Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Recovery Tool Includes Leak of Palm's WebOS 1.2

Posted by timothy on from the are-any-modern-leaks-accidental? dept.

El Royo writes "Today, Palm leaked version 1.2 of the webOS operating system that powers the Palm Pre. According to PreCentral, the new version was inadvertently included in a recovery tool Palm makes available. New features include support for the forthcoming App Catalog changes, copy and paste from Web sites, improved e-mail search and faster boot times."

3 of 43 comments (clear)

  1. accidental by wizardforce · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I am sorry but how do you "accidentally" leak a copy of the new Palm OS? Even the most basic testing of the tool before release should have caught this.

    --
    Sigs are too short to say anything truly profound so read the above post instead.
  2. In what, 2 months? by Rix · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I didn't know Blackberry had a standards compliant web browser. Does it pull contacts from Facebook too?

  3. Simple by QuoteMstr · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have a Palm Pre because:

    • it's completely open in terms of hardware and software
    • it's fast
    • the applications are written in easily-modified Javascript
    • the operating system is a bog-standard Linux install that works just like I'd expect, including being able to ssh into the thing

    .

    It's simple.