Palm Updates WebOS for Pre
Palm have released the latest update for their web operating system with a whole host of new features offered in webOS 1.2.
The latest version of Palm’s operating system for the Pre mobile phone is now available as an automatic update. Palm has listened to customer feedback and is keen to offer customers what they have asked for in this upgrade.
1.2 starts with apps, make it easier to purchase Pre apps by putting credit card details into the Preferences & Accounts menu. This enables users to buy their apps from the Palm App Catalogue quickly and easily. Also, the new version enables users to download a previous app that may have been deleted and install it on the phone again for free.
Following in the footsteps of Apple's iPhone upgrade, Palm have realised the necessity for a cut and paste function, which is also included in 1.2.
There are also a number of other updates, including Amazon MP3 downloads which is done through Wi-Fi. The Palm Synergy has been upgraded to include LinkedIn contact syncing. This means that information from LinkedIn profiles will show up in the Palm Pre contact menu.
Links to more instant messaging contacts are also part of the upgrade. For business minded customers, there is support for heterogeneous EAS policies – according to the Palm blog website, this is “for workplaces with a mix of end-users in which some accounts support EAS policies and others don’t.”
Email filtering has also been enhanced and can be done simply by typing a search term. Files can also be downloaded into the browser.
Bell Pre Burning Up YouTube, Takes a Page from McNamee’s Playbook
Episode 2 of Bell's "Meet My Palm Pre" video series has been posted. Called "That phone goes great with your nails", this new video looks to show that the Pre appeals to women by having a guy show it off in a nail salon. Reached for comment, Roger McNamee said "See, I told you the mirror would be a hit with women," while women said "Fiddle de dee, Roger, that Pre has given us the vapors."
Setting aside the tone-deaf clichés and assumptions about what women want in a smartphone that are implicit in the ad, it does continues the first episode's tactic of showing not only what the Pre can do for you, but how practical it is to use the phone's features.
Also hitting the YouTube waves lately is MobileSyrup's overview of the Pre in video form. Part 1 gives a basic rundown of the hardware, card system, and gesture area, while part 2 goes more into depth. As expected, the Sprint-branded apps, like Sprint Navigation, are absent as is the Amazon MP3 store. Part 3 covers the Touchstone, which reportedly will cost $79.95 Canadian.
