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HP gives some TouchPad owners a $50 App Catalog credit
Early adoption of a device is a gamble. It’s very common for a lot of people to pay full price for a new gadget at launch, only to find its price to be discounted weeks later. That’s exactly what is happening with the HP TouchPad. Over the weekend, you could have gotten the TouchPad for as low as $299. It’s understandable for the crowed that spent $500 to be upset. Fear not though because HP has something in store for TouchPad owners that made the commitment before the crazy discounts occurred.
Spotify launches in the US, manages to do so with a webOS app
While we suspect that our friends overseas have had this app available for sometime now, it looks like Spotify planned ahead in terms of the US launch and managed to do so with not only an Android and iOS app, but also with a webOS app. Yup, Spotify for webOS is currently available for download more »
HP to bring in-app purchasing, promo codes & more to the webOS App Catalog
It looks like webOS users have some new App Catalog features to look forward to this summer. The details are coming by way of the webOSroundup blog who recently interviewed Richard Kerris. Anyway, while the interview is certainly worth a listen, some of the highlights in terms of the App Catalog include in-app purchases and more »
HP continues to remove all things Palm and Palm branded
Coming less with surprise and more of sadness as HP continues to remove all things Palm branded, the latest to suffer the fate is the App Catalog. As captured in the above image, HP has changed the Palm logo and orange coloring on the App Catalog icon to better reflect the current state of affairs. more »
webOS: App Catalog reaches the 5,000 app milestone
About three months ago, the webOS App Catalog was announced as having contained 5,000 apps in its respective app store, but there was one tiny problem with the number: it included unofficial apps. However, as of a few days ago, the App Catalog finally reached the 5,000 app milestone of official apps only. Let’s put more »
webOS, now with 5,000 apps
Palm’s (and now HP’s) webOS has finally clicked past 5,000 apps according to PreCentral. A quick look around shows us about 100,000 apps for Android, 250,000 for Apple and 10,000 for BlackBerry. With aging hardware, HP needs to get a new model out quickly to keep webOS moving forward on the app count. PreCentral reaches more »
Verizon’s got an Android app store
According to the Android and Me website, Verizon will launch it’s own VCast app store for Droid phones running Android 2.1 and higher. Verizon will begin selling third party apps (with a 30/70 split on revenue) through the site and will be responsible for approving or declining apps. Will the move help distinguish Verizon Droid more »
Palm continues to try and attract webOS developers, now permanently waiving $99 developer fee
As of late, Palm has been doing some interesting things with pricing on the apps and the costs that developers are charged to submit apps for entry into the App Catalog. But just in case you missed some of that, Palm is offering all apps at 50% off until July 23rd and they have also more »
Palm drops $50 app submission fee for webOS developers, also returns it to those who previously paid
It looks like Palm is making a serious run at both attracting new app developers and also getting webOS users to start downloading more apps. Of course, in the end they both go hand in hand. After all more users using more apps should entice more developers. Either way though, as of yesterday Palm extended more »
Palm extends webOS app sale; “nearly all” apps will remain 50% off until July 23rd
Palm originally began offering webOS apps at 50% off back on June 19th, at which time the sale was expected to run through July 9th. Well, it seems as if Palm has deemed this little app sale experiment a success and have decided to extend it. “We have been thrilled by the response to our more »
