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Apple takes a bite off the Palm
One of the most impressive (or at least intriguing) features of the Palm Pre was its ability to “sync” directly to iTunes. It made it the only pretend-iPod phone available to the non iPhone world (if that makes any sense). As you probably know, the Palm Pre was designed by ex Apple employees hired by Palm to revolutionize their product line. That they did but they also brought in the keys to the iTunes kingdom giving the Pre a hand over other smarthph
one.
Apple, of course, did not like it.
This is the deal: Apple recently announced that the new version of iTunes will most likely not allow non-Apple devices that sync to it to continue
to do so. They did not specifically name Palm, but who are they kidding we all know who they’re taking about. It is not a reaction that is surprising. As we all know, Apple likes control over the entire experience and does not like intruders in their system. That is what has made them so successful in the port
able music business and now smartphones. It is not surprising that Palm tried it either, what is surprising is that there are no lawyers back and forth arguing each others case.
In Search for Search Leadership
Microsoft launched Bing in June as a re-branded, fresher looking version of Live Search. This is one more of the so far fruitless efforts to make money in the fast growing search industry. Last year, right before the economic meltdown, a bid to acquire Yahoo for $40B failed (Balmer, Microsoft’s CEO is probably thankful for that now.) Bing launched as expected with a huge marketing campaign (maybe actually clever) that goes after Google, so far #1 seated and far, far from the other 2. Is the investment worth it and how long will it take to pay back?
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