Palm's App Catalog is swamped with submissions, bursting with flavor

Palm's App Catalog for the Pre properly launches tomorrow, and right now the question on most peoples' minds is just how many paid apps will be in there when the doors open. Based on the latest word from the development team, the answer could be quite a lot. Apps submitted late to the party are apparently being added to approval queues so long Palm is having a hard time keeping track of them all. Developer Community Manager Chuq Von Rospach has indicated the approval group has "more applications than we could handle well," apologizing because they have "dropped some things on the floor." We're hoping they'll be picked up and dusted off quickly, because the five-second rule is not something to be messed with.

[Via PreCentral]

[Darwin Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:13AM]

I can't get past how crappy the hardware is.

[roxics Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:45AM]

Why is the hardware crappy? I've heard it's on par with the iPhone 3GS.

[spin cycle Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:57AM]

It's not. The unit feels a bit loosely put together. The small switches and covers (like over the USB port) feel like crap. And the keyboard is a little bit too small.

Some people have had a problem where the screen becomes semi-unhooked and will rotate instead of slide.

All and all it's not terrible, but it doesn't feel as solid as an iPhone 3G/3Gs or even a Touch.

[billybennett Posted Sep 23rd 2009 12:20PM]

@why not the LS2LS7? look at the fanboys go!!! why are you even posting on this story?

[zx3junglist Posted Sep 23rd 2009 2:55PM]

No... he's right. I have a pre, and the slider has seemingly gotten a bit looser over time. The guys in the forums refer to it as "oreo" since the top and bottom halves seem to "screw off" a bit. But, there was a certain date (in July I think) where build quality remarkably increased.

[sweet greggo Posted Sep 23rd 2009 11:56AM]

If 1.2 doesn't fix the app install limitation then all of these new apps mean nothing to me.

[Sir Mycroft Posted Sep 23rd 2009 2:26PM]

Here here!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2009 2:17PM]

I don't even like the media sync function. Why would do you do that when you can just drag the files to the Pre and avoid iTunes completely.

[forkbomb Posted Sep 23rd 2009 5:37PM]

Great can't wait. Looking forward also to the OS updates. So far its been about 4 months and I'm still satisfied with the phone and Sprint. Biggest con is battery life but overall I like the feel in my hand a lot better than the Iphone and I will sacrifice battery life for being able to have multiple apps open. I was just setting up notifylink yesterday on an Iphone and reminded me how annoying it was to have to exit a program before opening another one. Also, quite a few have said the slider is junk and yes it is a bit loose but nothing that bothers nor concerns me yet so I'm not sure if that's nitpicking or a real issue.

[Kid Red Posted Sep 24th 2009 9:13AM]

Man the rabid palm fanboyism is startling. I wish they'd stay here and OUT of the apple threads.