On Palm, Competition, and iTunes Sync
created 05 October 2009 in links tagged apple, competition, palm and sync.
Craig Hunter tries to complain about Palm’s approach to music sync.
You see, Palm doesn’t need the iTunes app to sync the Pre. [..] They can sync the Pre to a customer’s iTunes music library with a public, open, and documented approach that has been used by third-party developers and device makers for years. This capability was created by none other than Apple itself
I don’t think this is true. I can find no documentation of the iTunes music library format. It’s mentioned in a KB article, yes, but only alongside other iLife applications. It’s a way for Apple to decouple their iLife apps and have, say, iPhoto play music while doing slideshows.
He’s really saying “don’t use this unsupported made-up API, use THIS unsupported made-up API that happens to have been more reliable in the past”. But presenting it like it’s the Proper Way of doing things is deceptive.
