Palm to launch Pre's App Catalog tomorrow, overwhelmed by developer submissions

3. E.N. posted on 23 Sep 2009, 20:31 0 0

Of course it only took four months. It's not hard to recreate something that has already been made. You can't really compare the two because one is the game starter and the others like the the Android App store, App World, The Microsoft application store, Verizon's new app store, and now the App Catalog are trying to play the game too. Palm has been around for over 10 years. Why did they have to wait until Apple made their app store before they made theirs?

4. phone333 posted on 23 Sep 2009, 21:18 0 0

I was comparing OS not Companies Why did Palm waited until Apple made their app store before they made theirs for an OS that came out 2 years after the iphone...hmmm! dunno! Maybe they had to release webOS first. Just guessing...

5. SellPhones82 posted on 23 Sep 2009, 22:35 0 0

E.N....if it's not hard to recreate something then why has it taken 3 year and 3 months for At&t and Apple to launch MMS for the iPhone? I mean MMS has only been around for 7 years I would hope that's enough time. Also the Palm App Cat has been live since the day the phone launched. The new one just removes the "Beta" tag and will allow pay apps now instead of all free or trail versions. Not to mention all the software that has been available through Palm's Software Store for years for the old PalmOS. http://software.palm.com/us/html/

6. E.N. posted on 24 Sep 2009, 00:39 0 0

Couldn't they still have made an app store with the old OS? And what was the reason for the new OS? In my opinion, Palm made a new OS just to compete with some of the top phones (touchscreen and non-touchscreen) that are out today and it would be difficult to be successful without creating an app store like it seems every mobile company is starting to do. And to SellPhones82, I'd also like to know why Apple didn't launch MMS with the iphone. I know that it wasn't because they couldn't, considering how there are phones that are sold for free with this capability. But just because I don't flaunt the lack of MMS like the iphone haters on this site do, that doesn't mean that I like the fact that it took forever for MMS to arrive. And adding to what I was saying before, putting MMS on the iphone/pre is probably tons easier than it was to put MMS in the first capable phone (why they didn't I don't know). Just like it was probably easier for Palm to make an application store than it was for Apple. So just because they supposedly already had their app store working at launch doesn't really mean that there was any real accomplishment in putting one on their device. And I'm not saying that the Palm Pre sucks or anything. I just thought that phone333's comment was seriously downplaying Apple's success and hard work and praising Palm over nothing. If he wanted to say something positive about palm, he should have said something about the ability to true multitask. I'm just trying to point out that people need to give Apple more credit for some of the things they do. Everyone is on them for MMS, but no one remembers that they started this whole application war, which is a win-win for all the consumers out there.

7. E.N. posted on 24 Sep 2009, 01:03 0 0

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention how its been only 2 years. I don't know why people keep saying 3 years. iPhone Gen1 to iphone 3G = 1 year and iphone 3G to 3GS equals another year. Just wanted to clear that up.

8. E.N. posted on 24 Sep 2009, 01:05 0 0

Not even two years actually, since the iphone was MMS ready on March.

10. tokuzumi posted on 24 Sep 2009, 13:54 0 0

It's going to launch tomorrow...just like the article says. Everyday, when you check, you will see "App store launches tomorrow" It's like the "Free beer tomorrow" signs at some bars. ;)

11. nalu808 posted on 25 Sep 2009, 14:08 0 0

lol yeah no kidding