Apple updated iTunes to 8.2.1 that blocks Palm Pre completely. Earlier today, Palm has released the new webOS system update 1.1 that re-enables syncing with iTunes. How Apple blocks Palm Pre? And how Palm breaks it?
Source said that Apple blocks Palm Pre by telling iTunes not to sync with devices that does not have Apple’s vendor ID. Palm simply breaks it by changing Pre as the follows,
Product ID: 0×8002
Vendor ID: 0×05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 0.16
Manufacturer: Palm Inc.
iTunes 8.2.1 thought Pre is now an Apple devices now, so users can sync the media files again. Since changing Vendor ID Numbers and associated Product ID Numbers is not allowed, Palm has already notified USB Implementers Forum about that. They have explained the reason that they want customers to have choices.
This cat-and-mouse game will never end. Let’s see how Apple blocks Pre in the next update.
[via PreCentral.net]
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