http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/ Engadget Comments for Palm launches e-commerce beta for the App Catalog http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
Help me out guys, is this a troll?]]>Aug 18th 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
Just leave the million calculators,fart apps and guns apps out of this store. And im curious where palm/Sprint will draw the line on app approval. Im sure Engagdet will be all over the first questionable app denial.]]>Aug 18th 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Application:Preware 150+ apps already.]]>Aug 18th 2009 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
The Preware app is also better than the alternatives at the moment and has quite a few active developers.]]>Aug 18th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
I expect some *uhuh* AMAZING apps]]>Aug 18th 2009 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
Although I don't suppose it makes any difference what I say to "Former PSP Coder, Top App Store Dev," as your mind is pretty much made up on that point.]]>Aug 18th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
4Hz is a little on the low side for applications that use the tilt sensor, but for 99.9% of applications this is not an issue at all. And the Pre is not a gaming device until it allows native java applications, so the many game possibilities aren't an issue.]]>Aug 18th 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
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Palm will accept apps into the beta test program based on the following criteria:

Apps should be useful and engaging to users.
They need to have an appealing design and user interface aligned with Palm UI guidelines.
They are written specifically for webOS and not delivered through the browser.
They leverage webOS platform and device capabilities, for example, notifications, multitasking/background processing, location services, accelerometer.
They have acceptable performance and response time on the device; apps with slow UI response or sluggish performance will be rejected. Applications that consume excessive power on the device will also be rejected.
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Now, in my eyes, this is the way life SHOULD be. You write a decent app and we'll include it. Not we'll include it if it doesn't contain dictionary entries we don't like (which, by the way, reminds me of the Monty Python bookshop skit) or include functionality that the parent company wishes it had included from the beginning - like Apple.]]>Aug 18th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
No, what *I* want from an app store is freedom. Freedom as a developer to put what I want out there without some anonymous Palm/Apple employee or committee deciding whether or not it's appropriate/useful/engaging-enough to make it past their approval process. I liked the old Palm approach of letting people install what they want, how they want. Having a centralized app store, with an easy way to find/install apps directly on the device, is a no-brainer idea that Palm should have, and could have, done long, long ago with the Treo line. They're late to the party, but there's no reason why they should follow Apple's example of having to sign, or even host, the apps. IMO, they should offer two plans:
1) Simply offer app ad space and credit card ordering. A user finds the app in their store, buys it through the store, but when they go to download it, it gets served from the developer's site. With this, maybe they offer an 80/20 cut.
2) Like #1 but with Palm hosting the app as well. For this they maybe they offer a 70/30 cut.

In neither case should they test/approve the apps. This is added overhead for them, so I personally think it's a win/win for both Palm and the developers, but people who think that Apple/Palm really do test things thoroughly and only let well-behaving apps through will argue that we *need* them to test the apps for us. Poppycock I say!

Oh, and bring back the concept of try-before-you-buy (free download works in limited mode and/or for a certain period of time, unless/until the user decides to pay for it).]]>Aug 18th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
I agree there is the possibility for abuse based on the "useful and engaging" language, but this is Palm, not Apple, so I think the assumption that they will be completely arbitrary is a bit premature without evidence that they have been so in the past (*cough* like Apple, *cough cough*). Assuming they use "useful" in an absolute sense (not what Palm thinks is useful), nearly everything is "useful" (including fart apps, because they are useful for making a fart noise). Engaging is a little (or a lot) more ambiguous, but again if you think of it in the absolute sense, nearly everything will be engaging to someone (again, including the fart apps, which are engaging to sophomoric boys or men).]]>Aug 18th 2009 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 19th 2009 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 18th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
Can't wait to be able to quickly switch between many more open and running apps... just like iPhone can do, right fanboys? ... boiz?]]>Aug 18th 2009 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
Whats my status, Mikey?]]>Aug 18th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/
so.... new app ** gets in cheerleading outfit ** OMFG! nooo they didnt! 20 apps!? stop the Palm Pre, somebody please, they are unstoppable.. (mind you, I would slit a grapefruit in half to acquire one, baby jesus, answer my prayer), oh wait, nevermind.]]>Aug 18th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/for the company that will fold in a year? Seriously, Palm is bleeding
every quarter. Based on their cash burn rate, Palm will fold before
developer could make any money. Not to mention Palm has been
silenced with Pre sales!]]>Aug 18th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/palm-launches-e-commerce-beta-for-the-app-catalog/Aug 20th 2009 1:47PM