Palm does the obvious – launches an app store

December 16, 2008 | By Surur

Palm is launching an on-device application store for use with their devices. The service, backed by PocketGear, appears much more attractive than the similar offering by Handango, and launches with 1500 developers on board.

Unfortunately, as is usual with Windows Mobile software stores, the developers will get only 50% of the sales from the software, but with Apple software tending to zero, and Windows Mobile software selling around $25 on average, according to Handango, developers may just be willing to swallow the smaller share of a bigger pie.

The software is available to download from PocketGear here.

Edit: Reports have been rolling in that the Palm “app store” is little more than a web page link. Rather typical of part to cheapen out on an essential component for success unfortunately.

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daveloft

This app store isn’t even a app. Its just a pixelated icon that launches the web browser and takes you to their webpage thats been there for years, what a disappointment. If you want to check it out, don’t bother downloading this ‘app’. Just go to http://software.palm.com/us/mobile/
http://supware.net Doug Melton

If this is a Windows Mobile app, then I made a Facebook app and a Google Reader app too:

http://www.supware.net/Shortcuts/

Charging 50% is completely ridiculous. I would never sell my software on a store that took 50% of my profit.

admin

Unfortunately its rather typical for Windows Mobile stores. Handango is apparently the worse, charging even more.

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