Palm sticks it to Apple (again) On September 28th, Palm released a major update to Palm webOS. Palm webOS 1.2 had a bunch of new features, but there was one missing feature everyone expected. It appeared that Palm had given up on re-enabling iTunes syncing with the Palm Pre ever since Apple patched iTunes 9 to no longer allow the Pre to directly sync with iTunes. On Saturday morning, October 3rd Palm released Palm webOS 1.2.1 which made it clear to the world that Palm was not backing down to Apple, Palm had once again re-enabled iTunes syncing with the Palm Pre. Palm also stuck it to Apple by letting the Palm Pre sync directly with iPhoto on Mac OS X. Here's Palm's official notes about the 1.2.1 update (notice any sarcastic remarks)? ;)

Version information

Version information

* Version: webOS 1.2.1

* Release date: 2 October 2009

Feature changes to existing applications Email

* Resolved an issue where after installing the 1.2.0 webOS update some customers running Exchange 2007 could no longer synchronize with their Exchange account for Email, Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks. System

* Resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (9.0.1).

* Media sync now synchronizes photo albums, maintaining the album structure in the Photos app.

* Media sync now allows for synchronizing photos without requiring the full-resolution originals. This provides faster display of high-quality full-screen images and enables users to store more photos on the phone.

Web

* Resolved an issue where if a user tried to play streaming music or video, the media stream might drop out or have a long delay before starting.

Security

This release implements several security fixes, including the following:

* Addresses a security issue encountered by webkit developers. This issue did not impact end users.

Individuals interested in contacting Palm to report suspected security issues can find more information at palm.com/security.

It's great to see David (Palm) go at Goliath (Apple) and succeed. Palm has grown a set of balls not seen by any other company to take on such a huge giant as Apple. Nice work Palm!!!!

Labels: apple, itunes, palm, palm webos, pre, sprint

  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 10/05/2009 12:17:00 AM