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[News] [Rival] Apple Attacks Linux Phones (Again)

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Apple Does As Many Expected: Kills Palm Pre iTunes Syncing

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| The pettiness of Apple continues... Last month, Apple warned potential buyers 
| of the Palm Pre that it might break that phone's ability to sync with iTunes. 
| It didn't take long for Apple to follow through. In an upgrade to iTunes, 
| which Apple claims was for "bug fix" but also to handle "verification" 
| issues, it has blocked the Palm Pre from accessing iTunes.    
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090715/1401055554.shtml

The Business Of Free

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| One of the things that was touched upon was the recent release of the Palm 
| Pre smartphone which relies on Apple's iTunes software for synchronising 
| music with a computer. An interesting question asked was what would happen if 
| Apple decided to block the Pre from using iTunes. Now, just over a week 
| later, this is exactly what happened. Apple has indeed blocked the Pre from 
| using iTunes with its latest update.     
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| Unfortunately, this is just business as usual in the world of proprietary 
| software. In the end, Palm will surely find a way around this, but in the 
| meantime, the users are being held hostage. Adding insult to injury, many 
| Palm Pre owners have likely been purchasing music from iTunes to put on their 
| new smartphones, thus becoming Apple customers as well, so in the end this 
| move hurts Apple's music sales too.     
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http://www.kdenews.org/2009/07/16/business-free


Recent:

iPhone suffers as Android buoys Linux cause

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| Google's open mobile OS platform Android is buoying the fortunes of
| Linux-powered smartphones. The news for Apple's iPhone, however, is not so
| good.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-278279.html
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