I feel like I spend a lot of time these days writing blog posts about cell phones. Why stop this morning? There’s just so much happening in that world these days.

We know that the new Palm Pre has caught the attention of rivals Blackberry and Apple. Well, apparently Apple is none too pleased with one of the Pre’s more aggressive features - the ability to sync with iTunes.

Seems that Apple may be about to shut that down with a future update to its iTunes software, according to reports at Wired.com and ReadWriteWeb. From the latter:

Still, Apple has to be careful not to implement the update in a such way that it makes it appear that they’ve done so just to break the Pre’s syncing ability…that would reek of anti-competitiveness and could get them in trouble with the U.S.’s Department of Justice. However, we know Apple is filled with enough smart people that they could surely think of a way to break it without making it look like they broke it on purpose . The question is, will they really do something that under-handed and sneaky? Or do they just want to create a climate of fear by implying that you can’t trust the Pre to always work?

And here’s what Apple has to say about unsupported third party media players (they don’t specifically mention the Pre):

Apple designs the hardware and software to provide seamless integration of the iPhone and iPod with iTunes, the iTunes Store, and tens of thousands of apps on the App Store. Apple is aware that some third-parties claim that their digital media players are able to sync with Apple software. However, Apple does not provide support for, or test for compatibility with, non-Apple digital media players and, because software changes over time, newer versions of Apple’s iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with non-Apple digital media players.