BlackBerry Media Sync for iTunes makes all-too-brief appearance

We've known for a while that support for iTunes synchronization (songs, artwork, playlists, the whole nine yards) would be coming to the BlackBerry platform, and very briefly last week, RIM unleashed that capability on the world. It's unclear why the software was pulled -- maybe it just wanted to release the software to more fanfare, maybe it was buggier than a standing pool of swamp water -- but either way, BlackBerry users desperate to get their sync on should still be able to nab the goods from a number of mirrors hosted by vigilant (and quick-thinking) users around the world while we wait for RIM to decide when to introduce it again.

[Via Gear Diary]

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 30th 2008 12:30AM]

You do realize this article is a "half truth" right?

MediaSync was pulled because it was never meant to be released for general availability yet, the files that everyone were downloading only came about due to the fact that someone had a beta copy and "sniffed" the packets of what server the updates were coming from and then found the full application on those servers..posted it and voila, another leak in RIM's system, like we haven't seen enough of those in the recent months, everything from BETA OS files, to new applications, to TONS of device pictures and carrier slides.

Theirs nothing to indicate RIM had pulled this from being an available item later, they just pulled it from the server in the meantime to avoid people from downloading the application before it was even supposed to be available.

[jpfree Posted Jun 30th 2008 12:48AM]

FYI, Nokia makes something very similar called Nokia Multimedia Transfer that syncs your Nokia device with iTunes.

Unfortunately it is only available for the Mac (but it works great).