14 DAY TRIAL // Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm announced at the end of the last year that it was getting ready to soon deliver a new software update for the users of a Palm Pre or Pixi handset, namely webOS 1.4, and now Sprint also mentions the update in a forum post. However, while Palm said that February was the targeted time frame for the software's release, Sprint now says that the first quarter of the ongoing year will be the lucky period, which means that the solution will probably land a little later than expected.
Here's what the “Palm webOS 1.4 Update” forum post at Sprint notes: Get even more out of your Palm Pre and Pixi, Palm webOS 1.4 update is on the horizon. I wanted to let everyone know that we’re planning to have an update to your Palm Pre and Palm Pixi later this quarter. We’ll be updating to Palm webOS 1.4. A few of the key updates include: - Video Capture functionality with editing capability - Adobe Flash Player 10 (Palm Pre only) - Full Phonebook transfer capabilities - Calendar Enhancements - Messaging Enhancements These are just a few of the high-lights with much more detail to come. I’m sure there will be a lot of questions around timing and details of the update and I won’t be able to share any more than what is listed above but we wanted to let our Community know it was coming.
It seems that while Palm is set to deliver the new webOS 1.4 update during the month that started today, Sprint will delay its release to users a little bit given the fact that the software solution has to get through its certification process. For what it's worth, Palm Pre and Pixi owners on Sprint will still receive the update, and it seems that it will bring forth some of the features that were long expected, such as the Adobe Flash Player 10, which should arrive on non-webOS devices too in the near future.
For the time being, there are no details available on whether the new software solution will be released for the owners of a Palm Pre Plus or Pixi Plus too but, considering that Palm is usually pushing its new updates to all of its devices out there, Verizon's subscribers should also be able to taste the new features. All in all, the webOS 1.4 should bring forth a great deal of nice enhancements to Palm's phones, but the guys over at PreCentral say that no revolutionary changes are expected in the end.