Palm Pre, or the iPhone killer is it is known by the media these days, it’s a very intuitive and easy to use device. The operating system that it uses is webOS, a new operating system for Palm. When it was released, Palm promised customers that it would release free product updates for its operating system. This was met with skepticism due primarily to the fact that Palm’s updates were very far apart and very infrequent. However, Palm seems to be keeping its promise, release the second update in 2 weeks. That’s right, Palm Pre has been out now for about 2 weeks and webOS is on version 10.0.3, after being updated twice. The new update does not contain anything major, such as new software, but it contains a couple of reconfigurations as to how the Smartphone synchronizes with the Exchange mail server and Google’s web services. Some minor bug issues that were opened were also addressed with this patch. This updated was pushed to Palm Pre users Friday so the next few days everyone will be able to have this installed in their Palm Pre. One of the interesting features of webOS seems to be the way that the updates work, you can double click on an application called Updates and it retrieves the new patches automatically. Because Pre is Wi-Fi enabled, even for those who do not have a data plan with the carrier is possible to get the patches. One of the major progressions for Palm as a company with this new operating system is the way that they handle updates. Before webOS, Palm’s updates would require that the user lose everything they had store on the phone. With webOS, upgrades are easy, the new binaries install over the old ones without erasing any user data. One thing is for sure, the more I read about Palm Pre, and the more I can’t wait until my contract expires so that I can get one.
Source:
http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=15360
Other sources:
http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS
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