Palm Pre, Palm Pre Plus, Palm Pixi and Palm Pixi Plus owners are getting the 1.4 update to webOS. This update, announced earlier this year, adds a lot of feature including video capture/edit/share, dial direct from calendar, better performance and more kinds of notifications.
Be aware that when you accept an Over-The-Air-Update, (OTA) your battery should be well charged, and it can take up to 15 minutes to complete.
Here are new features of the webOS 1.4 update.
- Capture, Edit, and Share video- shoot video, make quick edits and upload footage to YouTube or Facebook (or send them via email or MMS) with a couple of taps.
- Calendar Email/Dial Enhancements: Improved performance of all apps. In calendar,you can now dial a number that appears in the subject of an appointment. In the Email app, you can now sort by date, sender, and subject. In the Phone app, the Call log offers more options to easily connect to a contact (such as via SMS). And there are some new shortcuts for zipping from one app to another (for example, moving from a chat view to a phone call with that person).
- Users of Microsoft Exchange server can access contacts through universal search, just like Google, Google Maps, Wikipedia, and Twitter.
- In Calendar, you can see the current time plus a new a.m./p.m. indication in the day view.
- LED and Sound Notifications: The LED in the gesture area now lights up and pulses if you have a notification (even when the screen is off). You can also customize notification sounds in Messaging, Email (on an account-by-account basis), and Calendar. And there are new notification sounds in the ringtones library to give your more customization options for your alert.
Your phone will automatically update within a few days once Palm webOS
1.4 is available on your carrier.
Manual Update: If you need the update right away. You can
also check for system updates manually at any time by opening Updates.
If an update is available, you can download it immediately (or you can
wait for it to download in the background at a later time). You are
notified when the update is ready to be installed. You can use your
phone while an update downloads.
Remember: Be sure that your Palm Pre is at least 30% charged, it can take up to 15 minutes for the process to complete.
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- After an update has been downloaded, you are prompted to install the update now or later.
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you choose to install the update later, the next time you connect your
phone to a charger, a message appears asking if want to install the
update now or later. If no choice has been made after 10 minutes, the
installation begins. If you choose to install later, the next time you
connect your phone to a charger, the install now or later message
appears again. The pattern repeats until the update is installed.
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Installation
- Installation can take up to 15 minutes.
- While a system update is being installed, you cannot use any part of your phone, and all wireless services are disabled.
- Do not remove your battery while an update is being installed. You may damage the phone.