webOS-1.4 webOS SDK version 1.4 is now available for download at the developer portal. The new version features enhanced CSS support and other improvements. One of the notable change is in the Camera API that now allow apps to capture videos. webOS is Palm’s Mobile Operating System for their Palm Pre and Palm Pixi handsets.

Highlights:

  • webOS incorporates WebKit 4, which features enhanced CSS support and numerous other improvements
  • The webOS implementation of the HTML 5 Media API has been updated, bringing closer conformance to the spec and incremental improvements to audio performance
  • The Camera API has been extended to let an app initiate video capture, in addition to image capture
  • The V8 JavaScript engine used in webOS has been updated
  • Numerous tools fixes and enhancements

Read more in release notes