Hmmmm, I had posted about this in an old Pre thread, but I'm sure it's doomed to obscurity, so I'll say this again:
Don't know if that's Apple just fucking with potential Pre buyer's heads or if they're got a finger hovering over the kill switch. I know everyone thinks that it would be a terrible PR disaster for Apple to break iTunes syncing for the Pre, but Apple might be laying the groundwork for basically claiming that they just did some normal bit of housekeeping and it's not their fault if Palm chose to use an undocumented hack to get access to the iTunes database.
Prolly depends on how well the Pre actually does. If it looks like its cutting into iPhone sales, Apple might figure that breaking iTunes sync would be worth it, even if people screamed bloody murder. They do have a semi-plausible story to tell as far as that goes.
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I hope Apple makes it so that only iPhones and iPods will work with iTunes.
Don't know if that's Apple just fucking with potential Pre buyer's heads or if they're got a finger hovering over the kill switch. I know everyone thinks that it would be a terrible PR disaster for Apple to break iTunes syncing for the Pre, but Apple might be laying the groundwork for basically claiming that they just did some normal bit of housekeeping and it's not their fault if Palm chose to use an undocumented hack to get access to the iTunes database.
Prolly depends on how well the Pre actually does. If it looks like its cutting into iPhone sales, Apple might figure that breaking iTunes sync would be worth it, even if people screamed bloody murder. They do have a semi-plausible story to tell as far as that goes.