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Apple Blocks Palm Pre from Syncing with iTunes

Apple updated iTunes on July 15, and the newest version prevents the Palm Pre from syncing with its proprietary music app. A Palm spokeswoman reportedly called the move a “direct blow to their users.” Is Apple playing the game it learned from Microsoft?
– The Palm Pres ability to sync with Apples iTunes is no
more. On Wednesday, July 15, Apple updated iTunes and put a stop to this
capability.
According to the Associated
Press, Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr said the iTunes update “disables devices
falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm …


iPhone, Palm Pre, BlackBerry Boost Popularity of Accelerometer Technology

Expect accelerometers to be in one-third of mobile phones by 2010 and to reach sales of $1.6 billion in 2013, says iSuppli. The popularity of this screen-orienting feature has been encouraged by the Apple iPhone, Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm, to name just a few of the devices they’re now inside.
– Accelerometers are expected to be included in one-third of mobile phones shipped
in 2010, according to new data from iSuppli. The Apple iPhone, Research In
Motion’s BlackBerry Storm and the newly released Palm Pre have boosted the
popularity of accelerometer technology.

iSuppli annually trac…