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The difficulty of writing sync software is probably not their motivation here. Palm is getting tons of free press, and they come out looking like the heroes, f
by chaosmachine 17y ago
The difficulty of writing sync software is probably not their motivation here.
Palm is getting tons of free press, and they come out looking like the heroes, fighting for openness against an overly proprietary Apple.
And it's working brilliantly. Just look at this story, with its 100+ upvotes: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=722294 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=722294
- jsz0 17y agoAre they though? Openiness would be making their own open platform and letting anyone play. They're fighting for the ability to wedge themselves into a proprietary platform.
- whughes 17y agoJust mount your Pre as a USB drive and drag your MP3s on if you don't like iTunes. Most music apps support that or can be made to support it anyway, since it's very common among other MP3 players. That's about as open as you can get. iTunes is just a nice bonus.
- jimmybot 17y agoLet me rephrase that for you: "Just use a new workflow that you're not used to--mount your Pre as a USB drive and drag your MP3s on--even though you like and are invested in iTunes."
- whughes 17y agoYou're looking at my comment in the wrong context. Here is what I was responding to: "Are they though? Openiness would be making their own open platform and letting anyone play. They're fighting for the ability to wedge themselves into a proprietary platform." That is also "a new workflow that you're not used to." I'm saying that the Pre offers both options.
- mkuhn 17y agoI don't think their main motivation was openness, but ease of use. Most (or at least a lot of) people already have iTunes and iTunes offers an easy ability to buy music which Palm probably couldn't achieve on its own...