre syncing again - Palm hears back from USB-IF, with them stating that Apple's implementation is allowed, but Palm's circumvention of it is suspect (which really doesn't matter, if Palm lost USB-IF certification is just means they couldn't put USB logos on their devices, but they otherwise would work fine with USB) - rumors pop up that Palm has fixed iTunes syncing once again, took them a couple man hours, as compared to about 30 minutes for the first fix - iTunes 1.2 software is released, DOES NOT have the iTunes fix, but still syncs with older versions of iTunes. As I said, the most likely reason it does not have the fix is the App Catalog timeframe, the rumors that a new fix was finsihed weren't very long before the update was released, and these things take time to get approved by the carriers. It's likely that most of webOS 1.2 was finished and going through the approval stages when they finished the fix, they just couldn't fit it in for this update. I wouldn't be surprised to see a WebOS 1.2.1 update in the next few weeks with the prominent feature being the reenabling of iTunes syncing. Even if Palm does not fix the sync for the latest software, they clearly haven't abandoned it, because webOS 1.2 still syncs with older versions of iTunes! My whole point was that the article linked makes assumptions based on incomplete information, and thus shouldn't be taken as confirmation of any plans by Palm to continue or not to continue to support iTunes sync.

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iTunes library information

Submitted by Khaled on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 2:50pm

iTunes library information is stored in an XML file (look in your music folder). RIM and others all made scripts that interact with that XML file and sync music from iTunes with their devices. Why can't Palm just do that? (people are using double Twist and iTunes agent to solve it as well).

 

it's like ATI using nVidia's drivers ... and didn't nVidia block ATI from using PhysX?

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Bad MaxPC! Bad! The article

Submitted by ogremustcrush on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 2:28pm

Bad MaxPC! Bad! The article mentioned has no official support for its claims, it simply assume its conclusions. iTunes syncing still works with older versions of iTunes, they just didn't get the fix for the current version in for this release of WebOS. Palm had promised a September launch of the full App Catalog, rumor has it they were able to fix iTunes syncing, but considering how little time has passed since the newest iTunes release, it would be hard for them to get it into an update that received carrier approvals and still meet their App Catalog obligation. The change in Amazon downloading is nothing, they already announced this capability for the Pixi, and homebrewers have been able to patch it into webOS pretty much since the Pre was released, it was just a commented out bit of code preventing it from downloading over EVDO in the first place.

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