Sprint confirms Pre and Pixi webOS 1.4 update coming tomorrow (update: full changelog!)

Just hours after we wrapped our mitts around what looked to be Palm's official webOS 1.4 changelog, along comes this: confirmation from none other than Sprint itself. According to a post on the carrier's official forums by Sprint Admin 'izzyks,' both the Pre and Pixi will see the long-awaited webOS 1.4 update hit sometime tomorrow evening. As always, users will see an OTA alert when the new files are ready for consumption, and you can find a full list of the fixes and changes just beyond the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Update: Seems the post was yanked! The message, in its entirety, is after the break.

Update 2: We just snagged the full changelog from an internal Sprint document, which is also tucked below. For the spec hounds, the webOS version will be 1.4.0, while the Sprint Configuration will sit at 2.3 and the Build at 195.

Palm Pre and Pixi WebOS 1.4 Software Update

On 2/26, Friday evening, Pre and Pixi device users will receive an Over the Air (OTA) notification to download the new 1.4 webOS software release.

This release includes both fixes and feature updates (listed below).

Fixes:

• Time Zone bug fixed
• Network time sync bug fixed to reflect accurate Network time
  
• Bluetooth car-kit transition to device corrected
  
• No EV icon bug fixed (random)
  
• Random browser formatting bugs fixed
  
• Fixed bug that incorrectly displayed Sprint when actually was Digital Roaming
  
• Missing Contact issue specifically with swap down to 1.2.9.1 or less
  

Feature Updates:

• Phonebook Transfer (import & export)
• Adds Video Capture capability & edit
  
• Calendar Enhancements
  
• Messaging Enhancements
  
• Improved Performance (Phone & CAL)
  
• Email Enhancements
  
• Notification Enhancements
  
• Adds Adobe Flash 10.0 (Pre Only)
  
• NOTE: The 1.4 software adds the ability to use the Flash 10.0 Adobe plug-in which will be available shortly from the Palm Appl Catalogue.

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From official internal Sprint document:

Customers: Palm Pre/Pixi web OS 1.4.0

Effective Date: Palm Pre 2-26

Details: The customer's device will recognize that it needs the latest SW and will ask the customer to allow the installation and download. The customer can also initiate the update from the Updates application.

Fixes, Feature Updates and Enhancements with Palm webOS 1.4
Fixes:
● Time Zone bug fixed.
● Network time sync bug fixed to reflect accurate Network time.
● BT car-kit transition to device corrected.
● No EV icon bug fixed (random)
● Random browser formatting bugs fixed.
● Fixed bug that incorrectly displayed Sprint when actually was Digital Roaming.

Enhancements:
• Phonebook Transfer
o Added ability to export from the Palm Pixi address book /contacts to any other device (Previously Palm
supported only the import of address book transfer from a device to a Pixi)
• Supports Video Capture capability
o Video editing (trim)
o Upload of videos to YouTube / Facebook /
o Send videos via MMS or email
• Performance enhancements within Phone and Calendar applications
• Calendar enhancements
o Dial phone numbers from within a meeting event
o Allow custom alert sounds for calendar event reminders
o Added AM and PM detail within calendar events
• Email enhancements
o Allow custom alerts sounds/tones for email alerts
o Embedded phone numbers or email addresses (embedded in email) can be easily added to Contacts
application
o New email sort options (date, sender, subject)
o Return to inbox view after sending email
• Messaging enhancements
o Ability to forward SMS to email
o Ability to dial phone number from SMS chat session (no need to open contact any longer)
• Press & hold on a phone number to get more options (call, SMS)
• Universal Search now includes EAS (Outlook Exchange) GAL corporate address look up
• Application Launcher – easier user interface providing user more feedback during an application launch
• Notifications adding Blink options
o Palm Pixi – Light-bar in gesture area blinks when notifications are pending

Manual Update Process:
1. Open Launcher
2. Scroll to Card 3
3. Tap Updates

[Mitchell R Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:44PM]

Yay, i sent this in :)

Can't wait.

