Or, “Why we didn’t see webOS 1.4 yesterday as was rumored.”
With multiple carrier partners, Palm’s update schedule for webOS has a tendency to leak out, especially from Sprint. Rarely has the leaked date lined up with the actual release, but before now that hasn’t been a huge deal. We’re writing this to address the consternation in the comments and forums over the fact that the webOS 1.4 update was not pushed out on the 15th as had been leaked.
Updates to webOS are a multi-step process between Palm, developers, and carriers. We’ll break down how it all works after the break.