No Surprise: Apple Disables Pre-iTunes Sync

When the Palm Pre debuted, many made noise by its ability to sync with iTunes. The talk mainly centered on how Palm figured that out, and what actions Apple would take.

So it comes as no surprise that the latest iTunes update basically “disables devices falsely impersonate to be iPods, including the Palm Pre.” Palm’s reaction to that isn’t clear yet, but here are some possibilities:

Palm Sues Apple. Given Apple’s dominance of the portable music industry, could Palm’s lawyers argue that Apple is being anti-competitive?

Someone hacks iTunes to restore Pre compatibility. Or simply comes out with a program that fools any version of iTunes into accepting non-iPods for syncing. You know it’s going to happen, particularly whether the Pre was able to re-motivate the Palm faithful.

Apple Sues Palm. So the iTunes+iPod ecosystem is a closed, proprietary setup. Which Palm tried to violate. There should be a legal liability or two somewhere there, and Apple could imply industrial espionage at the very least, particularly since a former Apple executive was responsible for the Pre’s creation.

What do you think will happen? Feel free to comment below, particularly whether your possibility wasn’t listed above.

Post from: The Gadget Blog


Original post by Rico Mossesgeld

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