Wow... lots of detail changes. Glad to see Palm addressing the bugs etc. Jim
...... Original Message ....... On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:11:48 -0500 "Sam Cayze" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Change Log: >webOS 1.2.0 > >Version information > >* Version: webOS 1.2.0 >* Release date: 28 September 2009 > >New applications > >NONE > >Feature changes to existing applications > >Amazon MP3 > >* Songs can now be purchased from Amazon MP3 over a phone network >connection. A Wi-Fi connection is no longer required. > >App Catalog > >* In preparation for e-commerce in the App Catalog, to purchase >apps, you can enter credit card information by selecting Preferences & >Accounts from the application menu in App Catalog. Credit card >information is stored with the Palm profile, not on the phone. You can >choose whether you need to enter their Palm profile password each time >you make a purchase, or for the first purchase in any four-hour window. >* If you want to reinstall a purchased application you previously >deleted, you can open App Catalog, search for the application, tap the >app name, and tap Download again for free. You do not need to pay for >the application again. >* A new Share button enables you to send a link to the app page in >an email or text message.You can select whether to enter comments >anonymously, using your first and last name, or using your first initial >and last name. >* You must accept an end-user license agreement to purchase apps. > >Backup > >* Web browser bookmarks are now backed up to your Palm profile. >After a restart or partial/full erase, the bookmark is restored in Web >when you go to the web page. > >Bluetooth > >* If you are on the phone, get in a car with a previously paired >car kit, and turn on the car, a notification appears asking whether you >want to continue talking directly into the phone, or transfer the call >to the car kit. Previously, the call was automatically transferred to >the car kit. >* The types of car kits to which contacts can be transferred has >been increased. You can transfer contacts to Toyota and Lexus car kits. >* You can make a Bluetooth connection to a computer even if the >computer's Bluetooth device name field is blank. > >Calendar > >* On the event details screen, the Map Location application menu >item is now called Event Location and has two submenu options: Show On >Map, which displays the location in Google Maps, and Get Directions, >which provides directions from the current location in Google Maps. >* The options for changing a calendar's display color and choosing >whether to show or hide a calendar in All Calendars view are now >accessed by opening the application menu > Preferences & Accounts > >Calendar View Options, or by tapping the Calendar View Options list item >in the list where you switch between All Calendars and an individual >calendar. >* If you tap Snooze on a calendar event notification, the >notification no longer reappears after the event end time. >* If a calendar note contains a phone number, you can tap the >number to dial it. >* In Day view, you can press and hold the orange key/Option and >tap an event to delete the event. Options displayed include deleting >just this event or deleting the whole series for recurring events. >* Calendar now recognizes the 7th day of a given month as the >first Monday/Tuesday/etc. of that month, not the second. If you choose a >repeat option for an event on the 7th, the list correctly shows the >option Monthly on 1st [day]. Previously, the repeat list for an event on >the 7th of the month showed the option Monthly on 2nd [day]. >* Untimed events included in calendar data migration from your >desktop now appear on the correct date in Calendar. >* If you create an all-day event and then switch the phone's time >zone, the event continues to display correctly. >* When you select a month for a birthday, the month displays >correctly. >* Responses to meeting invitations are correctly sent back to the >organizer. If the organizer of an event requests not to receive >responses, responses are not sent to the organizer. > >Clock > >* The volume of alarms set in clock matches the ringtone volume, >not the system sounds volume. > >Contacts > >* On a contact details screen, a Send Contact option is available >on the application menu, with options to send the contact to a car kit >or send it as a vCard attachment to an email or multimedia message. >* On a contact details screen, a Copy All option is now available >on the Edit submenu in the application menu. Selecting this option >copies the entire contents of the contact entry as plain text. >* LinkedIn is now available as an online account in Contacts. As >with Facebook, a LinkedIn account set up on the phone enables you to >download contacts from that account. LinkedIn contacts cannot be created >or edited in Contacts. >* If a contact contains an instant messaging (IM) address, the >contact is linked to the IM account buddy entry. > >Email > >* You can search for messages in any email folder simply by >opening the folder and typing. Search returns any matches found in the >subject, From, To, or CC field. >* If a message contains an inline image, you can act on the image >by pressing and holding the orange key/Option and tapping the image. For >all images, an option appears to share the image as an attachment to an >email message. If the image is in JPG, BMP, or PNG format, a second >option appears to copy the image to the Photos app. >* Support for paragraph text selection, copy, and paste is now >available in Email. A yellow highlight appears to indicate paragraph >selection. >* If you have multiple Exchange accounts, you can now use Exchange >policies on all these accounts; previously this was restricted to one >account. Additionally, IT administrators no longer have to deselect >"allow non-provisionable devices" on the Exchange server in order for >Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync policies to work on the phone. >* If you change synchronization of email in a POP account to >Manual, the account