Palm Pre Updated – But doesnot Sync with iTunes
Palm released webOS 1.2 this week, which is the latest update for the Palm Pre the iPhone competitor.
Palm in its new update gives:
- Enabling access to the Amazon MP3 Store
- The ability to download files in the Web browser
- And filtering of e-mails by search
- You can now tap a phone number in a calendar note to dial it (so you can get to the joy of music-on-hold for your conference calls even faster!).
- Pause a podcast and, by default, you’ll pick up where you left off when you unpause
- Web pages and emails are now cut-and-paste-able.
All the inclusions are fine but what happened to the Palm and Apple fight ???
Has Palm given up its fight against Apple as the new upgrade Does not Sync the Palm Pre with iTunes 9.
Hope the new Palm Pixie will come with a new OS and it will be able to access iTunes.
iTunes 9 does not Sync Palm Pre
Apple released the iTunes 9 in its event conducted on 09-09-09, The event mainly was dedicated to Music "Its only Rock and Roll Event".
Then Apple released the updated version of iTunes as the iTunes9.
In the previous version where Palm had built its mobile in such a way that it was recognized in iTunes and was compatible with it, now Apple has countered Palm and this new version of iTunes does not accept Palm and Palm pre cannot be synced into it.
As the Apple vs Palm war continues there was a new announcement of Palm coming out with the younger brother of the Pre the "Palm Pixi"
Now we have to see if palm breaks the code and makes the Pixi syncable with iTunes or not ????
Palm Pixi Coming Officially
Palm company is following up the most popular phone by far from it "The Palm Pre " with the Palm Pixi which is a cousin of the Pre as it has the Qwerty keypad as th Pre but the difference is that it is a Bar.
The Official Palm blog says:
"All the power of Palm webOS -- including multitasking activity cards, Palm Synergy, intuitive notifications, and universal search will soon be available in a striking new form factor. Palm Pixi -- due on the Sprint network in time for the holidays -- is Palm’s thinnest phone ever."
Palm saying that it is the thinnest phone from its stables.
Some Specifications:
- Candy Bar Design.
- Qwerty Keypad.
- 2Mp Camera
- 2.63 inch captive display
- And shockingly it does not support Wifi (in this era of wifi god knows why Palm has left this feature out)
Price: Obviously lower that 149$ (cost of the Pre)
With these features i think palm is not concentrating on competing with iPhone anymore and seriously getting into the competition.
You can know more about the Pixi here