Comments on: Palm Press: Advantage — Palm, Flash Forward

By: Derek Kerton

Derek Kerton — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:33:20 +0000

Um…the mass market does.

People are not tech geeks. The mass market needs a brain-dead, simple sync setup. Figure that you start losing customers with every click after one. Steps more complicated than a click lose you more.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:43:43 +0000

Also, Who needs ITunes anyway? All you need to do is transfer your existing MP3s from your computer to your phone. Doesnt cost ya a dime.

By: Will

Will — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:41:37 +0000

Thanks for your comment Bill Gates.

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:06:26 +0000

Seems to me that apple ‘grew up’ years ago when they published an open, stable, and well documented API for sync’ing 3rd party devices with itunes data. The same API that RIM, Mark/Space, doubletwist and plenty of others use.

Frankly, trying to hijack all of Apple’s development efforts in the iTunes sync’ing arena is pretty childish. Palm needs to get off it’s cheapskate butt and write their own app or license something like doubletwist. Yeah, it would cost them $$, but that’s kinda the point. You don’t get to run around making money off other people’s software without paying something for it.