So, you thought this whole tug of war over iTunes synchronisation was over, right? The USB Implementers Forum slapped Palm in the face, and exonerated Apple from any wrongdoing. The thing is though, the USB-IF is pretty much a powerless organisation, so Palm tossed them aside, and fixed webOS iTunes sync in webOS 1.2.1.
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Member since:2006-01-23
The xml database is crippled. It only contains a subset of the data contained within the actual iTunes library, so it does not provide the same experience as actually integrating with iTunes itself. "
Could you please elaborate on crippled, since as far as i know you can restore you're itunes library from the xml file. Also, it seems apple agree with me here, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
So again, can you please tell us what exactly is crippled? [/q]
Forget it! "Crippled" to Tom means that Apple isn't going to give away the iTunes application to Palm. Look at all the "Apple bashers" in this thread - have they even read what's been posted?...
EARTH TO APPLE BASHERS... THERE'S A PUBLISHED WAY TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION... RIM DID IT CORRECTLY & LEGALLY...PALM DIDN'T!
Apple is within it's right to block Palm's "non-approved" method. What Palm did may be illegal (It is according to the USB-IF.), but it is definitely unethical. So here's a question for the Moderators of OSNews...
Does OSNews support the continued unethical behavior of Palm?
Member since:2006-02-15
Apple is within it's right to block Palm's "non-approved" method. What Palm did may be illegal (It is according to the USB-IF.), but it is definitely unethical. So here's a question for the Moderators of OSNews...
Does OSNews support the continued unethical behavior of Palm?
I am not saying it is acceptable behaviour from Palm, but let's look at this thing from a different angle: is it ethical for a company to try to lock a very popular music management and playing application only to their hardware when it could easily support dozens of different devices and which would make life a lot easier for the end-user? I have to say no to that too; artificially limiting the hardware your popular application supports just so you can increase your profits isn't ethical either. The correct and ethical way would be to make it easy for others to support your application and try to make the life for the end-user easy.
You may disagree with me, but try to atleast maintain your calm and argument properly.
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The xml database is crippled. It only contains a subset of the data contained within the actual iTunes library, so it does not provide the same experience as actually integrating with iTunes itself. "
Could you please elaborate on crippled, since as far as i know you can restore you're itunes library from the xml file. Also, it seems apple agree with me here, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
So again, can you please tell us what exactly is crippled?