webOS 1.3.5 is upon us! It brings with it a new way of handling apps.
For the non-nerds, er, non-homebrewers: the big news here is that Palm is now storing apps in a new place – the USB partition – so you are limited only by the 8 gigs of onboard storage. Install away, friends! While you’re at it, rejoice in the knowledge that the Official App Catalog is no longer tagged "Beta." Now we’ve hit the big time.
We’re also pleased to see that the App Catalog can download apps in the background so you don’t need to sit and stare at the progress bar anymore. Also, all Official App Updates are now handled within the App Catalog instead of showing up both there and in the Updates app. The Updates app still checks for app updates, but it sends you to the Catalog to download them.
There were a few hiccups, though. Willxcore lost his paratrooper high scores and there may have been other apps whose preferences and other metadata may have been lost. Major bummer, but not much we can do at this point.
As always, our forums have the latest information. Here’s the Official webOS 1.3.5 Issues thread. If you’re feeling down, you can find plenty of cheer in the Official webOS 1.3.5 New Features and Changes thread. As with every webOS update, there are lots of hidden features and tweaks that aren’t on the official changelog, so definitely hit that thread.
After the break, we’ll explain the janky photoshop above and we’ll tell you what homebrewer and patchers need to do to get their apps shuffled about to the right place.