Its not about "having to use iTunes" but rather about having the option. Kind of like BB OS6 users had the option of wirelessly syncing to iTunes more than a year before iOS users could. And how they have the OPTION to sync with WMP.

My media never entered the i universe. Dragging and dropping on a wifi connected PB is about as easy as it gets. You don't need itunes to put music on the PB.

+1 ultimate embarrassment.

I would not be surprised if Apple is hiring former RIM employees to speed this up.

Common, RIM, shape up, your own competitors is providing a superior App experience on your own PlayBook...

Competitors are running circles around RIM :(

I don't like apple products, but iTunes is fantastic. I've been using it for years and years and it's hands down the best mp3 application out there. I use it to sync to all my devices (bb, android, and at the time when I had an iPhone).

But using iTunes has NOTHING to do with bashing the iPhone or iPad. It's a desktop application, not a mobile OS nor is it a mobile app....

Personally, I just haven't seen much Apple bashing on this site. It's usually the Apple fans bashing RIM. Just saying.

What planet are you living on....seriously? The number one legal on line music purchase store, the number one music management program in the world, works on all formats......you didn't think many people used it anymore? It is probably one of the most downloaded/used computer/smartphone device piece of software ever created.

Hey gregerator,

The primary use case of iTunes Sync are for cases where you have downloaded new songs since the time you put your music on your PlayBook. Getting these new purchases onto your PlayBook isn't particularly easy if you use the drag & drop method -- do you really want to go clicking through folders trying to remember what your new purchases were, etc? You could just delete all your music and copy it again, but that's a hassle too, and not safe if you've purchased any music from 7digital, etc. With this app, all you need to do is click "Sync", and from your PlayBook, and you're all set in a few seconds.

well the point is that there are people out there that have the PB that don't know this. Just because you knew doesn't mean every1 does.

Hey sk8er_tor,

(this is a copy & paste of my above response to another user)

The primary use case of iTunes Sync are for cases where you have downloaded new songs since the time you put your music on your PlayBook. Getting these new purchases onto your PlayBook isn't particularly easy if you use the drag & drop method -- do you really want to go clicking through folders trying to remember what your new purchases were, etc? You could just delete all your music and copy it again, but that's a hassle too, and not safe if you've purchased any music from 7digital, etc. With this app, all you need to do is click "Sync", and from your PlayBook, and you're all set in a few seconds.

Apparently there is a WiFi Music Sync feature built right into BlackBerry Desktop software and OS 6.0 and later devices, although I've never tried it since I have an OS 5.0 device. That being said, I don't think there's any one-click sync support, and so I wonder if my app would be accepted if I ported it to phones.

That, and the PlayBook does have pretty good speakers as far as tablets go.

i haven't had any luck playing cassette tapes on my playbook, yet
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(this is a copy & paste of my answer above)

Apparently there is a WiFi Music Sync feature built right into BlackBerry Desktop software and OS 6.0 and later devices, although I've never tried it since I have an OS 5.0 device. That being said, I don't think there's any one-click sync support, and so I wonder if my app would be accepted if I ported it to phones.

you might wanna wait until they they have at least the ability to play cassettes man, i'd wait, i still can't find anywhere to put the cassette tapes in mine yet
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yes you can download your music and dub it over to a cassette if you like.

Using something like rsync is probably a good solution, although most people aren't familiar with rsync, and so the time to figure it out and set it up would cost someone more than $3.00, since, what is your time worth?

A second, but minor point, is that it's nice to be able to "pull" music from your PlayBook when you want it.