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Author:  paulzolo [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Palm restored iTunes Sync to Pre

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/263380/palm ... o-pre.html

I think the obvious question here is: who owns iTunes, as well as who thinks that Palm has the right to sync via it?

My answer: Apple has the ultimate right to say what can and can’t work via their software - whether it’s morally right or wrong, they are the final arbiters on the subject.

I also think the Palm are very wrong in “disguising” their hardware as iPods to trick iTunes into syncing it. That, I think, is where the wrongness is. If Palm were to connect using more legal methods - for example, writing an iTunes plug-in to connect (yes, iTunes can have plug ins), or writing their own syncing software which access the iTunes library. I’ll remind you that MarkSpace has been doing this for years, and has yet to run into any kind of trouble. http://www.markspace.com/ - if Palm really wanted simple syncing software for their hardware, then these are clearly the guys to do it.

I’m not convinced by the arguments that Apple should allow others the right to plug into iTunes. Yes, they did it once, but that was a very long time ago before the iPod appeared.

Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Palm restored iTunes Sync to Pre

paulzolo wrote:
My answer: Apple has the ultimate right to say what can and can’t work via their software

Except when M$ do that, it's "anti-competitiveness" and they get fined millions of dollars.

Author:  F_A_F [ Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Palm restored iTunes Sync to Pre

Chinese Wall anyone?

Why not let anything connect and extend your userbase outside of your own hardware. I cannot believe that there is a market of people who love itunes so much that they buy an ipod just because of it? :P

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