Palm Pre Get iTunes Sync Again : webOS 1.1

24 July 2009 by Vinay One Comment

Recently Apple updates iTunes from 8.2 to 8.2.1 for disabling Palm Pre sync to iTunes. Now it’s time for Palm to push a new update for answering Apple and they did it. Palm pushed webOS to 1.1.0 with bugfixes, battery performance improvements, and UI enhancements. Ahh, and Palm has re-enabled full iTunes sync with iTunes 8.2.1 So we can say After Dev team Apple got a new reason to update iTunes frequently. Love to see a cat n mouse race between Apple and Palm. From Official Palm blog “ In addition to these treats for business users, Version 1.1 also includes a few other goodies for everyone — like support for emoticons in the messaging app, and the ability to set “person reminders” in the contacts app (next time you get a message or phone call from that person, a message pops up showing you a reminder to ask them about their vacation in Maui — cool, huh?). Oh, and one more thing: Palm webOS 1.1 re-enables Palm media sync. That’s right — you once again can have seamless access to your music, photos and videos from the current version of iTunes (8.2.1).”

Palm Pre iTunes

Here’s the recap of what’s changed:

New service pre-installed: NFL Mobile Live from Sprint.
Calendar: the default reminder intervals are 15 minutes for timed events and one day for all-day events.
Camera: Photos application opens more quickly when launched from the camera.
Clock: better support for time zones; when alarm is set, a small icon will appear in the notification area at the bottom of the screen. Clicking on that icon will display alarm details.
Contacts: improved synchronization with Facebook and Google.
Email: mail server can be an IP address; support for self-signed certificates; improved Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) support.
Messaging: emoticons support; better management of IM accounts.
Phone: minor usability improvements.
System: improved functionality of person reminders; syncing with iTunes works again!
Web: few usability improvements.