Is Apple Really Thinking to Free iPods and iPhones from iTunes?

Over years, Apple has been fighting for every piece on the battle field when facing uses/competitors willing to find ways to synchronize iPod or iPhones with other music applications than itunes. To prevent such actions, Apple improved further its recognition system required before initiating any sync. Apple even launched a legal action against a project entitled iTunesDB aiming to find a way to bypass protections installed by cupertino. In order to help this project, the EFF decided to support them by providing legal support and lawyers, leading recently to a counter-strike against Apple. Surprisingly, Apple decided to stop its legal action by removing its claims, and even indicated that iTunesDB was not violating any copyrights or trademarks own by Apple.

Of course, if many users are happy of such evolution, one will need to understand why Apple decided to change its strategy, as from our experience Apple Legal never release its prey once it catch it. So, there are at least 3 options: Apple was afraid of losing in court and decided to stop the action, Apple plans to offer licensing to allow third-parties to offer applications able to sync with iPods and iPhones, or Apple will soon so dramatically change sync procedures, that iTunesDB will be obsolete within few weeks.