1. Double_J75's Avatar
    I have a buddy who is heavily invested in itunes, and the entire apple scene. He has several macs, apple tv, ipads, iphone. Anything apple this guy has it - drives me nuts lol.

    Anyway we were recently discussing bb10 and he was impressed and asked about how well itunes works on blackberrys.

    I couldn't really give him an answer since I don't use itunes (despite trying to use an iphone myself). I know I've seen an app for the playbook. I'm pretty sure desktop manager would allow you to sync content but again I'm not sure.

    Can you do it wirelessly from a PC/mac, do you need cloud storage?

    Can anyone shed some light on to the current apps/process to share content?
    11-26-12 06:07 AM
  2. sydsam's Avatar
    You can definitely import music/video from iTunes, via desktop manager and then to bb. Other than that iTunes don't really work on blackberries, as they don't work on anything else but on iPhone/iPod/iPad.
    If your buddy is heavily invested into apple ecosystems he needs to know that won't be able to use any of the apps he purchased from iTunes/AppStore on a Blackberry.
    11-26-12 06:18 AM
  3. Double_J75's Avatar
    Apps are understandable, it would be the music, movies, he purchased through itunes.
    11-26-12 07:12 AM
  4. SwitchBeach's Avatar
    Music from iTunes can be listened on on a BlackBerry provided there are no DRMs on the songs. (Apple stopped having DRMs on iTunes songs in 2009.)

    Movies from iTunes cannot be watched on a BlackBerry.
    11-26-12 10:58 AM
  5. raino's Avatar
    Movies from iTunes cannot be watched on a BlackBerry.
    Is it a protection or format issue? I play .mp4 video files without a problem on my phone.
    11-26-12 11:06 AM
  6. sydsam's Avatar
    Apps are understandable, it would be the music, movies, he purchased through itunes.
    Well, if he purchased music and movies from itunes, he got only himself to blame.
    11-26-12 11:27 AM
  7. pkcable's Avatar
    There are ways to convert the itunes movies. Google is your friend here!
    11-26-12 11:40 AM
  8. SwitchBeach's Avatar
    Is it a protection or format issue? I play .mp4 video files without a problem on my phone.
    iTunes movies are M4P format which is different and protected.
    11-26-12 04:53 PM
  9. raino's Avatar
    iTunes movies are M4P format which is different and protected.
    Ahh so it is a protection issue then, because IIRC that p stands for protected
    11-26-12 05:12 PM
  10. axllebeer's Avatar
    Ahh so it is a protection issue then, because IIRC that p stands for protected
    glad I've not ever bought anything on iTunes then.
    11-26-12 05:37 PM
  11. raino's Avatar
    glad I've not ever bought anything on iTunes then.
    I would be very surprised if weren't possible to download protection-free movies. I know after much customer chagrin Apple did relent and began providing DRM-free music, so movies in my mind are a logical extension. It would be--to use a term often thrown around here--a deal breaker
    axllebeer likes this.
    11-26-12 06:43 PM
  12. anon(3310921)'s Avatar
    So there is a highly rated Playbook/ Blackberry phone app that wierlessly syncs your iTunes library to your device. . .Buy iTunes Sync - Download iTunes Sync - Buy Apps from BlackBerry App World. . .The developer has expressed that he will be making the app available for the BB10 release. . . There is also a iTunes video sync app Buy iTunes Video Sync - Download iTunes Video Sync - Buy Apps from BlackBerry App World but I'm not sure about what plan there are for its availability on BB10 . . .you can definitely check out the dev's Software blog . . .or just PM him right here on Crackberry! http://forums.crackberry.com/members...igham-2955125/
    11-26-12 07:07 PM

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