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Palm releases webOS 1.3.1 without iTunes syncing capablities

by Patrick Lutz on Nov 17, 2009 at 03:13 PM

In a surprising move by Palm after its many “cat-and-mouse” games with Apple, the company has not included iTunes syncing capabilities in the latest version of its smartphone operating system. Palm’s webOS has been syncing on and off with iTunes since the release of the Palm Pre earlier this year… Continue Reading »

iTunes 9 breaks Palm Pre syncing

by Bill Stiteler on Sep 10, 2009 at 11:56 AM

In a move that should surprise no one, iTunes 9, released yesterday, prevents the Palm Pre from syncing music. This is an ongoing battle between Palm and Apple: Palm released the Pre smartphone with the ability to be recognized by iTunes, allowing users to transfer their (non-DRMed) music. Apple countered… Continue Reading »

Palm Pre: Apple in disguise?

by Bill Stiteler on Jul 25, 2009 at 08:13 AM

The Palm Pre is made by Apple. At least,that’s what it’s telling iTunes. Earlier this week, Apple issued an update that blocked the Pre from showing up in iTunes. Palm countered by updating the Pre to regain that access—by changing their USB vendor ID to “Apple.” Continue Reading »

Palm Pre syncing and AT&T tethering workaround both broken with Apple updates

by Josh Holat on Jul 15, 2009 at 05:40 PM

As most of you probably know, Apple recently released iPhone 3.1 beta 2 to developers to play with. Along with some bugs fixes and improvements in code, this update features the breaking of the IPCC hack we saw that enabled tethering for AT&T early on the iPhone. Since AT&T won’t… Continue Reading »

Apple warns of 3rd party syncing with iTunes

by Josh Holat on Jun 20, 2009 at 08:07 PM

An Apple support ticket this week titled “iTunes: About unsupported third-party digital media players” warned of possible issues when using third party hardware with iTunes. Although this isn’t news in and of itself, as Apple has only let their products sync with iTunes since its existence, it is interesting to… Continue Reading »

The meaning of the $99 iPhone 3G to Pre and RIM

by Josh Holat on Jun 10, 2009 at 05:53 AM

At this year’s WWDC, Apple announced the new iPhone 3GS. While this was a pretty interesting refresh to the iPhone line, I believe that the lowering of the iPhone 3G 8GB to $99 is much bigger news. For a while now, people have been preaching that Apple needs to hit… Continue Reading »

Palm Pre vs. iPhone: launch weekend

by Josh Holat on Jun 7, 2009 at 10:27 AM

The Palm Pre launched yesterday and is certainly the phone that has been most compared to the iPhone. While I’m sure there was a fair amount of people who bought it and love it (and let me just say I personally have not used one yet), but I don’t think… Continue Reading »

Walt Mossberg speaks out on the new iPhone

by Ed McKell on Jun 4, 2009 at 11:31 AM

Walt Mossberg, everyone’s favorite technology columnist, has written a review of the Palm Pre in which he spends a large portion of his time comparing it to the iPhone. Towards the end of the article he spends a little time speculating about what he expects to come from Apple in… Continue Reading »

Can’t decide between the iPhone, Palm Pre, Android G2 and BlackBerry Storm?

by Kirk Hiner on Jun 3, 2009 at 09:07 AM

Here, I’ll make it easy for you you: iPhone. There. You’ve made the right choice. But if you want something a little more scientific, and without the Apple slant, the fine folks over at Appmodo have put together a smart phone comparison of the iPhone, Palm Pre, Android G2 and… Continue Reading »

Why the hubbub about Prē syncing with iTunes?

by Aaron Kraus on Jun 1, 2009 at 06:49 PM

Many bloggers have weighed in regarding Palm’s announcement that the Pre will be supported as though it were a native device in iTunes: “Palm media sync is a feature of webOS that synchronizes seamlessly with iTunes, giving you a simple and easy way to transfer DRM-free music, photos and videos… Continue Reading »

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