http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/ Engadget Comments for Intel launches AppUp Center app store for Atom-powered devices (updated with hands-on impressions) 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/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/why not just integrate this post with the widi post?]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 7th 2010 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 7th 2010 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 7th 2010 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 7th 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 7th 2010 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 7th 2010 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/
The Android market is the best one I've used yet.]]>Jan 7th 2010 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 7th 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/
This is not any longer about computers and geeks using them... this is about consumer electronics and everyone using them (that's why it was announced at CES). And the vision here is to have a "continuum" of user experiences, from the desktop, to the kitchen and the sofa.

If you see it just as a yet-beta-repository of too few apps for a wintel desktop, yes, it isn't that much useful. But if you see it as a key feature of a consumer electronic device (e.g.: your fridge) with just one user account, aware of the device you're operating from, and a channel for developers to reach out all of these consumer electronics with your product, it makes a lot of sense. The web doesn't yet know if you have an Asus Netbook or a i7 Desktop with wings (and probably my Psychologist won't either). The appstore does.

Intel is just taking over the world of chips again, but at a higher level, with cheap powerful processors embedded everywhere and they have recognized that hardware without the proper software, is worthless. So software is now part of the bundle.

The product is not specifically designed for Windows (otherwise it would be developed by Microsoft), nor PCs, nor Notebooks or Netbooks, but for Intel Architecture "things" (that, as part of Intel's world domination plan, will be almost anything), so developers would start getting rid of some big portability issues.

Hope this can be clarifying (it was pretty clear on latest Paul Otellini's talk on IDF).]]>Jan 8th 2010 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/
Not more than 1 minute of running it, I quickly uninstalled it. It is a steaming pile of garbage. Ive seen bundled crapware look and work better than this crap.]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/
Haha I did the exact same thing. Ran it for about a minute, smelt the garbage, uninstalled.

This idea just seems...stupid. I can't understand what's driving it. If users want to download 'apps', they could do so through better existing venues.

With more applications moving to the cloud
enviorment, people have really been shifting away from actually downloading stuff. Especially netbook users. ]]>Jan 8th 2010 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 7th 2010 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 7th 2010 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 7th 2010 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 8th 2010 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 8th 2010 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/
I opened an itunes account, never purchased anything. A month later, 11 purchases totaling $350 show up on my credit card. APL*ITUNES. Itunes (which has no phone number for customer support) took more then 24 hours to disable my account. Itunes refused to take any responsibility for unauthorized charges. Google "Itunes Fraud" for similar stories.

Thank god for a good credit card company.]]>Jan 8th 2010 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Well, don't just say, "Thank god for a good credit card company," and leave it at that. Drop a name, man!]]>Jan 9th 2010 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/They might get away with it if it was the only train home... but as you already mentioned... you can get what you want anywhere out there.]]>Jan 8th 2010 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/Jan 9th 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/
As this is a beta launch, we are specifically looking for feedback on how to improve the offering. We appreciate the feedback on the credit card requirement for creating an account - and will look into changing this for initial browsing and downloading of free applications.

@artshark – the Linux (Moblin) store will be available shortly. Stay tuned.

Amy from Intel
]]>Jan 9th 2010 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/2) Preload the categories and descriptions in the background so that I don't have to wait all the time.
3) Turn it into a proper Windows application, with standard UI -- I know you want to be cool like other kids, but that's not the way.
4) Less gray-on-gray, white-on-light-gray and orange-on-gray text, less useless chrome where content should be.

I can't test installation etc. because I'm not entering my CC# into this pile of poo.]]>Jan 11th 2010 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/
Re the credit card requirement , our program director is posting a blog response, and I'll post the link here as soon as it goes live.]]>Jan 12th 2010 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/intel-launches-appup-center-app-store-for-netbooks/
http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/blog/2010/01/15/why-credit-card-requirement-anyway

Amy from Intel]]>Jan 15th 2010 2:36PM