Years ago, Merrill Chapman stated that vendors who advertise app catalogs tend to have issues with third-party developers – his words have just been confirmed by the boys with the Orange orb.
It is an open secret that the Pre platform lacks applications. Thus, John Zilber has just posted a “list of new apps” to the official Palm blog. It aims to build a perception of “app wealth”, and begins as follows:
Today’s apps are brought to you by the letter T
Some new apps in the Palm Beta App Catalog will help you do just about anything you need to do — as long as it begins with the letter T:
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This is posted while most developers wait for a thing which begins with a C – a way to CHARGE for their apps. What about doing something about this problem, Palm?
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Apparently you continue to overlook another part of the post that means quite a lot: beta. The Palm App Catalog is still a work in progress — they will roll out pay apps when they are good and ready to do so. Indication suggest that it will be soon, anyway, so stop bellyaching.