No, iTunes was never supposed to synch with this device.
Pre wanted to ride the iTunes bandwagon, so they built the Pre to _pretend_ to be an iPod if connected to iTunes - getting functionality they didn’t license (see the above USB ID comment), and virtually making Apple liable if iTunes didn’t play with the Pre the way users expected (user: “my Pre used to work with iTunes, but now it doesn’t - Apple sucks!”; Apple: “WTF?”).
Apple responded with an iTunes update that emphasized “we don’t support the Pre - PERIOD.”
ctdonath2, you were saying — No, iTunes was never supposed to synch with this device.
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Perhaps the FReeper, “Erik Latranyi” bought one thinking that Apple was supposed to do that. I guess that’s one good reason for “getting the real thing”, eh?
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And then you said — Pre wanted to ride the iTunes bandwagon, so they built the Pre to _pretend_ to be an iPod if connected to iTunes - getting functionality they didn’t license (see the above USB ID comment), and virtually making Apple liable if iTunes didn’t play with the Pre the way users expected (user: “my Pre used to work with iTunes, but now it doesn’t - Apple sucks!”; Apple: “WTF?”).
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LOL, pretended to be an iPod, huh? I’m sure the salesman said, “It works just like an iPod.” too... :-)
Some consumers are just too dumb to live, I’ve really gotta say. They don’t buy the proper Apple product and then they get mad because Apple doesn’t support a product that they never intended to support and which is not even their own product... oh yeah....
I might as well call up Toyota because my Ford doesn’t work with their engine inside my engine compartment... wassa matter with them? I mean, if I bolt a Toyota alternator on my Ford engine, Toyota doesn’t even match the bolt-holes much less make it work right with my Ford. I think I should file a complaint against Toyota... :-)
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And lastly you said — Apple responded with an iTunes update that emphasized “we don’t support the Pre - PERIOD.”
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Well, I commend Apple for trying to “educate them”, but some people just can’t learn and/or understand these kinds of things, I guess.