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Apple Blocks Palm Pre Ability to Sync with iTunes in 8.2.1 update
Brandon Davenport
We feared this day, and yet here it is: Apple has blocked the Palm Pre from syncing with iTunes 8 with its latest iTunes 8.2.1 update, according to Engadget Mobile.
Apple's Software Update says in the install dialog that the new version "provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices," as I confirmed (see above screenshot from the iMac I'm typing this on). That's about as pointed as it gets without saying it straight out.
It's up to the individual Palm Pre owner how much of a drag this is. There are other ways to get music onto the Palm Pre, obviously, and this is less of an issue now that Apple has finally removed DRM from its iTunes Store music tracks.
"If Apple chooses to disable Media Sync in a future version of iTunes, we just think it will be a direct blow to their own users," Palm spokeswoman Lynn Fox said last month, responding to Apple's support note that had essentially threatened this exact course of action. "We just think it would be unfortunate if they were to choose to do that."
