You raise some good question re. Palm vs. iTunes. IMHO, and since the Pre is only one product, the copy-cat slice is certainly legitimate in free markets but also directly impacts Apple to be a better innovator.

As to the viability of Palm’s positioning, their EBITDA is healthy and is reflected somewhat in the stock prices throughout the competition of Apple and other phone+++ devices.

Fighting dirty? Gee, I just don’t see how that is an issue from the global perspective and what you did bring up is perhaps a flaw taken advantage of. The bigger question, then is about values…corporate and the ROI for consumers