Consider your wrist slapped Palm Pre.
The supposed iPhone killing smartphone will no longer sync directly with the latest version of iTunes software, 8.2.1.
Apple's world leading music platform has been working on this development for quite a while. The move turns out to be both strategic and political, in that one will no longer have the ability to transfer music and video to their Palm through a simple plug in method.
The news of this issue first hit the UK on July 15 before Apple released their official statement on the matter the company stated that iTunes 8.2.1:
“disables devices falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm Pre. As we’ve said before, newer versions of Apple’s iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with unsupported digital media players.”
The Palm company spokesman retorted:
“If Apple chooses to disable media sync in iTunes, it will be a direct blow to their users.”
The general consensus from Palm to their customers is to skip the upgrade and stay with iTunes 8.2.
This is another clear case where Apple feels as if their intellectual property is being infringed upon.
