Remember way back on September 24th 2007, Apple released a notice that hacking the iPhone could cause irreparable damage?:
Three days later they released an iPhone 1.1.1 update that temporarily bricked many iPhones. Fast forward to today, they've put out the following statement as a KB article:
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[Palm Pre] claim that their digital media players are able to sync with Apple software. However,