The previous conversation: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=706403 http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=706403 I agree with the thoughts on the other story

The previous conversation: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=706403 http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=706403 I agree with the thoughts on the other story more. Palm hacked the Pre in a bad way, tried to make it emulate an iPod. I think that Apple ought to open up iTunes more, but I understand why they don't, and because they offer an alternative syncing method for other devices, Palm's being underhanded here was unprofessional. iTunes stores all of its music in neat folders. It's not hard to sync that folder directly. It's created in the same directory every time. Couldn't Palm just use that? What's the advantage to doing it through a proprietary program when the current storage system is open and doesn't need hacking?