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Palm has released a webOS 1.0.4 firmware update for the Palm Pre. The update is available OTA and addresses some corporate Exchange issues, plugs the “homebrew app” loophole, and fixes some other bugs. Check it out for yourself.

Since the Palm Pre is only available from Sprint, which is a CDMA carrier, all of you wanting a GSM version of the handset will have to wait half a year longer... or you can settle for a Palm EOS / Pixie instead. These names were found in the CDMA webOS ROM. We know that the said handset will be available from AT&T later this year, and will probably be the first webOS-based GSM smartphone.

BGR came up with several screenshots of what appears to be the Mojo SDK for the Palm's new webOS platform. All applications will be web-based and will rely heavily on HTML and Javascript. In addition, there's a very convenient feature of the SDK that presupposes the ability to debug the apps right from your desktop web browser, so there's no need in emulators.

While the following information is nothing but a rumor, it is nice to know anyway. As the hearsay goes, Palm will be releasing the Centro 2 smartphone based on the company's new webOS platform this fall on Sprint.

Of course, it won't happen anytime soon, and we don't even know whether this rumor is true, so let's just hope they'll release their new and already popular Pre sooner, as this is what really matters now.