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by Derek Kessler Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:05 am EDT

App Catalog The apps are back, and with some authority this time!

  • Astraware® Board Games: 3D chess, backgammon, ludo, checkers, reversi, nine men’s morris, snakes and ladders, and tic tac toe.
  • WHAC-A-MOLE: Whack-a-mole, with advanced weaponry. Need you anything more?
  • Frogatto: Old school 2D run-and-jump game, with you taking the role of a frog on a quest.

There’s plenty more, but we’re going to make you click on past the break to see it all. Yeah, we’re that way.

New apps:

  • A Dieting Handbook, $3.99, by AppBookShop.com. A guide to proper and healthy weight loss dieting.
  • Asia (Keys), Free, by TEARN media. Learn more about Asia through trivia.
  • Astraware® Board Games, $2.99, by Astraware Limited. 3D chess, backgammon, ludo, checkers, reversi, nine men’s morris, snakes and ladders, and tic tac toe.
  • B.I.T.S Pinball, $1.99, by Blue Bear Studio. The ultimate pinball simulator, with up to twenty balls on the table at once.
  • Beware of the Bad Seeds, $0.99, by realtech VR. Protect your magical garden from unending waves of carnivorous plants.
  • City Quiz Germany, $0.99, by SpeedyMarks. Test your knowledge and match all district towns in Germany to their corresponding federal states.
  • Colored Cats, $0.99, by DS Effects. Touch the colored cats at the bottom to fill the top left cats with that color, with the goal of filling the entire box with one color.
  • Compound Interest Grapher, $0.99, by Little Earth. Visually graph how compound interest can dramatically grow your investments.
  • DC-Comics News, Free, by Atomic-Labs.com. Stay up to date with all of the latest news and information from DC Comics.
  • FConversor, Free, by Fresneda Soft. Free basic currency converter.
  • Fillit, $0.99, by DS Effects. Fill half the screen with ‘filler balls’ that grow until you let go, and then go wild.
  • Frogatto, $2.99, by Wulven Games. Old school 2D run-and-jump game, with you taking the role of a frog on a quest.
  • Gamepedia, $0.99, by T. Badri. Get walk throughs, reviews, forums and more for your favorite games.
  • Golf CA (Keys), Free, by TEARN media. Quiz yourself on California golf courses.
  • Halloween Ringtones, $1.74, by Tagoror Networks. A collection of horror sounds and original melodies for Halloween.
  • Halloween Wallpapers, $1.25, by Tagoror Networks. Scary Halloween wallpaper package.
  • Hang, $0.99, by DS Effects. Climb up a series of platforms using a grappling hook.
  • Hockey Nations: Shootout, Free, by Distinctive Developments. Take to the ice and take on the best teams in 3D.
  • ICD 9, $3.99, by MobileProgramming. ICD-9 codes for healthcare professionals.
  • Jungle Frog, $0.99, by DS Effects. Jump from one branch to another and don' t fall to the river.
  • Katy Perry Bouncing, Free, by holy cow. Repeating clip of Katy Perry’s newly infamous Saturday Night Live bit.
  • Kinita, Free, by Unwired Nation. Get real-time access to your Kinita account status and urgent alerts.
  • Mortgage Grapher, $0.99, by Little Earth. Graph out a mortgage and play with the timeline to analyze the life of the loan.
  • Music UK (Keys), Free, by TEARN media. Check out and learn about the top 40 bands in Great Britain.
  • netSpeed free, Free, by futurepr0n. Fee download speed tester.
  • Orbital, $2.99, by bitforge. Shoot orbs into a grid with your cannon, it’s a puzzle game.
  • PoorDecisions.net Full, $0.99, by PoorDecisions.net. Share in the hilarious poor decisions of PoorDecisions.net.
  • Pubs (Keys), Free, by TEARN media. Pit yourself against search bots to identify popular UK pubs.
  • Shape Builder the Preschool Puzzle Game, $0.99, by Murtha Design. Entertain and educate your kid on shapes with silhouette-matching.
  • Silicon Valley (Keys), Free, by TEARN media. Test yourself on identifying Silicon Valley start-ups.
  • Species: The Origin, Free, by cellHigh. Guide a growing colony in a petri dish.
  • Taser Gun, Free, by estudio32. Stun your friends with electrical clacking noise and vibration.
  • Tile Breaker Lite, Free, by Invasive Bamboo. Ten-level lite version of Tile Breaker paddle game.
  • Tile Breaker, $1.99, by Invasive Bamboo. The spirit of Breakout and Arkanoid livs on, now with touchscreen, keypad, and tilt controls.
  • Vector Runner, $1.99, by Littlegrey Media. Pilot your racer at breakneck speeds while avoiding oncoming obstacles in retro-styled 3D
  • Weight Tracker, $1.99, by Maxwell Barvian. Track your weight loss on your down to your goal.
  • WHAC-A-MOLE, $2.00, by Kiloo. Whack-a-mole, with advanced weaponry.
  • Wordie With Others, $1.99, by Socianomaly. Fast-paced word game - find and highlight as many words as you can before time runs out, and against online opponents too.
  • Wordie, Free, by Socianomaly. Fast-paced word game - find and highlight as many words as you can before time runs out.

