webOS 1.4.5 is out, promises to make your wildest minor bugfix dreams come true

Palm's touting that webOS 1.4.5 is now out and about, though its support page for the version is a wacky hodgepodge of Sprint and SFR versions of the update -- perfect for French expats living in the good ol' US of A, we suppose. Odds are very good that this new build isn't going to blow you away, but hey, an update's an update: you'll get "minor fixes and enhancements" for use with the PDK, a text field fix for the browser, a "rare problem" involving podcast downloads, and that's about it. The optimist in us wants to believe that the utter lack of innovation in this latest update is a sign that most of Palm's brain trust is invested in engineering fresh hardware at the moment -- right, Palm? Right?

Update: Arne from the::unwired points out to us that the Pixi line gets full PDK support with 1.4.5, which is actually a pretty big deal since that means you've now got 3D gaming support. Cheers to that, we say.

[JDGAFFLIN Posted Jul 5th 2010 3:10PM]

Nothing here in the metro Detroit area as of yet.

[metalgrx Posted Jul 5th 2010 3:24PM]

I hope they continue to support these phone

[TPAiN Posted Jul 5th 2010 3:44PM]

no dice yet.

[Shawn Posted Jul 5th 2010 5:28PM]

Not available yet on my Sprint Pre. I am disappointed with such a minor update. Nothing huge going on yet Palm? Kick it up a notch I want to see some big improvements yet!

[shmulik Posted Jul 5th 2010 5:36PM]

I got a sprint pixi no updates becides the fact this update is a real sad joke where is the vibrate I lost when I updated to 4.1.1? Thare is a ton of improvements waiting get up palm what are you waiting for?

[JDGAFFLIN Posted Jul 5th 2010 6:02PM]

It's only the SDK that was released. This post was a bit confusing.

[Rolaundo Posted Jul 5th 2010 6:02PM]

Well, im waiting for two updates now.... 1.4.5 for my pre, and Froyo 2.2 for my Evo 4g. Seems like i will be doing alot of waiting for the time being. lol

[AtlantaBoiPalmPrePS3 Posted Jul 5th 2010 7:20PM]

Verizon? I just checked for an update and it says 1.4.1.1 is still up-to-date

[Spaceshipped Posted Jul 5th 2010 7:32PM]

Useless for Pre owners, the ones that might care about updates.

[geinge82 Posted Jul 5th 2010 7:39PM]

I'm tired of waiting, come on with the come on!

[JDGAFFLIN Posted Jul 5th 2010 8:42PM]

Rumor has it 7/7 for Sprint. Check precentral for the latest.

[skshrews Posted Jul 5th 2010 9:07PM]

Bluetooth commands via headset...please...soon...it is the 21st century after-all...

[dhamp2g Posted Jul 6th 2010 12:01AM]

I had a Pre' for a while. Man that OS is the best on the market but things just move way too slow on the platform. I tried to leave my iPhone for but I just couldn't but I did leave my iPhone for the EVO and I love it. Sorry pre owners I know u wanna jump ship as soon as you can.

[303Chris09 Posted Jul 6th 2010 12:14AM]

wtf is going on with palm & sprint? This update isn't out yet. I'm sick of waiting. They're still handing out shoddy original Pres instead of pre pluses. First update in 3 months & it's "minor"!? I can't wait to ditch this abandoned (but once great) phone for an HTC evo. Webos is still great. Just get on it HP!!

[willielewis2 Posted Jul 6th 2010 12:29AM]

Never been a better time to wait! New hardware coming soon.

[jcontursi Posted Jul 6th 2010 9:05AM]

Sooo ..... Where is it?

[Dwillycom Posted Jul 8th 2010 1:27PM]

Echo... echo... echo..., its kind of quiet in here... here... here...

[JDGAFFLIN Posted Jul 9th 2010 12:53AM]

Hey Chris, er, you got this one wrong. No biggie. Looking forward to the next podcast..