Comments on: webOS v1.4 Update Due on Sprint Monday?
A self claimed Sprint technician has posted a screen-grab of a upcoming Sprint update release sheet that shows Palm's webOS 1.4 update due early next week. This Precentral post details the disclosure, which if correct, could indicate that webOS 1.4 could begin to arrive on Sprint models as early as Monday, February 15th.
webOS 1.4 was talked up by Palm at their CES keynote this year. The update is said to bring on device video recording and editing, improved phonebook transfer, calendar and messaging enhancements and this update will supposedly lay the groundwork for Adobe Flash support. The full screen-grab is mirror after the break.
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Does this new update make it worth it? How good is the browsing experience, what are the tethering options? Or do I jump ship with something Android.
I have Sprint.
Visor Deluxe/Visor Pro/Visor Prism/Zire 71/Zire72/Palm TX/Treo 700p/Treo 755p/Centro/Treo 800w
RE: pre
Thanks Rich
Treo 700P->Droid
RE: pre
I'm jumping to the Pre + for what sounds like May on ATT. My Treo 680 is solid as a rock, but she's battle worn. I run all my business on the 680, and that must continue. Currently tether 3G with my wife's old LG Shine + my SIM.
My other choice was to get the HD2 and switch to WM. WM7 is reportedly coming to it. Superior hardware, but that could be another yr b4 coming to ATT. Palm just keeps tweaking the hardware and updating WebOS, so I'm going to give it a try.
If the PIMs are to weak and I cannot live w/o the shortcomings of the Pre, I may be forced to WM. I'm not confident that Android in it's current form is going satisfy real productivity needs. I've already waited to long to let it evolve. Hopefully when WM7 arrives, they won't have neutered it's business savvy in favor of another hip-hop oriented platform.
Pat Horne
RE: pre
why not go to the store and play with a demo? and if you like it buy it and play with it for 2 weeks and if you still like it keep it. if not return it and get your money back - just make sure you ask about the return policy up front and get it in writing. also make sure you keep your old phone and do a frozen in time backup of all your data - just in case.
personally, i'm hanging on to my Centro and hoping that the iPhone comes to Sprint this summer.
RE: pre
Have a nice day!
Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->Pilot Pro->IIIe->M500->M505->M515->T3->T5->Treo 650P->Treo 700P->Droid
RE: pre
jptx wrote:
Allright, PIC faithful, my Treo is getting old. Do I make the switch to a Pre or Pixi and increase my data costs by $30 a month or do I find a nice used Centro or 755p? I tried one windows phone, better browser but less favorable overall experience.Does this new update make it worth it? How good is the browsing experience, what are the tethering options? Or do I jump ship with something Android.
I have Sprint.
Visor Deluxe/Visor Pro/Visor Prism/Zire 71/Zire72/Palm TX/Treo 700p/Treo 755p/Centro/Treo 800w
Well, we won't know how good the new update is until it comes out. I for one have been using a Palm Pre since June and love it. The browser on the Pre is excellent and roughly equivalent to the Android browser but it doesn't support in page anchor tags like the one that PIC uses to take you directly to your comment after you post. I came over to the Pre from a T-Mobile G1 and have to say that the only thing that I really miss from it is the little trackball and that is only because in cold weather I have to take off a gloves to use my Pre's touchscreen.
While Sprint doesn't officially support tethering I tether my Pre to my netbook's Bluetooth with My Tether and it works very well. I use Sprint's $70 everything plan.
The PIMs are not as good as the old PalmOS PIMs but the Calendar makes up for it with its integration of multiple calendars from Google, Facebook, and other places. The Classic PalmOS emulator isn't really robust enough for daily use but it does allow you to hold all of your PalmOS data and run the occasional PalmOS app.
Palm Apologist
Shouting down the PIC Faithful Since 2009
Screw convergence
Palm III->Visor Deluxe->Visor Platinum->Visor Prism->Tungsten E->Palm LifeDrive->Palm TX->Palm Pre
Visor Pro+VisorPhone->Treo 180g->Treo 270->Treo 600->Treo 680->T-Mobile G1->Palm Pre
http://mind-grapes.blogspot.com/
RE: pre
I am not happy.
1. Notes are not organized on import so they are useless.
2. Search function that would search across apps and notes and ALL address fields is gone
3. ePocrates still not ported to Pre
4. Still no documents to go for Pre
Sure it looks pretty, but I am thinking of jumping ship
RE: pre
That's what I'm concerned @. I use a lot of "categories" in various PIMs and the Pres that I have fondled don't seem to go there. I'm going to have to move on, but may have to try and skin the cat differently.
