iTunes 8.2.1 verification of “Apple devices”
So, iTunes 8.2.1 comes with:
iTunes 8.2.1 provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices
such as not “accidently” syncing to a Palm’s Pre. Palm’s former Apple engineers might have implemented the Apple file “upload” protocol in all fine details (as can be derived from open source iPod access libraries anyway), but there is one simple show-stopper that Apple probably added in this update that Palm can not circumvent easily:
if (idVendor != 0×05ac) return false; // (Apple Inc.)
Palm can not just change their USB Vendor (and/or Product ID), …
