Palm releases webOS 1.2.1

Palm’s webOS 1.2 update was huge and added dozens of functions to the Pre. Unfortunately, most big updates also introduce a few new small bugs – which seems to have happened with webOS 1.2.

Fortunately, Palm has been diligently at work to release an update. webOS 1.2.1 seems to be a maintenance update, not adding anything revolutionary – the full change log reads as following:

Version information
* Version: webOS 1.2.1
* Release date: 2 October 2009

New applications
NONE

Feature changes to existing applications
Email
* Resolved an issue where after installing the 1.2.0 webOS update some customers running Exchange 2007 could no longer synchronize with their Exchange account for Email, Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks.

System
* Resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (9.0.1).
* Media sync now synchronizes photo albums, maintaining the album structure in the Photos app.
* 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 users to store more photos on the phone.

Web
* Resolved an issue where if a user tried to play streaming music or video, the media stream might drop out or have a long delay before starting.

Security
This release implements several security fixes, including the following:
* Addresses a security issue encountered by webkit developers. This issue did not impact end users.

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