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Palm Software Store
First the iPhone’s App Store kicked things off, then the Android Marketplace came trundling along, and Microsoft revamped the Windows Mobile Catalog, and RIM’s planning their Application Storefront for March, but not to be left behind, Palm has launched their own Palm Software Store. Combined with demos of their latest OS looming from the upcoming CES, Palm is proving that they may be down, but are far from out. There really doesn’t seem anything especially impressive about the app store, but it doesn’t take much to catch up the competition on this front. Since Palm has been around for ages and some Treos are running Windows Mobile, they’ve been able to easily populate the catalog with some 50,000-odd applications. It’s hard to realistically thinkg that this will keep folks from sniffing around the other platforms, but it might keep folks sated until Nova comes out.
To download the Software Store, head on over here.
[via CrunchGear]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
