Apple iTunes 8.2.1 update stops Palm Pre music syncing

Bad news for you Palm Pre owners who currently sync their iTunes with your Pre, Apple have released an update which will stop this from being possible. The latest version of iTunes is version 8.2.1.

Initially the software was said to verify the Apple devices, however now a statement has been released which states that the latest version of iTunes “disables devices falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm Pre. As we’ve said before, newer versions of Apple’s iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with unsupported digital media players.” In other words, “we told you this was going to happen, and it did.”

This is extremely disappointing news for Palm Pre owners and people are wondering whether Palm will create a fix for this, we will keep you posted.

Head over to Engadget for the full story.

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