Apple to Palm: Careful Playing on our iTunes Lawn!

Not quite “get off our lawn”, yet clearly a sign post warning that the lawn might on day get a tad hostile whether you choose to linger there without leave. Here it is, via Daring Fireball, Apple’s latest Knowledge Base essay: iTunes: About unsupported third-party digital media players, aka the Palm Pre syncing saga:

This editorial is about iTunes and unsupported third-party digital media players.

Products Affected iTunes

Apple designs the hardware and software to supply seamless integration of the iPhone and iPod with iTunes, the iTunes Store, and tens of thousands of apps on the App Store. Apple is aware that some third-parties claim that their digital media players are able to sync with Apple software. However, Apple does not supply support for, or experiment

for compatibility with, non-Apple digital media players and, considering software changes by duration, newer versions of Apple’s iTunes software may no longer supply syncing functionality with non-Apple digital media players.

So, if/when iTunes breaks compatibility with the Palm Pre — intentionally, incidentally, or otherwise, does that cover Apple?

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Apple to Palm: Careful Playing on our iTunes Lawn!

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