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Palm Ignores USB-IF Warning, Restores iTunes Sync

Posted by kdawson on from the gauntlet-firmly-on-floor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Palm's cat and mouse game with Apple continues. Ignoring the warning from the USB Implementers Forum, with its WebOS 1.2.1 release this morning Palm has restored iTunes media synchronization in its new Pre smartphone — and gone so far as to extend sync to photos. And, according to Digital Daily, it has done this, once again, by using Apple's USB vendor ID. Does the USB-IF have any recourse here? Does Apple?"

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  1. I don't own an iPod. Instead, I bought... by tepples · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They aren't? Find me an mp3 player that isn't an i*.

    I don't own an iPod, but I do own a Nintendo DS with R4 expansion card and a Samsung Pebble. Both can play MP3 and Vorbis.