webOS 1.1 rumored to be on the way to Pres shortly, sounds boring so far

by Chris Ziegler posted Jul 9th 2009 at 10:44PM

If you were hoping for more system sound configurability, better notification control, or an equalizer in the music player (heck, we'll settle for bass and treble), your wait might be nowhere close to over -- but the good news is that it appears there's some sort of update on the way for Pres in the field that's significant enough to justify a 0.1 bump in webOS' version number to 1.1. Corporate types will get all fired up over better managed Exchange policy integration with support for device wipe after failed PIN attempts, auto PIN lock, minimum password complexity, and a bunch of other things that your average Pre owner isn't going to give a flying iPhone about. Perhaps more interesting to everyone else is the claim that additional built-in apps are a possibility for 1.1, though there's no detail there -- it could be best-of-breed stuff culled from the App Catalog, new first-party apps, or a combination. PreCentral's hearing "within 30 days" for the release, so go ahead and get your firmware upgrade pants on now just in case.

Filed under: Software, Palm, webOS

Tags: palm, palm pre, PalmPre, pre, rumor, webos, webos 1.1, Webos1.1

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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rosewood @ Jul 10th 2009 3:04PM

This is a big update for Sprint ... employees

Until this update hits, Sprint employees can't use the Pre with their own exchange accounts since PINs are enforced and required for sync.

(Not that employees can get a Pre yet. What is the point of being in an ADVANTAGE club when the ADVANTAGE is getting phones 6mo after they are out for the same price as everyone else?)

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Achilles @ Jul 10th 2009 9:47AM

Can I get some text messaging configuration (text message forwarding, customizable text sound?) and missed notification alerts (blinking center button sensor for missed call with voicemail awaiting? unread text message? etc)?

And if Pre SW engineers are in a good mood, a battery tweak? :)

Thanks.
Happy 1st generation Pre owner