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 Originally Posted by dbmgreen
Palm actually have several patents in the area of desktop syncing, does anyone know if Apple already pay palm $ for the right to sync ipods?
Palm may have patents on their technology, formerly referred to as hotsync, and how it integrated with their desktop manager software. Beyond the scope of that , I doubt they would have a leg to stand on either.
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Other replies, I'm too lazy to do the whole quote code. Sorry it's 5:40 am on the east coast, and I'm going to bed in a while. it might be a tldr moment. lol
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<q>I'll tell you why. Because pointing out a potential drawback of the Pre and even mildly praising the iPhone or Apple leads to a storm of anti-Apple rhetoric and the Pre fanboys to loudly proclaim their greatness, superiority, and dismiss any legitimate argument. Honestly, I'm a member of Macrumors with about 1,000 posts, I've owned Palms my whole life, and I seriously see no difference between the lunacy of Apple fanboys on Macrumors and the Pre fanboys on this site. Their tactics are the same, their logic is identically blinded by group think, and they show the same "hands cupped over their ears" attitude for anything even resembling a criticism of their beloved consumer products.</q>
Agreed. There are the few of us who remember the anti competitive scandals Mr Gates, Mr Ballmer, and Microsoft were involved with. A number of them involved Microsoft throwing a **** fit over integration with Microsoft products, e.g. a sony walkman, being able to sync with Windows Media Player.
Apple is no different. Also, there are those of us who remember when Apple had their "moment". They were sue happy/defensive, then they were lax, now they're back to sue happy.
I wish I could point a time line, the point where they were pretty lax about lawsuits, was because they needed good press. Apple was hurtin'. Now, they have the iPhone, they're selling them dime a dozen + hardware/software sales, and their Pro App sales are up more than ever. Of course they'll get defensive about what's going on in regards to the Palm Pre and it's ability to synch with iTunes.
As we know, there are 3rd party apps we can install that let "other devices" sync with iTunes. Makes you wonder why Apple hasn't gone after them eh? Cause they don't pose a threat. My guess is - Apple's feeling a little heat from the Pre. Mac users can be lunatics, and will bleed (proverbailly) fro apple. Windows Mobile users do the same, Palm fans do it, bmw drivers, toyota, religious followers, republicans, democrats, etc etc. We defend what we love. Seems to be an American tradition.
Then again, so does defaming the competition :P
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It does say "Syncing iPod" up at the top, but what caught my eye (and apparently nobody else's) is what it says on the left.
\\\ Umm.. the square with a question mark is (I think) the default icon for a removable drive of unknown origin, OR, one that did not provide it's own icon.
I'm willing to wager a cookie, that Palm is using Mark/Space plugins to do this. After all, we have NO idea (first hand) what is installed on our computers, or what *needs* to be installed on our computers when we get the phone. Or, perhaps there's some sort of 2 way communication, that lends itself to Mark/Space Missing Sync (who was announced as a launch partner, right?), immediately plugged into iTunes. As far as windows users, that one - is beyond me. Tho I doubt, it's difficult to port the code for Mark/Space iTunes integration from Unix/BSD based, or w/e it's written in, to something compatible with x86/x64 windows
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