Well, there was the issue that the Pre would only sync DRM free music. Is iTunes all DRM free now? I don't buy from iTunes often enough to know, so there are issues of users interatcing with iTunes in a way that's not consistent with iTunes users typical experience. Apple is and always has been about controlling the user's experience as much as possible.
What open stuff? Open standards, not so much. Open software, sure if they can use it and not have to give back, it's great. You may think it's a hasty, bitter decision, but it was one that is entirely consistent with Apple's behavior. It goes to show you that the "former Apple peeps" at Palm shouldn've known better. On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Sam Cayze <sam.ca...@rollouts.com> wrote: > Point Taken. > > Now this: Why wouldn't Apple play nicely, and enjoy profits from all the > Pre users that are now using the iTunes Store to purchase Music, Movies, > etc...? Jobs always talks up this 'Open' stuff... Maybe they are losing > their way? I think it was a hasty, bitter decision since their > peeps are now working for Palm. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 16, 2009 10:24 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: FW: Palm confirms that iTunes update kills Pre sync > > I'm going to call your statement horse hockey. > On their May 28th press release Palm wrote, "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 to your Palm Pre." > That was the first sentence of the 2nd paragraph, where the first paragraph > was a description of the demonstration and demonstrators at the All Things > Digital conference. (Link: > http://investor.palm.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=386488) > > So, Palm did think iTunes integration was a big deal, since it was the > first thing they mentioned about the phone in that release. If they had > some former Apple peeps, then those peeps should've known that this hole in > iTunes would be quickly closed by Apple, and probably had a good idea of how > quickly it could be closed. I don't think I'm stretching my logic too far, > either. > > So the situation we can deduce, is Palm's marketing department creating > buzz around a feature that everyone at Palm knew (or should've known) would > be squashed. I'm actually suprised it took Apple as long as it did to close > the hole. > If my description of some reasonable suppositions isn't an example of a > company who lost its way, I don't know what is. > > -Jonathan > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Sam Cayze <sam.ca...@rollouts.com>wrote: > >> Palm never really advertised this as a feature, it was just a little >> bonus. >> >> Palm has a few former Apple peeps working for them. >> >> Sam >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:35 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: FW: Palm confirms that iTunes update kills Pre sync >> >> Someone said yesterday on this list that Palm lost its way a long time >> ago. This is just one more example. >> >> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 8:35 AM, John Cook<john.c...@pfsf.org> wrote: >> > This just in...... >> > >> > John W. 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