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16 Comments

Posted by kkhanmd on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:20 am EDT

We need Netflix, Amazon Kindle and Chase banking apps but meanwhile thanks for these new apps.

Posted by Zhephree on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:38 am EDT

I'd add Mint to that list.

Posted by cobrakon on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 5:36 pm EDT

Ok so there's no "Chase" app specifically...we do have Well Fargo and Bank of America so 2 of the top 3.

We have 2 Netflix queue managers (yes, no streaming yet)

And Mint? Err..we have Clear Check Book (https://www.clearcheckbook.com/) which is basically the same app.

Posted by blackmagic01 on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 9:19 pm EDT

i understand your point but the thing is if you have accounts at mint and chase your options don't help. I'm not familiar with clear check book so maybe it's accesses a mint account but doesn't look like it.

i think the bigger issue isn't the function, accessing a bank account, cause if your accounts like a 401k or your mortgage go through chase it's not like your gonna switch banks. in fact i'd bet nobody has switched banks just cause the app wasn't available. The bigger issue is these companies don't want to make an app for webos. And that situation applies to many other potential apps. Like i'd like to access my yahoo finance accounts. It doesn't matter that some other app gives me stock quotes. i think your "no streaming yet" comment kinda illustrate my point. if what you want is streaming the other options aren't good enough. For the record, I don't netflix.

Posted by blz2 on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:24 am EDT

As opposed to MyQ For Netflix: $3 (free in Preware) or QuickQueue for Netflix: $1.99 ???

I use MyQ and it works really well.

Posted by Mediademics on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:33 am EDT

I think maybe he wants an official app that's lets you watch stuff on instant view.

Posted by blackmagic01 on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 2:45 pm EDT

We have "needed" them for more then a year. It's not coming cause they don't want to develop for webos. And that's a major problem. Unless HP goes out and pays them or sells them on developing their own app or there is a massive jump in userbase to give these companies incentive i firmly don't believe they are coming. No ESPN, no Mint, no yahoo fantasy, etc and there are thousands of other.

you can see it in the pattern of apps we do get. it's not major names. It's horse bowling and word quiz and stuff. It's been like that for more then a year. so far i've seen nothing to expect it will change. Hopefully for HPs sake they put the money into paying people to make the apps people really want. And not just one but a hundred of these apps cause everyone wants something different. But if you want to draw people i don't think you can attract them with these types of apps when what people have been asking for for more then a year is bigger name apps. Especially when Android, Iphone, and even Blackberry does provide many of these apps.

It's telling to me that even in that long list of updated apps, there isn't a single business, website, or brand name app that i've ever even heard of. That's just a real deterrant to the platform in my opinion. It's not about getting numbers of apps for the sake of numbers mind you. It's about the name apps that people have wanted for more then a year.

Posted by brendilon on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:00 pm EDT

http://mobilebanking.chase.com

You don't need an app.

Posted by blackmagic01 on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 4:05 am EDT

you can do that on any phone. by that rational you don't need a Pre. besides mobile websites suck ass. But again if i have to use the website i can use any phone. I don't think it's very good business to tell customers, uh you may want it but just use do something else. They need to give customers what they as for.

Posted by rlbrooks on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:31 am EDT

There was such a long gap in between news postings that I thought you guys were working on something big. Had my hopes up. Oh well, still glad to see some new apps.

Posted by Daisys Mom on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 4:20 pm EDT

ATT has a TV app - but not for Palm. USAA has apps - but not for Palm.

Posted by blackmagic01 on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 9:22 pm EDT

Comcast, Verizon, and Time Warner all do too, just not for Palm. Lots of cable companies do. I mean it's a broken record at this point.

Posted by Ethington04 on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 6:52 pm EDT

I just wanted to let you know that I have decided to not buy any more apps until I know there is another device coming to Sprint and that that device will be freaking awesome. I am waiting until January at the latest, then I am jumping ship. Palm is being left in the dust, and I will not be left behind out of loyalty t...o a company that seems to be going no where. trust me this is not what I want.

Posted by blackmagic01 on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 8:59 pm EDT

Thanks for letting us know.

Posted by stung on Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:45 pm EDT

x2. Now I can rest easy.

Posted by blackmagic01 on Wed, 06 Oct 2010 4:09 am EDT

wait i'm slightly confused. Is it a requirement that the sprint device be freaking awesome or are you predicting it will be freaking awesome? And and would it be ok if it we're were just merely wicked awesome and not freaking awesome?