Palm Pre webOS 1.3.1 Released in Europe [webOS 1.3.1 Over the Air Software Update Now Available in Euro Zone, Offers Enhanced Email & Messaging Support]

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Having brought our US based readers a heads up concerning the release of the webOS 1.3.1 software update we can now confirm that the Palm Pre webOS 1.3.1 update is now available in Europe.

The new Palm Pre webOS 1.3.1 over the air software update offers a host on enhancements including improved email and messaging functionality, Linkedin and Yahoo! Palm Synergy support and, of course, the Facebook app (though this isn’t anything to get especially excited about as its features are, it has to be said, pretty restricted and it in no way compares to, for example, the Facebook iPhone App in terms of scope).

Additionally, if you were hoping that the Palm Pre’s iTunes syncing capabilities have been restored you can forget it (it hasn’t, and it won’t be, period).

Hers’s the full official release from Palm concerning the European availability of webOS 1.3.1:

Palm webOS version 1.3.1

The Palm webOS 1.3.1 over the air software update is now available to Palm Pre customers in Europe.

Added functionality includes:

LinkedIn and Yahoo! support for Palm Synergy

Link contact and calendar information from Yahoo! and LinkedIn with existing contacts and calendars, just like information from Facebook®, Google™, and Microsoft Office Outlook®.

Improved email and messaging

Time-saving shortcuts for email along with support for Google apps Gmail™ and Yahoo! small business accounts. And now forward messages directly from the Messaging app.

Facebook for Palm

Get even faster access to your news feed and status updates with this standalone app.

Recommendations for downloading the 1.3.1 software update

Each phone is automatically notified once the software update is available. Downloading proceeds automatically and, for simplicity and to minimise costs, we highly recommend turning on Wi-Fi at this point. If a download over Wi-Fi doesn’t happen within the first 48 hours, the update will proceed using your 3G wireless data connection.

Customers can connect to a Wi-Fi network and click on the ‘Updates’ application on their phone to manually download the software update.

Please note that software updates won’t occur automatically when the phone is roaming or while registered on a 2G wireless network.

For full details of all the udpates included in 1.3.1 please visit http://palm.com/webos-pre-o2-en