Per a Fortune blog, the Palm Pre syncs “seamlessly” with iTunes. It’s not that shocking considering there are apps that add this functionality to many MP3 players and smartphones. However, this is the first phone besides the iPhone of course that has this ability out of the box. Don’t expect to load your iTunes Music Store purchases on the phone as it can’t handle the DRM. Your what.cd downloads will work fine though.
We kind of expect Apple’s legal and development departments to tag team Palm eventually. The lawyers will go after Palm for infringing on Apple’s intellectual property while the devs quickly work out an iTunes update to lock the Pre out. That is, of course, if the Palm Pre is as big of a hit as we’ve made it out to be. Apple might leave it alone if it turns out to be an also-ran.
Palm Pre: I’m king, and they know it
When i snap my fingers everybody says show it
I’m hot
and your not
But if you wanna hang with me I’ll give it one shot
Top that, top that
Palm Pre: I’m looking at you iPhone
iTunes is now DRM Free, so wouldn’t the downloaded songs work?
Wasn’t there a Motorola phone a while ago that ‘officially’ syncs with iTunes?
Come on. If Apple goes after Palm for this they will face a sue for anticompetitive practices because iTunes owns a big chunk of the digital music distribution business.
Agreed and the Palm Pre will not be an also-ran. The only also-ran is John Biggs.
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