Third Party iTunes synching

With Palm and Apple trading press releases over iTunes synching, thought I'd throw my hat into the ring.

From how I understand it, the Pre syncs with iTunes by telling iTunes that it is an iPod. I am not sure which model it identifies itself as, but I assume it is one of the older models.

For Apple to break this, they would likely have to (at least temporarily) break access for many iPods too. I really don't see what Apple's problem is, since this actually helps their iTunes store business model. I guess they want people to buy iPods and iPhones, but this could be construed as monopolistic.

I've said it to many already: Palm is the new Apple. Apple is the new Microsoft. And Microsoft is the new IBM. IBM has now exited the biz.