Hackiness behind Pre's iTunes Media Sync revealed 13
Fri, 05 Jun 2009 1:11 pm EDT 
So, we all figured that when you flipped the Palm Pre into Media Sync mode to pull content over from iTunes that it meant the Pre was making a few changes to its costume and masquerading as an iPod. Jon Lech Johansen, who gave the first detailed speculation of how this conceptually would work, has confirmed that the Pre indeed does pretend to be an Apple iPod when you hit the Media Sync button, with the Mass Storage ID saying "I'm an iPod." The root USB node, however, still says that the device is a Palm Pre, so if Apple really wanted to they could modify iTunes to ask, "No, really, who are you?" a second time. And then Palm could update Media Sync to switch the root USB node ID, and then Apple could update iTunes to ask a third time, and then... well, let's just hope that Apple doesn't stoop to blocking the Pre from iTunes and we can keep our Media Syncing drama-free.
Thanks to Liam for the tip!
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Or just get doubleTwist and don't worry about it any longer.
http://www.palmpreitunes.com/
What a hilarious delimma. If apple can block the Pre should they? iTunes is not just an application, it's a business. Do you want to bar customers from your store and lose the music sales and advertising views? And perhaps piss off a bunch of loyal iPod/iTunes users that just happened to want or need a Pre?
Personally, I'm not a big iTunes fan. It's pretty aggressive, very cluttered and a resource hog. For all the people that say they'll never update iTunes again, that's great, but every year, iPods release a new generation of models, and each new generation requires the latest iTunes to synch. So, do you want two installs for iTunes, holding one back for your Pre? LOL. With iTunes aggression, one has to wonder, is the Pre synching with iTunes, or the other way around.
This one will be funny to watch. Stay tuned. Was this the surprise we were waiting for?
I love this picture for the post. It is so funny :D
Palm Pre) I am the iPod you are looking for *uses the force*
Itunes) You are the ipod I was looking for, you may sync now
Haha! We know the Jedi mind trick only works on the weak-minded!
Actually if webOS ran on the Force, it would cast the "Flow" ad in a new light.
"these are not the tunes you are looking for...we may go"
Dieter, does the Pre bookmark your place in podcasts and sync them to and from itunes like ipods do?
Awesome graphic!
Palm using DoubleTwist would be a great, reliable, customer friendly solution.
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