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.
That leads to what I see as a recurring theme among the “I hate Apple” crowd: they keep complaining that the stuff doesn’t work the way it wasn’t designed to. Two responses:
- if you cooperate with the system, it works remarkably well (the iPod just isn’t designed for drag-and-drop .MP3 use FOR A REASON)
- if you don’t like what/how it does, get something else (there are plenty of other options out there, so why spend so much time complaining about a system that a lot of people like?)
No, I use Windows Mobile on an HTC Touch Pro...it works seamlessly with my windows business software provided by my company. The iPhone or Pre is not up to that challenge yet.
My Touch Pro is my phone, e-mail (direct push from our Exchange Server), calendar (direct sync with Outlook Exchange), music player (8gb mico SD card), GPS navigator (TomTom 7 using built-in GPS chip), browser (Opera Mobie and IE Mobile), photo and video, PowerPoint Presentations, etc.
I posted this article because Microsoft usually gets slammed for its brutal competitive tactics, however, this time it is Apple doing it. I don't think they did anything wrong, but Apple is acting very aggressively.