Something major, as far as I'm concerned- Remember that Palm backup program for the Treos that they had a beta for?
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Backup Options
The Backup service automatically backs up preferences and account settings. It does not back up individual files or items. For example, if you have 15 e-mails in your inbox, the e-mails are not backed up.
Backup does back up the account information used to access that inbox. It also backs up any preferences you store inside the application. For example, if you change the alert settings for a Calendar account, those settings will be backed up.
Third-party applications added to the phone are backed up. These items are backed up automatically each day. Customers can also initiate a manual backup.
When is a backup restored?
* Automatically restores data after an Erase or Device Exchange by signing in to the Palm profile.
How do customers delete their backup?
* If auto-backup is disabled, the current backup is immediately deleted from service.
What information is stored in a backup?
* Contacts stored directly on the phone (not those synchronized through the Synergy feature).
* Calendars.
* Account settings.
* Downloaded applications.
So it seems like it backs up the necessary information OTA so that Synergy can then automatically sync and pull down the rest of the information.
Also, there is a "Data Transfer Assistant" to bring your information from old Palm phones to the Pre.
Finally, since there's a separate "saving battery" section, seems like battery life might be a concern.
Edit: Also, as just a random guess. As mentioned, the song is Wish You Were Here, which obviously we all wish, and the included movie trailer is for Up, which premieres May 29. Hmmm, a possible release that week?
Edit 2: One last thing. I'd guessed this based on the first chapter of the WebOS book, but it appears that there's a separate Mass Storage Partition. I'd imagine that the data and third-party programs are all on the other partition. The reason I say this is because they mention MP3s being stored on the Mass Storage Partition and there's apparently a partial erase that erases everything but pictures, music, and videos. I'd bet that in order to partially protect the developer's code, the programs will be on the other partition so that we can't use a desktop text editor to view their source.
Edit 3: (I'm done updating, I swear!
). Apparently you're maxed out at eight email accounts, which should be more than enough for everyone. It doesn't have any mention of whether multiple EAS accounts will be supported, though I'm really hoping yes (though at the same time doubt it). The other things I pulled from this last read through: There's a delete gesture, you create a Palm profile on initial setup for the App Catalog (apparently payment through Palm, it seems, definitely a plus compared to paying Sprint), the previously mentioned backups, software updates, and for the really security conscious amongst us, Remote Wipes.
And since it specifically mentions MMS, I'd bet their saying no PictureMail support means that no signing into a website to receive things, that it supports true MMS.