Remember if you will the back-and-forth between Apple and Palm concerning the Palm Pre and its ability to work with Apple’s iTunes.
When first released earlier this year, the Palm Pre worked with iTunes, much to Apple’s annoyance. Naturally it wasn’t long before Apple issued a software patch for iTunes that locked out the Pre. Not long after that, Palm issued a patch of its own for the Pre that got it working with iTunes again, which Apple soon disabled…you get the idea.
Later on, Palm upped the ante a bit, by complaining to the USB Implementers Forum, the governing body behind all things related to USB technology. Engadget had a nice summary at the time.
Well now the USB-IF has ruled, and according to a letter to I’ve seen today, this tactic hasn’t worked out so well for Palm.
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