Pat Horne
RE: pre
I also saw Pocket Mirror now has an app for WebOS PIMs to sync to Outlook running on a desktop. Has anyone tried this? I don't want to sync to the cloud if and when I can get an unlocked Pre/Pixi in Asia.
RE: pre
There are Homebrew Apps to replace memos. CryptoNotes is up for consideration.
But basically I went from Centro where everything works, to Pre - where nothing works. I am considering moving back to Centro and then to another platform.
RE: pre
Pat Horne
RE: pre
RE: pre
The cloud effectively publishes all thoughts into a digital medium automatically. Perhaps before one is ready to publish. Removable hard drives have a purpose.
Peace,
E-T
RE: pre
rpa wrote:
I don't want the cloud preferring to keep my data on my pda/phone and PC. It may be viable if you stay in one market like the US but international traveling will kill you when you get the bill for roaming data.
As far as roaming bills go, how does the Pre work with that? Do you really need to have data roaming on to use the phone? Can't you turn it off and just use it as a pda like you can an iPhone?
RE: pre
Gekko wrote:
if it's so good, why are you carrying sixteen devices around with you all day?
I hope you were joking.
The list of devices with the arrows is meant to show the history / upgrade path the poster has gone through. It is a very common thing to show.
RE: pre
thanks lopie - but i didn't show up here yesterday. but since you did, let me fill you in. DR carries around a shiitload of devices like a schmo wherever he goes - hence my comment.
BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/02/11/palm-orders-halt-on-production-of-palm-pre-plus-palm-pixi-plus/
This can't be good.
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
Gekko, please give warning before posting any links that have Suze Orman's face on the page.
-Bosco
m105 -> NX70v -> NX80v -> iPhone -> iPhone 3G
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
i wonder if VZW suddenly pulled the plug on those "600k.
"600k webOS Devices Heading to Verizon"
UPDATED: Palm Halts ALL Production - HOLIDAY
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/debunk-palm-not-halting-pre-pixi-production-just-on-hold-for/
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
Something still smells.
OTR Global should issue another report.
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
Also, I don't trust Engadget. They shoot sticky wads on any Palm news ever since they executed their "open letter" word for word (and they still haven't made any money). And from reading the comments on article after article, you get the feeling that the Pre is the #1 smartphone in the world.
Like Windows 7, Android, and Palm? You'll fit in at Engadget. Like anything from Apple? Find somewhere else.
-Bosco
m105 -> NX70v -> NX80v -> iPhone -> iPhone 3G
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
Chinese New Year's begins this weekend. Workers typically get off LESS than a week vacation though the observance of the New Year lasts a couple weeks; that is, until the end of February.
Palm says they'll start production "after" the end of the New Year. They say they'll "ramp" it up from when they restart. They didn't say WHEN they'll restart and they didn't say what "ramp" means (like...uh...if things are gong gangbusters why aren't they just starting out "fulll steam ahead!", huh?).
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww - Con ALMOST had a PIC scoop!
go back to twitter!
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
Peace,
E-T
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
Gekkoworld.
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
Are there no prisons? And the Union workhouses. Are they still in operation?
Oh. I was afraid, from what you said at first, that something had occurred to stop them in their useful course. I'm very glad to hear it.
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
Falun Gong will be knocking on your door soon.
Enjoy the visit.
RE: BULLETIN: Palm Halts ALL Production!
Peace,
E-T
Know your market
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_(underground_societies)
Peace,
E-T
The Day of Reckoning
Today's the day. Did it fly into anyone's WebOS device? Does vid recording finally bring us into the early 00s? Does anyone around here actually own a WebOS device? :-D
Pat Horne
OT: The Day of Reckoning
Well, I said I would do this (http://www.palminfocenter.com/comments/9965/#155811), so here goes.
I purchased a CHT8000 (ChungHwa Telecom) Android phone about a week ago. It's been fun to have a new toy to play with. Through a lot of trial and error, I've been slowly figuring out how to replace most of the functionality I had in my Palm with this new "PDA that makes phone calls".
I don't want to say a lot, but I thought that based on the discussions I was having before I stopped frequenting this site, I would at least offer this minimal information for anyone who might consider the same path I have taken. I haven't reviewed the discussions over the past few months, so maybe this is all old news. Please forgive me if it is. (And if you have more questions, androidforums.com is a good site to start with and "Google is your friend".)
