Webos 1.4.5 strange text showing in notes
From CompanionLink Support
We've looked into this issue and it is caused by the 1.4.5 update to WebOS, the OS on your Palm Pre. The issue can be reproduced without syncing with CompanionLink, just using the native Google sync. Palm should hopefully have a fix in the future.
You can see that all Palm Pre users are seeing this:
http://forums.palm.com/t5/webOS-Software/Bug-Report-Notes-section-in-1-4-5/td-p/313538