Wednesday News Roundup – webOS 1.4 Rumors and Mozilla Weave

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Most of the US has been focused on the snow storms to hit the east coast (at least, it seems that way to us). And, there was a little sports thing that went on over the weekend (Sprint subscribers, did you use the NFL app?). However, there were a few things of interest to those who focus on the Pre and Pixi. First up we talk about the rumors of an upcoming webOS 1.4 release. Secondly, we’ll talk a little about a Mozilla Weave client that’s in the works. Finally, we’ll cover the flotsam and jetsam in the Roundup.

webOS 1.4 Late for Valentine’s?

PreCentral recently provided some information that points to a February 15th release date for webOS 1.4. This much-anticipated version of the Pre and Pixi operating system is slated to include, among other things, video recording and editing. If so, it will be a nice belated Valentine’s Day gift. We’ve often speculated that the lack of video recording may be one of the reasons we haven’t seen as strong a marketing push for the Pre and Pixi. webOS 1.4 should go a long way towards making the platform feature complete.

Mozilla Weave Sync Coming to webOS?

Although the Pre does not (yet!) support Mobile Firefox we’ve heard that Mozilla Labs is working on a webOS Weave Sync client. For those who don’t know, Weave Sync is a a tool for securely sharing bookmarks, passwords, browsing history and even open browser tabs between desktop Firefox and mobile clients. The webOS client, which is in a very early state, supports full read capability, meaning you can’t share your browsing on the Pre back to your desktop. The webOS client was developed by L. M. Orchard.

Roundup

Jason Robitaille has found some placeholders for voice dailing in webOS, which would be a welcome addition to webOS. French developers can get excited about an apps contest announced by SFR: Jeunes Talents Developpeurs. Even better, they can also take part in the Hot Apps contest. Also announced at the SFR event was confirmation of Flash coming in February. Have something else to tell us about? Drop us a comment or send a tweet.