[Mitchell R Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:45PM]

@Mitchell R Sorry for replying to my own post but looking now, I see the change log boasts "Notification Enhancements"...

Wonder what that could be :/ Nothing to enhance imo.

[dscott23 Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:51PM]

@Mitchell R

I believe they'll enabling the Blink LED Notification for new emails and what not. We've had this through a patch, but now it'll be "official"

[Mitchell R Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:52PM]

@dscott23 Yeah, I'm still confused of why they haven't uncommented the code for New/Delete Pages on the launcher...

Some moves don't make sense to me.
They coded it, release it.

[hs2716 Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:59PM]

i have been waiting for this for 25 days exactly

[CRA1G Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:00PM]

@Mitchell R Nicely done.

My Pre is hungry, Palm...feed it!

[a dumb cat Posted Feb 25th 2010 6:27PM]

@CRA1G

You have to give Palm's developers tremendous for the rapid pace at which they upgrade their platform. Big props to Palm. Now they just need more people to buy into their OS. All things considered, it truly is an elegant system even if it is a bit ahead of its time (performance-wise at least).

[ACEACEACE Posted Feb 25th 2010 6:49PM]

@Mitchell R I've heard u'll be able to change ringer sounds...

[Mitchell Rusk Posted Feb 25th 2010 8:02PM]

@Mitchell R

So you're the one who took my name.... Is it weird that I also own a Palm Pre and post on precentral?

[mahootzki Posted Feb 25th 2010 8:41PM]

@dscott23 there are a lot of "patches" included in the new update...

[cutter07 Posted Feb 25th 2010 11:06PM]

@hs2716
Hopefully you don't have the Pixi, or you'll be waiting another 2 YEARS and 4 days...the next time 2-29 rolls around?

[koolerz1569 Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:49PM]

Do you think this will apply for the Pre and Pixi Plus? If it does, I'm totally getting a Pre Plus!!!

[Dustin Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:52PM]

@koolerz1569 Yes they are getting the update also. I would assume they would get it around the same time as the original Pre and Pixi but you never know.

[JerkyChew Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:54PM]

@koolerz1569

Yes, the Plusses (Plussi? Pluses?) get the update as well, although I think I saw on PreCentral.net that Sprint gets 1.4 before Verizon.

[Village Posted Feb 26th 2010 12:03AM]

@koolerz1569 I saw presumably this patch on a non-public version of the Pre Plus last weekend. Video feature was enabled and worked quite well! Should be down the pipe shortly.

[BigJayDogg3 Posted Feb 26th 2010 1:48AM]

@JerkyChew

Since you showed obvious confusion (and piqued my interest) I looked it up. Wikipedia says "plus (plural pluses or plusses)".

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/plus

[ohjeez Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:53PM]

What is that background that you guys always have on your devices?

[Salath911 Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:58PM]

@ohjeez I second that.

[Shravan Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:00PM]

@ohjeez
Yeah I wanna know too engadget !
Where did you get that from ?

[Shravan Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:03PM]

@ohjeez
Might be a bigger version of this.

http://hello.eboy.com/eboy/wp-content/uploads/shop/shop_tokyo_fullsize.png

I'm not sure though.

[Kirtay Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:05PM]

@Shravan:
Yeah, it's eboy, Joshtops had it on his tweeter account.

[IronLantern Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:17PM]

@lamerz Listen to the Engadget Mobile podcast

[Kirtay Posted Feb 25th 2010 7:07PM]

@lamerz:
I'm sorry. Jack Topper.

[forcegoat Posted Feb 25th 2010 10:07PM]

@ohjeez Here it is: http://hello.eboy.com/eboy/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/EBY_Superbroncobattle_08t1-882x623.png

[piggy Posted Feb 26th 2010 3:31PM]

@Shravan NSFW! You should have warned us!

