In a game of cat and mouse, Palm has pushed out an update that brings back iTunes syncing to the Palm Pre after Apple disabled the feature with a small update to iTunes. Ironically however, Palm has filed a complaint against Apple.

Palm has reported Apple to the USB Compliance Organization for misusing the USB Vendor ID. The basis of Palm’s complaint contradicts its stance against Apple due to the Palm spoofing the Pre’s USB ID to appear as an iPod.

“Palm has released webOS 1.1, which, along with offering more robust EAS support for business users, re-enables Palm media sync,” said company spokesperson Lynn Fox. “Palm believes that openness and interoperability offer better experiences for users by allowing them the freedom to use the content they own without interference across devices and services, so on behalf of consumers, we have notified the USB Implementers Forum of what we believe is improper use of the Vendor ID number by another member.”

It will be interesting to see how this plays out considering Palm is making a bold step by spoofing Apple’s Vendor ID and crying foul over Apple’s supposed misuse of it.

VIa: The iPhone Blog