This is a recent thread covering at least some of the Palm PIM data to Android migration questions/options:
http://androidforums.com/how-tips/20635-former-palm-users-transition-droid-guide.html
In general it involves a single use of CompanionLink (a fully-functioning, 14 day trial use, Outlook to Google sync solution) to get your Contacts and Calendar moved over to Gmail:
http://www.companionlink.com/support/setupguides.html
(You probably will have to do some cleanup on your contacts after migration; that's the breaks.)
For Memos, I went with Note Everything:
http://www.softxperience.mobi/23-1-Note-Everything.html
Here's a link to info for making the migration using the Palm Desktop export feature work:
http://www.softxperience.mobi/86-1-Import-Palm.html
For Tasks/ToDos, there is gTasks (although I'm not a big fan of Tasks/ToDos, so I don't really care about this one):
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-ssi-gtasksbeta-qBii.aspx
Of course these are not the only solutions, just some that work.
If you want to have a look at more of what is available for Android, you can browse the Android Market by visiting a site like AndoLib.com. If you get your kicks out of playing around with a wide variety of apps, make sure you install something like Barcode Scanner right away (http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-google-zxing-client-android-xzA.aspx). After that, QR Codes will become your best friend.
No, not everything is exactly as it was on your Palm. No, not everything is as "good" or "easy" as it was on your Palm. No, it doesn't work the same way your Palm did. If you hate Google and need to have everything exactly like it was on your Palm, stick with your Palm. Even WebOS can't offer you that experience. But if you are ready to learn something new, then, yes, some things are very much better than on your Palm.
(And for all of you iPhone fanboys who can't seem to move on, just replace "Palm" with "iPhone" in the above paragraph and you might get the idea. And no, I don't want to have an argument with you about the obvious superiority of your "blessed-by-Steve-Jobs-himself" iPhone over all other phones and operating systems in the entire world for all time. Get a life and give it up already.)
Ok, I think that's it. I had a great run with the good ol' Palm OS, and I'm sure I'll look back on those years with a strong sense of nostalgia. I'd like to thank those of you who helped make this site the best of the Palm dedicated websites. Thanks Ryan for keeping things working and open. It was a lot of fun hanging out here and wasting time on my Palm obsession with most of you.
Cheers.
Hey Palm! Where's my PDA with Wifi and phone capabilities?
RE: The Day of Reckoning
all of that is unnecessary. just use Google Sync to migrate from PalmOS PIM to Gmail -
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9946/free-google-syncing-on-palm-os-comes-and-goes/
once and done.
RE: The Day of Reckoning
hopefully - iPhone on Sprint this summer.
why?
1. decent PIM.
2. FTP.
3. robust Docs To Go Excel/Word.
4. live radio streaming.
5. ubiquitous/mature worldwide hardware/software availability/standards/accessories/applications/community.
RE: The Day of Reckoning
oh i forgot the obvious -
6. superb build quality.
7. intuitive GUI/OS.
8. EAS/Gmail support.
RE: The Day of Reckoning
At the rate which AT&T will have to build towers, we'll soon be known as the United States of Leukemia.
And, oh Gekko, update your stalker file:
http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/
RE: The Day of Reckoning
1. I'd rate iPhone's PIM a teeny notch better than Android's but a good bit below WebOS and WinMob and about a zillion years behind Garnet.
2. True. Android does FTP as well, btw.
3. Yup. Android has DTG but not sure how it compares to iPhone's. WebOS lags far, far behind at this stage of the game.
4. We have covered this one a zillion times already. Can iPhone stream your Bloomberg & Hot 97? We know WinMob & Garnet can do it!
5. Yup, that's a definite!
6. Ditto, but the lack of a removable battery really sucks (sorry Bosco)
7. Aye. WebOS, Android, BlackBerry, WinMob and Symbian have a LONG way to go to match iPhone and, yes, even Garnet.
8. Yup. Android has solid e-mail SUPPORT but its implementation--at least in the native email app (not the Gmail app) is horrible. VersaMail blows it out of the water. Palm's native WebOS email app also blows mightily. We used to mock VersaMail---who woulda ever thought it'd end up almost being considered the gold standard several years down the road???
My recommendation for you? Stick with the Centro for another 8-12 months. It does everything you currently need it to do and what you gain in nifty next-gen features on one hand (web browsing, wi-fi, GPS, big screen) you'll lose out on the other (PIM, one-handed intuitive operation, memory card slot, physical keyboard etc).
