I think it's a bit lazy on Palm's part to rely on Apple for this functionality. I've seen other syncing apps that simply read the iTunes library XML and serve the same purpose in the end. Seems like a more sustainable way of ensuring the functionality will continue to work as advertised. Palm's method is a bit reckless but in the end it may be in Apple's best interest to just ignore it. Anyone who is super concerned about syncing natively in the iTunes application is probably more than happy to buy an iPhone so what is the impact? Not much.

On an unrelated note I wonder how long Pre can hold out at $200/8GB and have any hope of competing with the 3GS/16GB and $99/3G.