7 posts and columns on point release

Facebook and Twitter Coming to Kindle–In Glorious Black and White

in Social on May 24, 2010 at 3:28 pm PT

Amazon pledged to deliver its Kindle 2.5 firmware update in late May, and now that the month is nearing its end, the company is rolling it out as promised.
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Google’s Nexus One–Now With Multitouch

in Mobile on February 2, 2010 at 1:04 pm PT

Apple and Google both issued updates to their respective super-smartphones today, Apple rolling out iPhone OS 3.1.3, Google an unnumbered point release to the Nexus One’s software. iPhone OS 3.1.3 is a bit of a yawner, but Google’s Nexus One update is quite meaty, enabling multitouch in a number of the device’s applications.

Palm webOS 1.3.5 Will NOT Restore iTunes Media Synching

in News on December 28, 2009 at 9:42 am PT

In addition to four calling birds, today–the fourth day of Christmas–will bring the latest point release of Palm’s webOS operating system. Judging from Palm’s version notes, webOS 1.3.5 is a relatively minor update, featurewise. It promises to give the Pre and Pixi improved battery life “in marginal coverage areas” and addresses some media-related MMS issues. One media-related issue the update does not address: iTunes compatibility.
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Palm Ignores USB Group's Warning, Restores iTunes Sync

in News on October 3, 2009 at 9:45 am PT

Oh, it’s really on now. This morning Palm announced webOS 1.2.1, another point release to its new webOS platform that restores media synchronization with the latest version of Apple’s iTunes (9.0.1). Moreover, the company has gone the extra step of extending that synchronization feature to photos.
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Palm Ignores USB Group’s Warning, Restores iTunes Sync

in News on October 3, 2009 at 9:45 am PT

Oh, it’s really on now. This morning Palm announced webOS 1.2.1, another point release to its new webOS platform that restores media synchronization with the latest version of Apple’s iTunes (9.0.1). Moreover, the company has gone the extra step of extending that synchronization feature to photos.
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Palm Throws in the Towel on iTunes Synch

in News on September 29, 2009 at 8:01 am PT

Palm has begun rolling out webOS 1.2.0, a minor point release to its new flagship operating system, which boasts some 70 improvements. Notably absent from this update: The reenabling of iTunes synchronization, which Apple spannered when it released iTunes 9.0 earlier this month.
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OS X 10.5.8 Kills Bugs Dead

in News on August 5, 2009 at 4:17 pm PT

Apple on Wednesday released OS X 10.5.8, the latest point release to Mac OS X Leopard, even as Amazon takes pre-orders for its next iteration–Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6). 10.5.8 is largely a maintenance update, though it does patch a number of security vulnerabilities (18 to be exact), some of them fairly old.
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