How Palm Re-Enabled iTunes Sync
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One important aspect of this that most people are overlooking is that Apple probably needs to undertake reasonable efforts to prevent devices outside of their control from masquerading as Apple iPods to protect applicable trademarks, patents, and agreements they’ve made with content publishers.
They’re probably not just trying to block Palm out of resentment or jealousy.
I believe you’re right, but I don’t think those are Apple’s primary motives. I don’t think their primary motives are resentment or jealously either, mind you: I think Apple is just trying to protect an investment, if you want to call it that. Interestingly enough, Apple used to have an official list of devices (Apple and third-party) that worked with iTunes that was archived about a year ago. While I don’t have any of those devices to test with, it’d be interesting to see if the changes that Apple has made to deal with the Pre have also affected the other devices that used to be supported. I doubt they had to claim to be Apple devices in their USB Vendor ID strings though…