We are going to see a TON of changes throughout 2010. You'll still be hard-pressed to find a more usable smartphone than the Centro, especially since you have the best possible version of it (128mb).
Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p->Verizon Moto Droid
RE: The Day of Reckoning
SOMETHING will happen between now and March-the-whatever and a huge, deal-breaking bug will rear its head and your iPad will not be purchased. Heavily fondled, yes, but not purchased.
I am CERTAIN of this! ;-)
Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p->Verizon Moto Droid
RE: The Day of Reckoning
Peace,
E-T
RE: The Day of Reckoning
Con - what happened to your doom blog with all of the "experts" predicting the end of the world?
when right crow loudly, when wrong deny everything.
http://www.psyfitec.com/2009/03/you-cant-trust-experts-with-your.html
RE: The Day of Reckoning
hkk - the big missing pieces with the Centro are large display and great web browser.
i played with the iPhone Contacts and Calendar apps and they seem "good enough" for me. at least during my demo.
RE: The Day of Reckoning
I think the iPad will solve the problem. It's a simple, large touchscreen with an intuitive, WYSIWYG interface. It's worth a shot for $500.
RE: The Day of Reckoning
You're opening up Pandora's Box.
RE: The Day of Reckoning
bosco - that's nice. but just make sure they don't find your porn collection. momma and poppa bosco would be very upset if they found out their little boy grew up to be a pervert.
RE: The Day of Reckoning
Peace,
E-T
RE: The Day of Reckoning
Gekko, you should be better with numbers than this! The blog was called Mike Cane *2008*. You expected it to continue to 2010?!
And keep your eyes on Greece, Bubba. Hell on earth is coming to town over there.
WM7 could be a contender!
WM7 could be a contender!
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/windows-mobile-7-interface-and-device-leaked-on-mwc-banners/
RE: WM7 could be a contender!
i just watched about a half hour of the WM7 intro demo with the newly transformed faux middle aged rocker hipster wannabe VP. i'm not impressed. looks like a gimmicky Zune OS. i don't like the hodgepodge mishmash GUI. looks like it was slapped together at the last minute - copying elements mostly from Android.
RE: WM7 could be a contender!
NONE of the onscreen clutter of WinMob or the battery drainin' , resource hoggin' eyecandy of WebOS.
It's almost....Palm OS zen-like in its austerity! And since no one can manage to get a lag-free mobile OS going unless it's got a 1Ghz+ CPU underhood, MS is presumably heading in the right direction by stripping everything down to the bare minimum.
Now, I'm quite fond of the Zune HD UI/aesthetic (not as much for the hardware itself...) so this is definitely a good thing based on the (very) initial Engadget impressions & images. It's also great to see MS cracking the whip to devcie manufacturers to keep it from becoming the mish-mash nightmare of hardware, resolutions, software compatibility and interface method that was every prior version of WinMob.
Give me an HTC HD2 on Verizon with WM7 and I might finally be able to make a clean break from Garnet and not be that miserable!
Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p->Verizon Moto Droid
RE: WM7 could be a contender!
well maybe i was too distracted by the effeminate faux hipster.
i need to see more but i'm not sold yet.
RE: WM7 could be a contender!
Um, WTF? The iPhone has been at like, what, 600MHz, since the start?
I'm unconvinced WM7 will help them. Not even going to bother to see a video right now. The description I read was a big So What? for me.
And here's the LMAO Of The Day: Intel and Nokia are combing two losers of an OS -- Mobilin and Maemo -- into one. And they're calling it MeeGo. Wow, can you spell F-A-I-L?
RE: WM7 could be a contender!
what scares me is this trend of all this social networking facebook, myspace, twitter crap being jammed down my throat 24/7 on these phones - webOS, Android, and now WM7. i don't want my phone clogged up with all of this garbage. i hope there's option to turn all of this crap off and never to be seen again. my idea of social networking is PIM, Email, and basic Web. am i just getting OLD???????????
RE: WM7 could be a contender!
I'm younger than you and that's what I care about (PIM, email, web, and a smattering of multimedia). My idea of social networking is emailing someone or sending them a text message IF it is an urgent business message or a non-urgent personal communication. I check Facebook maybe once every other day just to see what kind of silly status updates people are posting.
@Mike;
Yes yes yes, as soon as I typed that I realized I had meant to say "All non-iPhoneOS smartphones"!
