We know that the Palm Pre can sync with the current version of iTunes. This could be good and bad both for the companies Palm and Apple or also the Palm Pre owners. From Apple perspective, the Palm Pre users somehow could probably blame them if there’s something problem with their Palm Pre iTunes sync. And for Palm as a company and the Pre owners, it’s good to have this feature as a bonus. Or is it just the way of Palm to say to Apple to acquire them? Maybe!
And on Tuesday, June 16, Apple posted a warning about the Palm Pre sync on iTunes. It didn’t mentioned Palm Pre specifically, but it’s obvious that the “third-party” means Palm Pre. Or Apple may be think that there could be more vendor will do the same thing. See the warning below:
iTunes: About unsupported third-party digital media players
Summary
This article is about iTunes and unsupported third-party digital media players.
Apple designs the hardware and software to provide seamless integration of the iPhone and iPod with iTunes, the iTunes Store, and tens of thousands of apps on the App Store. Apple is aware that some third-parties claim that their digital media players are able to sync with Apple software. However, Apple does not provide support for, or test for compatibility with, non-Apple digital media players and, because software changes over time, newer versions of Apple’s iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with non-Apple digital media players.
And what Palm said about this warning? John Paczkowski from Digital Daily reported the Palm spokeperson Lynn Fox response to Apple’s warning:
Palm’s media sync works with the current version of iTunes. If Apple chooses to disable media sync in a future version of iTunes, it will be a direct blow to their users who will be deprived of a seamless synchronization experience. However, people will have options. They can stay with the iTunes version that works to sync their music on their Pre, they can transfer the music via USB, and there are other third-party applications we could consider.
So what do you think? Should Apple remove the Palm Pre from iTunes or better Apple start to think to buy Palm.
