App Deals: Select Apps Discounted Up To 50% 23
Have you had your eye on some apps in the Catalog, but have been hesitant to pull the trigger? Good news: the prices of some apps have been slashed up to 50% for a limited time. There are some solid applications on sale here, and my of them started their lives out in our very own homebrew section. Some of the deals are actually really good, knocking $2 off one of the better fitness tracking apps currently occupying the Catalog. So go forth, fellow consumers, and consume!
From Palm's official blog:
Santa’s making a brief stop at the Palm Beta App Catalog today. For a very limited time, you’ll find special holiday discounts (as much as 50%) on a range of apps, including:
If you’re a bargain hunter, meet your new BFF, Dealert. This app keeps a vigilant eye on popular online deal sites for whatever products you’re in the market for. And at 99 cents during this special promotion, it could be the best investment you’ll make this shopping season.
Blocked in traffic? Mentally blocked about that perfect gift? Blocked is a logic game -- available for just 99 cents -- that gives you hundreds of puzzles to hone your skill at unblocking yourself out of any situation.
• T-Money offers a wide range of financial planning tools (for loans, saving, insurance, retirement, and more). And here’s a piece of financial advice: get it now for 50% off the usual price.
• Bring the power of GPS to your jogging regimen with JogStats (for $2 less than the usual price). Track (and tweet!) your time, distance, speed, altitude, calorie burn rate, and more, with walking, hiking, and biking options as well.
FlashCards is a study companion to help students of all ages. It can help you learn the alphabet, tackle a new language, become a trivia guru, or calculate just how much you’ll save at 50% off.
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I'm in the UK. Feels like they just rubbed salt into an already very open wound!
Word!
I agree entirely. I'm another UK user that's getting really fed up with what only seems like a 'we only care about the US market' attitude. How to alienate a fanbase that they desperately need to strengthen the future of the Pre, Pixi and WebOS.
JogStats Sounds interesting.
BUT... GPS in my Google Maps needs some minutes to refrhes my location... JogStats must be much faster to be usefule...
AND...
In Germany exists no App-Store for WebOS Payment Software.
I'm in Canada. The salt in wound analogy applies here as well..
Jippieeeeeeee. Oh wait, we don't have paid apps in germany... :(
Not until 1.3.5 drops, as the app limit has been reached on my Pre. :-(
Bet the sale ends the day before... ;-)
1.3.5 is just around the corner and removes the app limit (we're talking days away). You can go ahead and purchase today, then download the app when 1.3.5 hits. If you think you might want the app, go ahead, it's the best time to do it.
Same deal here.
BTW you can't choose to buy/download it without having room first. When I click on the download for .99 button it says I need to make room.
c'mon palm come out with the damn update already...they know its ready to go public, whats the hold up!
Sure wish I could get my app on the catalog. Here is an overview of my issues with just Submitting the damn thing -not even been reviewed!
https://developer.palm.com/distribution/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3891
And was told today by my Palm rep that I am the only one having this issue and there are bigger bugs to worry about right now, so my issue is taking a back seat....joy.
Anyone have any ideas?
The image in your post in the developer forum is getting a 503. While I,to some degree, agree with your post over in the developer's forum (re: lengthy submit process), I feel people are not viewing things from Palm's point of view. We've also seen lots of complaints about not being able to sell apps outside the US. IMO, the reason for what appears at first view, to be a submit process that is lengthy, twisty, and inconvienient is the legal morass that Palm is having to navigate when it comes to selling stuff in these other countries. Palm is a US company and is able to easily get information on how to legally operate here in the US. Crossing international boundaries introduces all kinds of legal issues that must be complied with. And us developers have to provide information that feeds that legal beast. That's why you can't just email your app to Chuq anymore.
Sweet.
Just bought Blocked and I might buy Flashcards later.
Flashcards Lite is basically enough for my needs, but I think the dev should get some cash.
Edit- :( I confused Blocked with Blocks. They are both fun, but Blocks has better graphics and a nicer interface.
As much as I like this good news for my US friends, how about Palm give us non-US owners access to these things in the first place?!
"and my of them"???
yup, this is frustrating, just about giving up with the pre and the pitiful apps available for free. Even with 1.3.5 and the promised influx of thousands of apps I dont know whether we can expect paid apps.
Beware on these sales. I just bought the TMoney and even though the app catalog said $4.99 in the list when I downloaded it I got charged the full $9.99.
After dealing with several individuals through Palm's support I found out that Palm can't do anything about refunding your money. They said I would have to contact the developer directly myself. What a pain in the rear.
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Update - Now the real funny part. The developer was great in getting back to me but indicated that Palm handles all of that and he wouldn't be able to give me a refund. It's always so much fun to be sent on a wild goose chase. (sarcasm overflowing)
That is strange. You probably caught it right when they switched it back. But the sale has ended.
Palm does do the billing. Us developers have no control, say, or anything to do with this. We do not even see the money for several months until Palm drops it into our accounts. We also have no info on your, or your purchase. We cannot tell even for sure that it was purchased.
I would contact Palm again -- they are the ones that will need to deal with this. The developer is right -- it is completely out of our hands.
Yeah.. I just bought blocked for $.99 and was charged $1.99+tax... what a crock! That's fraud and I have no problem disputing this on my credit card!
As a follow up....I still haven't received the difference in funds from Palm but I wanted to say how amazing the developer Jaron Horst from TMoney (Sound Expressions) has been. He not only responded very quickly but he contacted his contact at Palm and then called me directly to let me know that he would take care of it for me. From what I know now of the relationship of the developer and Palm I have to give some serious kudos to TMoney. He even told me that if Palm didn't refund my money that he would.
Yeah... I hear ya. I'm on the phone with Palm right now and they want me to deal with the developer. When I refused to go that route as this is Palm's issue, they told me prices were subject to change and all sales were final and that I couldn't get a refund. When I told them that I understand all sales are final but when it says $.99, you don't go charging $1.99! At that point they offered me a 10% discount on Palm accessories. I refused out of principle and told them I wanted me dollar refunded.
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