“Pre” and “business” just got a lot friendlier! Today Palm released Palm webOS 1.1, which brings several additions to their support for Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), including remote wipe, PIN/password requirements, inactivity timeout, improved certificate handling, and more.

In addition to these treats for business users, Version 1.1 also includes a few other goodies for everyone — like support for emoticons in the messaging app, and the ability to set “person reminders” in the contacts app (next time you get a message or phone call from that person, a message pops up showing you a reminder to ask them about their vacation in Maui — cool). And one more thing: Palm webOS 1.1 re-enables Palm media sync,i.e, you once again can have seamless access to your music, photos and videos from the current version of iTunes (8.2.1).

For a list of the new features of Palm webOS 1.1, take a look at the release notes at www.palm.com/webos-pre-sprint-en.

All these updates are delivered automatically to Pre wirelessly. Over-the-air updates let you automatically get new webOS features and security updates — all you have to do is tap to accept.

Source: Blog.palm.com