no longer continues to sync email automatically. >* When addressing a message, searching for a linked contact whose >contact entry does not contain a complete last name (such as John S.) >now returns the contact match correctly. >* When you accept a meeting invitation, the response is now >correctly sent. >* Forwarded messages now correctly display the original message >text with the formatting maintained. >* When you save an attached file-for example, a Word file >attachment saved to Doc View-the file appears with the correct name in >the application. >* An error message appears if you cannot send a message from an >Exchange account because the account mailbox is full. >* The Email application always enforces EAS security policies-such >as entering a password-when you try to access your Exchange account in >Email. > >Media Sync > >* 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 you to store more photos on >the phone. > >Memos > >* Tapping text in a memo moves the cursor to the point that was >tapped. >* When you send a memo using the Email Memo menu option, the memo >formatting is maintained in the copied memo. > >Messaging > >* When you are in a conversation with an IM buddy, the buddy's >online status and custom message are displayed on the conversation >screen. >* In Conversations view, a Copy All option is now available on the >Edit submenu in the application menu. Selecting this option copies the >entire contents of the conversation as plain text. >* When addressing a message, searching for a linked contact whose >contact entry does not contain a complete last name (such as John S.) >now returns the contact match correctly. >* If a contact contains an instant messaging (IM) address, the >contact is linked to the IM account buddy entry. >* You can receive vCard contact entries as part of a multimedia >message. > >Music > >* If playback of an audio file is paused or interrupted, when you >resume playback, playback resumes at the point where it was paused. This >applies to audio files for which the Genre field is defined as podcast, >speech, spoken word, netcast, or audiobook only. >* You can use music playback controls on the dashboard even if the >screen is locked. >* If the ringer switch is turned off, music playback is not >interrupted by an incoming call. > >Phone > >* You can now turn carrier data services on or off in the Phone >application by opening the application menu > Preferences > Data Usage > >tap on/off. >* Default ringtone volume has been increased. >* Adjusting the volume of a call now works even if the screen is >off. Reducing the volume level to zero sets the call volume to zero. >* Contact entries in the call log now show both the phone number >and type. > >Photos > >* The Photos app can now display photos in JPG, BMP, and PNG >format. > >Sprint Navigation > >* Sprint Navigation now pulls Google contacts from the phone, as >well as Exchange and Palm profile contacts. > >System > >* You can open either the application or connection menu by >dragging down from the upper corner of the phone onto the screen, as >well as tapping the upper corner of the screen. >* When you press and hold the orange key/Option and drag onscreen, >the cursor now moves one word at a time instead of one character at time >in Email, Memos, and other apps. The cursor still moves one character at >a time in the Web address bar and Messaging body text entry field. >* Notifications, including incoming phone calls, now show above >the onscreen lock icon, so they can be seen when the keyboard is locked. >* Notification sounds play softly when you are on a call, >regardless of the system sounds setting. >* If you copy text from an application and open the Launcher, you >can paste the text to start a universal search. >* Universal search contact matches include an Add Reminder option >that allows you to add a reminder to the contact. >* In universal search, pressing the orange key/Option + a letter >key now searches on the letter key's alternate character (for example, 5 >for F), not on the letter key. >* In universal search, you can enter keywords to search for >applications. For example, entering "addresses" returns Contacts, "SMS" >returns Messaging, and "pictures" returns Photos. > >Tasks > >* Tasks that are assigned a category now retain the category when >they synchronize between the phone and your desktop. Other information >including start date, status, reminder setting, and privacy setting is >also retained. >* A new Hide Completed menu option is available. If you select >this option and mark a task as completed, the task disappears from the >current view. >* A menu in the upper-right corner of the screen showing all tasks >enables you to sort tasks by due date or priority. You can also manually >reorder the tasks. > >Web > >* The browser now supports downloading files from a web page. To >download a file, tap the file name. >* The browser now supports paragraph selection, cut, copy, and >paste on web page text. A yellow highlight appears to indicate paragraph >selection. >* You can press and hold the orange key/Option and tap a link or >image. Options displayed include opening the item in a new card, sharing >the link or image via email, or copying the URL. For images in JPG, BMP, >or PNG format, an additional option to copy the image to the Photo app >is displayed. >* If you tap on a text field, the page zooms to a level at which >it is easy to read the text being entered. >* If you copy text in the address bar or in the body text of a web >page, a notification appears stating that the text was copied. >* You can accept self-signed certificates through the browser. > >Security > >This release addresses several security issues with Palm webOS software. > >We would like to thank Townsend Ladd Harris for his help in identifying >some of the issues addressed in this release. > >Individuals interested in contacting Palm to report suspected security >issues can find more information at palm.com/security ><http://www.palm.com/security> . > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ___ (sent via my Palm Centro)
