Palm may no longer boast that their Pre syncs with the iTunes even if they are able to break the iTunes code again, if the company is going to take the verdict of USB Forum seriously. For Apple, that would mean battle won to keep their online store closed to all third party devices.

When the Pre was launched, users were able to sync their device with iTunes to transfer media content on to their devices. Palm counted this as a special feature of the device, which angered Apple and the feature got disabled through a software update. Palm in the mood to play the cat and mouse game, broke the code and re-enabled the feature in a software update only to be yanked again by Apple.

To get a more lasting solution, Palm then contacted USB forum to look into the matter and announce that it is illegal for Apple to close their platform to other third party devices. Palm’s hopes got backfired when the USB-IF responded back to both Palm and Apple citing the forum’s policy: “Usage of any other company’s Vendor ID is specifically precluded. Palm’s expressed intent to use Apple’s VID appears to violate the attached policy.”

Now, it’s officially clear that Palm’s use of Apple’s vendor ID to let the Pre sync with iTunes is a violation of the forum’s policy.

However, this may not be the end of the road yet. Palm seem to be determined to carry on the fight citing that consumers should be allowed to access media content they already owned by any means.

Well, we can understand that but not by means of stealing the vendor ID of another company, please!

via Appleinsider