webOS 1.4 coming today, to bring Flash with it
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Attention Pre and Pixi owners, Palm will be rolling out the OTA update for webOS 1.4 today. There are many reasons for you to be excited about the webOS update. The update brings a few interesting capabilities such as Flash support, video capturing and more. This update just like the norm brings new features and a few bug fixes as well. More on that after the jump.
webOS 1.4 features
webOS 1.4 brings the following new enhancements:
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Phonebook Transfer (import & export)
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Adds Video Capture capability & edit
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Calendar Enhancements
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Messaging Enhancements
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Improved Performance (Phone & CAL)
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Email Enhancements
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Notification Enhancements
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Adds Adobe Flash 10.0 (Pre Only)
webOS 1.4 fixes
The bugs that have been fixed in this version include:
- 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
So are you excited about the upcoming update? Has Palm miss out any desired features of yours?
[via Engadget]
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