[Mitchell R Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:55PM]

So the post at the sprint forums got deleted :O

[miles4000 Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:18PM]

@Mitchell R I think it got locked.

[gabe2829 Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:56PM]

bout freakin time...first they say on the 15th...then they say on the 25th...ugh wen will the madness end...lol..bt bout time sprint steps up and says something...I just all this 1.4 lives up to the hype

[irunfar22 Posted Feb 25th 2010 6:16PM]

@gabe2829 Depends on your definition of "they"... Those were only rumors to blogs and such. The only official statement said sometime in February. Those damn rumors always get our hopes up, don't they?

[gabe2829 Posted Feb 25th 2010 6:51PM]

@irunfar22 lol hell yea...I mean mi gf b sayin how do you have a phone that doesn't have video recording...even the basic fones have that...ugh now ican rub it in her face tommrow ha ha...bt was this big deal over a led change??

[Salath911 Posted Feb 25th 2010 4:57PM]

...and the Pre/Pixi+?

[Pookiewood Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:00PM]

For some reason we never got the last update to work with my wifes phone.

[electrobrains Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:00PM]

I'm really looking forward to "Random browser formatting bugs fixed" (I assume this is referring to where Facebook's full page now has text appearing in the wrong sizes and disappearing) and the ability to dial someone from a Messaging conversation without flipping to their contact page first. Flash support will be nice, I guess, but I don't see myself using it for anything but SoundCloud.

Sure took them long enough to get this update out!

[mahootzki Posted Feb 25th 2010 8:39PM]

@electrobrains i can confirm that it fixes it...

[mhunterjr Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:44AM]

@electrobrains what's the link to get facebooks full page on the Pre browser?

[Shravan Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:02PM]

@ohjeez
might be a bigger version of this, not sure.

http://hello.eboy.com/eboy/wp-content/uploads/shop/shop_tokyo_fullsize.png

[hjustin93 Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:03PM]

What about Verizon users? =[

[young hov 718 Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:06PM]

Palm C40 were are you?? I need you..

[One Love Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:11PM]

ANDROID UPDATE PLZ! (Remember the hero you sold me)

[MowDownJoe Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:38PM]

My Droid wants 2.1!

[WebOn Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:32PM]

man I just hope GSM gets this update as well... wait..
there is NO GSM pre,

hurry the hell up palm, or else you re gonna loose a sale here
and in your situation 1 sale counts might I add.

[haubey Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:56PM]

@WebOn There is a GSM Pre. Just not in the US. You could buy one from Germany and use it in the US though.

[ToniCipriani Posted Feb 26th 2010 12:01AM]

@WebOn And Mexico... but good luck unlocking it. Rebel SIM doesn't co-operate with AT&T cards.

[dpaul420 Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:40PM]

Anyone posit a guess how long it will take to drop on Canadian networks? Come on Bell, hurry up!!

[dscott23 Posted Feb 25th 2010 7:47PM]

@dpaul420 I figured out the (possible) reason for the last delay in Bell getting the update out, for 1.3.5. Each carrier has their own tests they run on the updates before releasing them to their customers. A bug was found in 1.3.5 that messed up email with an exchange account. Bell didn't release any update until 1.3.5.1 was available, which was the fix for this bug. As soon as 1.3.5.1 was released, Bell issued the whole update the next day. So I assume/hope they won't be delaying any updates for no apparent reason. Again, hoping..

[mtnDewFTW Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:43PM]

That's good news for all 4 people that own them

[amistak Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:44PM]

Supposedly, its a world release, with Europe getting the update not a few days after the US release.

[vdubdan45 Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:44PM]

I can now go to sleep okay @ night. The release rumors were driving me INSANE. Hello 1.4 :)

[BrownSound Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:53PM]

It will need more than an update to raise sales for Pre at this point.

[VIRGINA Posted Feb 25th 2010 5:57PM]

I sure hope "Improved Performance (Phone & CAL)" will make my Pixi stop lagging and throwing "too many cards" errors. I love the hardware but the OS is barely usable.