Filed under: Analysis / Opinion , iTS , iTunes , iPhone Yesterday, Megan noted a Fortune story saying that iTunes syncs flawlessly with the new Palm Pre . This, of course, got the water-cooler talk bubbling: “How did Palm pull it off? Will Apple allow this to happen?” Turns out they already have. A tech note on Apple’s website notes the two dozen or so third-party players that iTunes (for Mac OS X, at least) is compatible with, including Rio and Creative Labs Nomad MP3 players. True, many of the models listed predate the iPod, and the tech note itself was last updated a little less than a year ago. But third-party device compatibility with iTunes isn’t without precedent. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber pointed to a story by Jon Lech Johansen that says Apple may block iTunes access to the Pre in a future update ; Gruber himself said he “wouldn’t be surprised if they did.” I’m not so sure

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