Palm last night released an update to the company's webOS platform, in the form of webOS version 1.2. WebOS is the Web-based platform for the Palm Pre smartphone.
According to notes released on the company's Web page, the new version of webOS will allow songs to be purchased from Amazon MP3 over a phone network connection. Previously, a Wi-Fi connection was required.
Additionally, customers can now enter credit card information for purchasing paid apps and music. Credit card information is stored with the Palm profile, not on the phone, and users can choose whether they need to enter their Palm profile password each time they make a purchase, or for the first purchase in any four-hour window.
Users can also re-install a purchased application which they might have previously deleted without having to pay for the application again.
Notably, this latest version of webOS does not continue the back-and-forth between Palm and Apple, which saw the two companies enabling and disabling the Pre's iTunes sync capabilities.
In July, Palm petitioned the USB Implementers Forum, saying that Apple was improperly using its USB vendor code to block competitors. The forum disagreed and issued a warning that if Palm updates the Pre's software to include Apple's vendor code, it would violate the group's rules.