With so much talk about Windows Mobile 7, Android, iPhone and BlackBerry even it is master easily, the once and that the Palm pre and its webOS is forget still cult figure. The mobile software is still around and as strong as eh, enhances even though the pre was exceeded, or at least to help here and there with the pre plus, the pixi and pixi plus.
Palm went through some torrid times a few months back, but now it’s emerged baby-phoenix like under the ownership of computer giant HP, and its first sniff of the air since comes in the form of an upgrade to that famous mobile software. Yes, it’s time to meet webOS 2.0. Here’s what we can expect.
Stacks
webOS has full and proper MuliTasking from off offered, with his card and a neat way to categorize shuffle based app switching system but what adds the version 2.0 of the equation is in batches. So, rather than a roll of Windows by, as long as you scan your arm, instead they all are groups that then expand sub cards similar like you they get be bundled. Is rather reminiscent of some desktop operating systems.
Just Type
An advantage of having a hard QWERTY keyboard is that you don’t have to call it, use it, and this is an area, HP / Palm webOS is 2.0 uses. Just give a quick start function which encourages the user to catch to just what it is, that they start an E-Mail, SMS, a search query, status update – us on you – and it will start the action. Enter just open his developer app create so-called quick actions, selected aspects of the application software without opening and first search the desired function.
HP Synergy
The original webOS Synergy allowed users to log in to popular services such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, Microsoft Exchange and Yahoo! accounts and have all of their information populated across their Palm handsets. HP is, of course, not going to do any damage to what was one of the best features of the mobile software, and will extend Synergy to allow developers to plug more messaging, contacts and calendar app sources in as well.
Exhibition
Exhibition is a brand new feature that features both universal applications and enable also special applications once loaded set your Palm phone Padauflage up on the magnetic induction; Dock is the touchstone. The sorts of things in mind are special photo galleries, calendar and clock functions, but with a little luck there are a few lighter like-minded developers out there come with exciting opportunities to games, music and videos look also involved.
Full web browsing
With both iOS and Windows Phone 7 not interested in Adobe Flash, HP has taken the opportunity to do as Android has done and adopt the standard to offer full web browsing. So, the webOS browser will support the beta of Adobe Flash Player 10.1. At the same time, the browser will be up to date with HTML5 features too, including geolocation support and OpenSearch plugin support to make it easy to add your favourite websites to Just Type web searches.
Favourites
webOS 2.0 enables users to specific contacts to their favorites those terms. Of course this is no different than a set of simpler mobile platforms have been doing for a while, but the difference is that these contacts more than appear at the top of your phone number “do list”. Provided all information for these people who are your data in turn at the top of email, messaging applications and other appropriate contacts-based applications as well as. All the way through the software, where possible, in other words.
Skype Mobile (Verizon only)
In the same way as used to be the case before Skype went official on Android, Verizon in the US is offering Skype Mobile on the webOS 2.0 handsets, which will offer Skype to Skype calls and IM for free as well as low rates to non-Skype numbers.
Text Assist
Another area of general improvement is going to be in text input all the way across the phone. The QWERTY is obviously a great start, but expect more in the realm of auto-correct, spell check, being able to customise the dictionary and setting up macros as well.
Quick Office Connect Mobile Suite
There are few things more annoying than download an attachment and not able to open the thing. At the same time, the idea of installing a number of paid applications on all bases is more than a little boring and cover. In his reply has come HP with a piece of installed software as a universal document viewer for Microsoft Office applications, Google Docs, dropbox, PDFs and others will be as well.
Facebook 2.0
Facebook is obviously a big part of people’s communicating lives, so HP has ensured that the service will work with all the new features it’s built for webOS 2.0 by coming up with an improved Facebook 2.0 app for the App Catalogue app store. As a result, it will work with Synergy, Exhibition, Stacks and the Quick Actions as well.
Messaging
The native messaging app will be much the same on webOS 2.0, but Yahoo! IM users will be pleased to note that this service has been added to the compatible collection along with Google Talk, AIM and standard SMS and MMS as well.
VPN
webOS 2.0 will support all the most popular ways to connect to a corporate network, including IPsec and Cisco AnyConnect mobile optimized VPN, which supports SSL (TLS and DTLS). The idea is that you’ll feel safe and sound while operating your business from your phone and you shouldn’t need to carry a separate work mobile as well – unless you want to bill all your personals to work, of course.
App Catalogue
It has much at home BREW apps for Palm devices, but one of the major criticisms of the platform is that it is simply not enough los officially in app catalog. The interface is for webOS 2.0 complete with a new Manager software has been revised to browse your downloads. Whether HP has a strategy for attracting more developers, we have to wait and see.
The Details
On top of the larger changes, there’s also a new app launcher, which lets you add, re-order and name; support for Bluetooth keyboards and peripherals; an Accounts app to manage your Synergy credentials and a redesigned Phone app.
When’s it coming?
webOS 2.0 debuts on the Palm Pre 2 which comes out in France first on SFR on 22 October; shortly followed by a launch on Verizon in the US and Canada as well. HP has also said that existing customers will be able to upgrade its software in the coming months with no dates or details as yet. We’ll keep you posted.
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