WebOS lags terribly. Garnet lags (Treos worse than Centro). Android lags (depends wildly on which device you are using). WM 6.x lags. I don't recall any lags with BB OS but my time with the Storm was so brief and miserable that I am thankfull I don't recall more of that experience.
Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p->Verizon Moto Droid
RE: WM7 could be a contender!
Now, I'm friends with old friends, college buddies, co-workers, bosses, and family. And it sucks. In the same three-minute timespan, I can find the almost-nipple-showing pictures from some broad's weekend, the pseudo-intellectual linking a review of Avatar and voicing his predictable criticism, and the bored musings of my elementary school friend's mom, a 50 year old divorcee. I guess I just like society less as I get to know more of it.
Therefore, I agree with Gekko and Kris. Facebook is an app that I don't have integrated with anything. It's there when I'm bored and curious. Maybe someday I'll actually find something interesting on it.
RE: WM7 could be a contender!
i'm on FB but on complete lockdown. all you can do is message me and nobody can see nuthin' and i don't post nuthin'.
RE: WM7 could be a contender!
is she hot? milf? gilf???
RE: WM7 could be a contender!
i have to agree with these comments on WM7 -
I think it's the worst interface man can imagine. We have 4" displays only to see there is a huge black bar on the right to waste screen space and make the UI feel like it's "de-centered". And the home? Big squares, monodimensional with two colors? Oh my God, how ugly this UI is... waste of screen space, really bad. I'm really disappointed. The actual HTC Sense UI is WAY better than this crap.
Submitted by darkcg (not verified) on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 12:52.
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Agreed. HTC Sense is way better than what I've seen so far.
Submitted by ucfgrad93 on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 15:06.
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Agreed. Why are the phone and email icons so damn big and blue? Such a waste of space.
Is this phone made so 80 year olds can use it without their glasses? Jeez.
Hopefully WP7 phones can be "downgraded" to WM6.5.3. Hardware will be great, but the software doesn't interest me.
Submitted by ha (not verified) on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 17:18.
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The keyboard is also worse than Sense's. Why not have the option to press and hold a letter to bring up a number? Why make me have to select a new keyboard.
So not pleased.
Submitted by ha (not verified) on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 17:22.
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i am really looking for a computer phone, not a gameboy phone. and i dont mean that games on a phone is bad they are awsome, i am comparing it to a gaming device which is a lockdown device that is made for one thing. a computer is made for everything that a computer can do.
an iphone is a gameboy phone and so is android. people go to iphone for a gameboy phone. people go to android because they dont like apple. but people go to microsoft for a productive computer device and this just doesnt look like it. it looks like a gameboy phone.
for instance. this phone is already assuming that i play xbox and use facebook and use bing. i dont!!! i use windows, and then i use whatever i feel like from there!!
i want a laptop with a phone!!! not a phone with a media shit pod in it!! "you can view available games" uughh!!! its like a commercial in your pocket!!
Submitted by fupamobile (not verified) on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 16:41.
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I really hate that the iphone drove mobile devices into this direction. I really liked Windows mobile standard and thought developers and Microsoft were making progress bridging professional and standard. How does this interface fit for those of us who like front facing qwerty keyboards and one handed operation (Samsung Jack and Epix). Is the weather even shown on the homescreen? This just looks like microsoft is trying to keep up with apple at the expense of the buyers and developers who kept them in business. In my opinion, all they needed to do was add a cursor to non touchscreen devices and move everyone over to WM professional. I'm going to stay with WM 6.x as long as I can and then might consider getting a blackberry.
Submitted by Ray123 (not verified) on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 18:19.
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I have to agree with fupamobile. I already have a Zune media Player. I don't need an I-Zune Media, Social App Phone. I need a superfast, multitasking, battery saving PDA that also can play Media (Zune Media player would work ;-), store and take pics, sync with my computer online and off, browse the internet, open my docs, runs oodles of apps of various flavors at a flick. WP7 may be different similar to the way the Iphone is different and it may sell to people who want something like an Iphone but different. I need a mini laptop on speed that can do whatever I need it to do. When FaceBook & Twitter wears out, moves on and other apps come up, whats this phone going to do for you?
Submitted by NH3MAN (not verified) on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 18:22.
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The interface looks kinda cluttered and messy. Doesn't really look like a smartphone that anyone can pick up and figure out straight away (like the iPhone).
