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Palm has been persistently updating its media sync capabilities to match Apple’s continued blockage in iTunes updates, but the iPhone-maker can claim a larger victory today. The USB Implementers Forum, who essentially regulate the use of USB of all kinds, have ruled that if the Palm Pre is caught pretending to be an iPhone again in order to weasel its way into iTunes, they would be breaching the organization’s rules. The reprecussions of such action aren’t really discussed, but it’s easy to imagine Apple leveraging the USB Implementers Forum’s position to turn some legal screws. Odds are webOS 1.2 will be arriving tomorrow, potentially with another iTunes fix – I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what kind of sparks will fly.
[via AP]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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