See below is more detail info from the official Blackberry blog.
http://blogs.blackberry.com/2009/07/many-of-you-commented-on.html
I bet the Snow Leopard will may work well with BB ‘s desktop
manager software for Mac…
http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/
Regards,
Andy Kim
US Senate
From: Pike, Michael (IHS/NPA)
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Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:14 PM
To: Taylor Armstrong; Joel Esler
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Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] Coming Soon RIM will release BB Desktop for Mac
I used MarkSpace products and after having is destroy data left
and right I made sure it never made its way on to any of my machines again.
Even if BB uses the raw data files from itunes rather than itunes
itself, it's still a menial task to change one thing to have it break the
interface.
I do not believe apple will allow ANY device, other than an iPod
or iPhone to use any itunes resources. The DRM structure assisted with
this greatly, but now that the DRM is gone, that barrier is gone as well, so
now it's open game...
I remember when Microsoft made MSN messenger tie in to the AIM
network, it was a cat and mouse game for months.. Microsoft would make MSN
messenger work with AIM, AIM would stop it... Microsoft would fix the AIM
block, AOL would block it again... it was entertaining to see the two companies
go at it, but eventually it was just easier to download both.
I do not ever plan on dumping my iPhone, much less for a
Blackberry, but there are others who will count on that feature (such as the
Palm) and will lose it eventually.
From:
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[mailto:fed-talk-bounces+michael.pike=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Taylor
Armstrong
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:27 AM
To: Joel Esler
Cc: email@hidden; Kim, Andrew (SCC); Pike, Michael (IHS/NPA)
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Coming Soon RIM will release BB Desktop for Mac
Since we have no clue how the BB Desktop software will
interface with iTunes, it may be premature to think that it will be
blocked. One of Apple's biggest arguments against Palm regarding the Pre
sync was that the Pre "presented" itself to iTunes AS an iPod - it
actually said "iPod" in the sidebar. That alone sounds like a
trademark violation to me. BB/RIM may be going about it a different way,
either by a 3rd party sync utility or something else. MarkSpace has been
doing this for years, and Apple has not publicly complained.
Taylor
Joel Esler wrote:
Actually the PalmPre is not doing it now.
Apple killed that off with that latest iTunes update.
On Jul 21, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Pike, Michael (IHS/NPA) wrote:
Damn! I just ditched my Storm too!!!
Although, I've developed for them ALL (android, iphone, BB)...
so I've had them all, and still after three years nothing touches the iPhone.
It will be interesting to see how long Apple allows the syncing
of the iTunes material though... PalmPre is doing it now, and the word on the
street is Apple will put a stop to it soon (not legally, but from a technical
standpoint).
RIM announced that it will
release the BlackBerry Desktop for Mac in September.
Features will include synchronization of iTunes playlists, calendars, contacts,
notes, and tasks, along with backup and restore of device data (including
scheduled backups and optional encryption.)
The ability to add and remove applications, updates of the Blackberry software,
and support for multiple Blackberry devices. BlackBerry Desktop Software for
Mac will require Mac OS X 10.5.5 or later.
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/desktop/mac.jsp
VR,
Andy
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