Palm restores iTunes sync for the Pre

Robert Hallock 24 Jul, 2009 at 5:33pm ET Article published in Tech

Palm has just recently launched OS v1.1 for the Pre, and in the process it has fired another shot in the ever-growing Palm/Apple iTunes slap-fest. The newest spin on the Pre’s OS restores sync functionality with iTunes 8.2.1 which was launched on July 15 in part to boot the Pre out of iTunes’ shiny walled garden.

The official release note daintily makes no mention of the war, but blithely reports that iTunes 8.2.1 now works swimmingly:

Resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (8.2.1)

We’re pretty tickled that Palm is writing off Apple’s Pre ban as little more than a simple “issue,” and we can’t wait to see how Cupertino hits back.

Comments

24 Jul 2009 ~ 5:44pm Snarkasm Jobs: "Lieutenant, report!"
Lieutenant: "It was a direct hit, sir! Good show!"
Jobs: "That ought to hold them for a while. Let's go make a new iPhone."
...
Rubinstein: "So they want to play hardball, eh? Chief, return fire!"
...
Lieutenant: "Uh, sir... hold that thought... it looks like... they're volleying back?"

Do wargames
24 Jul 2009 ~ 5:53pm Linc Hilarious. Love it.
24 Jul 2009 ~ 9:12pm Cliff_Forster I think the l in pa l m is the middle finger they are waggin at Apple.

I love it.
25 Jul 2009 ~ 10:45am MAGIC This is great. Makes me want a Pre even more.
25 Jul 2009 ~ 11:49am Linc Ahahaha, details: http://www.precentral.net/how-palm-re-enabled-itunes-sync

Basically, instead of the Pre saying "I'm a mass-storage device called the iPod" it now says "I'm a mass-storage device <em>made by Apple</em> called the iPod" AND they filed a complaint against Apple for misusing the USB spec. Ballsy!
25 Jul 2009 ~ 5:43pm Snarkasm
25 Jul 2009 ~ 5:54pm Thrax I wish Palm had the same balls for their SDK that they do in their war with Apple. MojoSDK is shit.
28 Jul 2009 ~ 4:01pm djmeph I just noticed that they fixed an IMAP bug with this update as well. Now if I read my email through my PC the new mail indicator will go away on my Palm. That was bugging me.