Palm releases webOS 1.2.0 for Palm Pre
By Hercules Kataveli, B2P
Published on Tuesday September 29, 2009 at 10:45 am ET
Updated 03-12-10, 4:28 pm ET
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.
Another new feature in the upgrade brings the ability for users to purchase for paid applications in the market. There are still less than 100 paid apps on the service, compared to over 85,000 on the Apple iPhone (which now has more than 2 billion downloads).
For a complete list of changes in webOS 1.2.0 checkout the Palm changelog.
 Hercules holds a B.Comm Finance from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) level 3 candidate. He was previously a contributor at FiLife, a finance website owned by Dow Jones and IAC. Write to [email protected] |
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