New Pre owners are discovering that Palm has an extra surprise for them and their new smartphone: an update to webOS 1.0.2.  A last-minute release, the update is a roughly 67MB file and can be downloaded over the Pre’s Sprint EVDO Rev.A network.

webOS 1.0.2 apparently brings with it increased stability and a new alarm clock.  Some reviewers found that their Pre rest itself, losing all of its data and requiring a restore from the Palm Profile backup.  That’s not something we experienced in the process of our review, but that’s not to say it couldn’t happen.

If your Pre hasn’t alerted you to the 1.0.2 update, you can prompt it through the Update option in the programs menu.  Other programs will continue to run while the update downloads, so you don’t have to miss a moment playing with your new toy.