Palm Rolling Out webOS 1.4.1 Incremental Update (Updated)

Following up the recent release of webOS 1.4, Palm is slowly beginning to roll out the 1.4.1 incremental update for all versions of the Palm Pre. The update adds European support for paid applications in the App Catalog along with the following fixes and changes:

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Update: Palm is rolling out the 1.4.1.1 update for the Sprint Pre which renames the NFL Mobile application to Sprint Football Live, otherwise the changelog is identical. Verizon users will have to wait longer for the update, with no date set for the rollout.

Version: webOS 1.4.1
Release date: 31 March 2010
New applications

NONE

Feature changes to existing applications

App Catalog
You can now purchase and download apps that are for sale, in addition to downloading free apps.

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