I wonder how powerful the CPU and GPU have to be for the UI to feel fuild? I'd hate to think that you'll need a 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU for the phone to be useable.
If the updates from Facebook, Xbox, etc are live, WP7 better have a good push notification service otherwise battery life will be woeful.
Interesting that there has been no mention about upgrading existing (or upcoming) WM6.5 devices to WP7. Would you lock yourself into a 2-year contract with a WM6.5 phone knowing that WP7 devices are just 6-9 months away.
Submitted by Will (not verified) on Mon, 02/15/2010 - 18:38.
RE: WM7 could be a contender!
E-T
1.4
I say that this should have been standard on the Pre instead of making people wait. To not have it standard shows Palm is out of touch with many of it's users.
Chance Favors the Prepared Mind.
1.4 update to release later tonight 2/26/10
Palm Pre and Pixi WebOS 1.4 Software Update
On 2/26, Friday evening, Pre and Pixi device users will receive an Over the Air (OTA) notification to download the new 1.4 webOS software release.
This release includes both fixes and feature updates (listed below).
Fixes:
Time Zone bug fixed
Network time sync bug fixed to reflect accurate Network time
Bluetooth car-kit transition to device corrected
No EV icon bug fixed (random)
Random browser formatting bugs fixed
Fixed bug that incorrectly displayed Sprint when actually was Digital Roaming
Missing Contact issue specifically with swap down to 1.2.9.1 or less
Feature Updates:
Phonebook Transfer (import & export)
Adds Video Capture capability & edit
Calendar Enhancements
Messaging Enhancements
Improved Performance (Phone & CAL)
Email Enhancements
Notification Enhancements
Adds Adobe Flash 10.0 (Pre Only)
NOTE: The 1.4 software adds the ability to use the Flash 10.0 Adobe plug-in which will be available shortly from the Palm Appl Catalogue.
_____________________________________________________
From official internal Sprint document:
Customers: Palm Pre/Pixi web OS 1.4.0
Effective Date: Palm Pre 2-26
Details: The customer's device will recognize that it needs the latest SW and will ask the customer to allow the installation and download. The customer can also initiate the update from the Updates application.
Fixes, Feature Updates and Enhancements with Palm webOS 1.4
Fixes:
● Time Zone bug fixed.
● Network time sync bug fixed to reflect accurate Network time.
● BT car-kit transition to device corrected.
● No EV icon bug fixed (random)
● Random browser formatting bugs fixed.
● Fixed bug that incorrectly displayed Sprint when actually was Digital Roaming.
Enhancements:
• Phonebook Transfer
o Added ability to export from the Palm Pixi address book /contacts to any other device (Previously Palm
supported only the import of address book transfer from a device to a Pixi)
• Supports Video Capture capability
o Video editing (trim)
o Upload of videos to YouTube / Facebook /
o Send videos via MMS or email
• Performance enhancements within Phone and Calendar applications
• Calendar enhancements
o Dial phone numbers from within a meeting event
o Allow custom alert sounds for calendar event reminders
o Added AM and PM detail within calendar events
• Email enhancements
o Allow custom alerts sounds/tones for email alerts
o Embedded phone numbers or email addresses (embedded in email) can be easily added to Contacts
application
o New email sort options (date, sender, subject)
o Return to inbox view after sending email
• Messaging enhancements
o Ability to forward SMS to email
o Ability to dial phone number from SMS chat session (no need to open contact any longer)
• Press & hold on a phone number to get more options (call, SMS)
• Universal Search now includes EAS (Outlook Exchange) GAL corporate address look up
• Application Launcher – easier user interface providing user more feedback during an application launch
• Notifications adding Blink options
o Palm Pixi – Light-bar in gesture area blinks when notifications are pending
Manual Update Process:
1. Open Launcher
2. Scroll to Card 3
3. Tap Updates
Latest Comments
- I got one -Tuckermaclain
- RE: Don't we have this already? -Tuckermaclain
- RE: Palm brand will return in 2018, with devices built by TCL -richf
- RE: Palm brand will return in 2018, with devices built by TCL -dmitrygr
- Palm phone on HDblog -palmato
- Palm PVG100 -hgoldner
- RE: Like Deja Vu -PacManFoo
- Like Deja Vu -T_W
This SHOULD have been WebOS 1.0
Ship another (big screen) form factor with iPhone or Droid-quality hardware and maybe Palm can still survive until 2011.
- FJH
Proud Foleo user since 2007