In what might be seen as a deliberate attempt by Apple to be anti-competitive, Apple has issued a further attack on the Palm Pre by preventing its synchronisation with itunes 9.
Initially, in July via iTunes 8.2.1 Apple prevented connection to iTunes via the blocking of devices that did not use an Apple ID by checking the USB Vendor ID. In this case, Palm issued an update to fix the problem making the Palm Pre compatible again, and made an official complaint to the USB Implementers Forum, stating apple were using the Vendor ID incorrectly. In the most recent attack it is as yet unknown how Apple is managing to block other devices from using iTunes 9. Perhaps the time is now right for the European Commission to look into this behaviour of Apple’s and force it to make iTunes compatible with third-party products.
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