Palm webOS 1.4.1 Arrives on Bell Canada and Sprint

Palm has released webOS 1.4.1 on a number of networks including Bell Canada and Sprint.  There is no official word by either Palm or Verizon as to when webOS 1.4.1 would be available for Verizon customers. The biggest welcome change that webOS 1.4.1 brings for subscribers is that it allows them to purchase and download paid apps. I'm sure all Bell Canada users will be delighted with this announcement. Apart from the App Catalog change, here's what else the webOS 1.4.1 has in store for you.

Feature changes to existing applications

Bluetooth

• This release fixes an issue so that the phone now correctly connects with supported BMW car kits.

Camera

• This release corrects a lag in the shutter sound when you take a picture.
• This release fixes an issue so that newly taken photos and videos do not overwrite existing ones.

Contacts

• If you crop a picture before adding it to a contact, the picture appears cropped correctly in the contact entry.
• If you previously assigned either the Z or the B key as a speed dial, you can now continue to create speed dials.

Doc View

• If you open a file and perform the back gesture, the app now returns to the file list screen.
• Pinching in/out to zoom out/in now works correctly.

Messaging

• If you try to attach a video to an outgoing multimedia message, the list of available videos now displays only videos you recorded.

PDF View

• If you open a file and perform the back gesture, the app now returns to the file list screen.
• Pinching in/out to zoom out/in now works correctly.

System

• This release fixes an intermittent issue so that the volume slider no longer appears onscreen incorrectly.
• This release fixes an intermittent issue so that after the screen more reliably turns on after a single press of the power button.

Touchstone charging dock

• When the phone is on a Touchstone charging dock, the screen now consistently turns off correctly (displaying the lock icon and the time) after the shut-off interval.

Videos

• If you record a video, upload the video to YouTube, and send a link to the video via email, the email recipient can click the link and view the video. Previously, clicking the link displayed an error message.
• This release fixes an issue so that when you upload a video to YouTube, the file always includes both video and audio.

Web

The forward gesture now works correctly in the browser. 

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