The update brings in many enhancements to existing features, along with new features to the device.

New features include the ability to backup your browser bookmarks, enhanced email search, JPG, PNG, BMP image format support, the ability to purchase MP3s from Amazon, browser file downloading, enhanced calendar with tighter map integration, send contact option among many other enhancements.

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The wait is almost over for Canadians looking at picking up Palm’s much-anticipated Palm Pre smartphone.

The phone will launch on Thursday, August 27, 2009 and will cost $199.95 with a 3-year contract, or $599.95 without a term. A 500MB minimum monthly data plan will be required with your purchase.

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Update: To launch June 2nd 2009 on the Rogers network.

Rogers Communications, the cable and telecom giant, has announced it will finally release a Google Android powered phone in Canada. The company confirmed today it will be launching both the HTC Magic and HTC Dream powered by the open-source Google Android OS.

Rogers senior vice president John Boynton said in a statement, “Both devices [the HTC Dream and HTC Magic] offer outstanding wireless Internet search capabilities and a full suite of applications,”

Bell Canada, also announced earlier in the week the company would be the exclusive carrier to offer the new Palm Pre in Canada.

Both companies failed to disclose details on pricing and availability, but we are working on our source.

Google has publicly criticized Rogers Communications in the past for not offering unlimited mobile Internet data. Google has also voiced concern over Rogers Wireless complete GSM monopoly in Canada.

In related Rogers news, according to an internal source, the company in June will start to charge customers for incoming text messages, unless subscribed to a basic SMS plan. The source familiar with the matter spoke on condition of anonymity citing details have yet to be made public. Telus already has been doing this for months. The moves highlight that few control the oligopolistic telecom market in Canada, and in this case, a monopoly over the GSM networks.

The first real screen shots of the upcoming Palm Pre WebOS have surfaced from an SDK simulator. Check out the eye candy now!

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Check out these high resolution pictures of the Palm Pre and its new Web OS from Gizmodo.

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Palm has just posted a massive $95 million net loss for Q3FY09. Sales are down significantly to 482,000 units shipped in Q3 compared to 833,000 shipments in the same period last year. Q3 total earnings were down 71% to $90.6 million compared to $312 million last year in the same period. Palm CEO Ed Colligan said the new and highly anticipated Palm Pre handset powered by the new Palm webOS is going to launch as planned sometime in Q2.

Engadget’s Joshua Topolsky showed off the Palm Pre on the Jimmy Fallon show. The phone seems to offer some very kool features, including the ability to sit the phone on a small magnetic mount that charges the phone without even plugging in a single wire! Check out the video!

Today at the Mobile World Congress Adobe has made announcements pertaining to when Flash will be available on certain handsets. We can now confirm Windows Mobile, Google’s Android phones, Nokia Symbian S60 handsets, and the new Palm Pre will have Flash probably by the end of the year. There was no announcements made concerning the iPhone, but from a recent interview with Adobe CEO, there were many indications flash is coming to the iPhone. No information was released concerning the BlackBerry.

As evident from the updated Palm website, the Palm Pre is set to support out of the box support for tether. So, that means you can easily pair your Palm Pre with your laptop and stay connected at 3G speeds. MMS is also confirmed on the Palm Pre.

BGR is reporting it has an internal document from Palm that outlines the release date and price of the much anticipated Palm Pre. Apparently, the device will be available in store March 15, 2009 from Sprint and could sell for $150 with a two-year term, or about $550 without contract.