“jwdesselle sends word and our very own Update app confirms – webOS 1.04 is available to be pushed out to a Pre near you. This comes a mere 10 days — 10! — after the 1.03 update.
We’re awaiting word from Palm’s site as to what the update contains (and whether or not it breaks our homebrew install method). More information as we get it — but if you’re a homebrew fiend, we tentatively suggest you wait until we know just what’s in here. Meanwhile, our forums members are already talking about the update here.
Thanks jwdesselle and everybody else who sent this in!
Update 1: this Palm forum post has the update doing the following:
Fixes:
Unauthorized applications could be installed without having physical access to the device
kyle2dotcom says that the non-rooted homebrew apps are still there and that’s indeed true. However it looks like the non-rooted homebrew install method (whereby you email it to yourself) is now dead in the water. I just emailed myself the SimplyFlipFlops app and the installation failed. Looks like the email method has been closed, folks. Paging Pre Dev Wiki. More here.
Update 2: Palm has updated their Knowledge Base with the official info on the update. “This release addresses several security issues with Palm webOS software.” They also offer a special thanks to Townsend Ladd Harris for helping identify the security issue.” via precentral.net
Nokia, Apple, RIM and others agree on micro USB phone charger standard for Europe
“Top mobile telephone suppliers have agreed to back an EU-wide harmonization of phone chargers, the European Commission said on Monday, hailing the pact as good news for consumers and the environment.The agreement by Nokia, Sony Ericsson and other industry majors will mean phones compatible with standard charging devices are available in Europe from next year, said the EU executive, which has pushed for such a deal.”People will not have to throw away their charger whenever they buy a new phone,” said EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen, estimating that unwanted phone accessories accounted for thousands of tons of waste in Europe each year.The Commission said the agreement would involve the creation of an EU norm, and that the new generation of mobile phones would use a standard micro-USB socket to ensure compatibility.There are an estimated 400 million mobile phones in Europe, with 185 million bought each year.The chargers will be usable only for data-enabled phones, which have more capability than just standard calls and SMS texts. Data-enabled phones are expected to account for almost half of all new mobile handset purchases in 2010.The Commission hopes that as people discard their old handsets, within three to four years all data-enabled phones in Europe will be using standardized chargers.New data-enabled phones will come with a standardized charger but after an unspecified time the two items will be sold separately, industry group DigitalEurope said.The director of DigitalEurope, Bridget Cosgrave, said the price of such chargers had not yet been determined.Motorola, Apple, LG, NEC, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, Samsung and Texas Instruments have also signed the agreement, the Commission said.The 10 companies involved control 90 percent of the European market.The standardized chargers will be compatible only with European phones, but Verheugen said he hoped other countries would follow Europe’s lead.”We’re assuming this new European initiative will have a knock-on effect globally and manufacturers won’t just be doing this on the European market,” Verheugen said.” via tech.yahoo.com