One of the things I have noticed about WebOS is the number of undocumented features it contains.  Things like the three button combination for taking screen shots.  While these are not secrets, they are not widely publicized, and many users may not be aware of them.  So, as I come across some of these features, I plan to pass them along to you. 

I always appreciated the iTunes App Store Update feature, which shows you all of the programs loaded on your device which have been updated.  You can select whether to download all of the updates at once or just some of them individually.  I was disappointed when I started using the Palm Pre not to find a similar feature.  In fact, finding updates in the App Catalog felt a little like a scavenger hunt at times. 

Then I started playing around with the Updates feature, which is located on the third page of apps on the launcher screen.  This is the one that looks like  a nicely wrapped present.  I always thought this was only used to load firmware and OS updates.  so, I was quite surprised to find updates of some of my loaded apps showing up there as well.  Turns out, this feature is used not only for updating your firmware and OS, but also to provide any updates to your loaded apps.  From here, you can update all of your apps at once, or choose which ones to load.  Not, however, that this will only work with apps installed from the official App Catalog.  It will not show updates from homebrew apps.

Do you have a tip or trick you discovered in WebOS?  Let us know in the comments to this post, or by using the contact form at the top of the page.

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