webOS 1.4.5

Version information

• Version: webOS 1.4.5
• Release date: 10 August 2010

New applications

NONE

Feature changes to existing applications

System

• This release includes minor fixes and enhancements to support the public release of the webOS Plug-in Development Kit (PDK).
• This release may require you to update certain apps to their latest version to properly support the launch of the webOS PDK. If you have a game that is not saving your game information correctly (high scores, stages, settings) check the App Catalog for updates.

• If a user enters text in a field on certain websites, the screen focus now remains on the text being entered.
• This release fixes a rare problem so that podcasts now download correctly.

Security

This release addresses several security issues with the HP webOS software.

We’d like to thank Nils of MWR InfoSecurity and Chris Clark for their help in identifying the issues addressed in this release.