New in the App Catalog for 12 January 2010 61
by Derek Kessler
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 2:25 pm EST
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 2:25 pm EST 
Today we pass 1100 apps, and today we also get easy access to Palm’s new open web distribution feed with the App Catalog release of AppScoop, an on-device app that is set up for on-device browsing of the new unfiltered feed. Right now there’s not a lot in there, but then again there wasn’t a lot in the App Catalog when it first launched either. But enough of that, there’s also plenty of new stuff in the official App Catalog, including more backgrounds, cheat codes, yet another Twitter client, and plenty of updates. Hit it all up after the break down below.
New apps:
- Alien Invader Backgrounds, $0.99, by Dijit: Put a cute and cuddly alien onto your wallpaper.
- Altitude, $0.99, by SpeedyMarks: Get your altitude from both GPS and ASTER digital elevation.
- AppScoop, Free, by Jiyer: Browse Palm’s new web distribution feeds right on your device.
- Bikini Cocktails for Free!, Free, by Dijit: Get beautiful women and tasty cocktails together.
- Classic Movie Backgrounds, $0.99, by Dijit: Put vintage movie posters on the wallpaper of your phone.
- Conmigo Trial, Free, by ConmigoLife: 14-day trial of Conmigo workout tracker.
- Playstation 3 Cheat Codes, $6.99, by EmJa Interactive: Get cheat codes for games on your PlayStation 3.
- SpellWell, $1.99, by Visc: Learn the correct spellings of common errors, and do so in a game.
- Tasty Toons, $1.99, by Sinacism Graphics: Add toon-tastic pin-up art to your phone’s wallpaper.
- Thesaurus, $0.99, by SpeedyMarks: Find synonyms for any word, along with antonyms, similar words, and suggestions.
- Urloid, $0.99, by Earthoid: Convert long urls into shorter ones for quick communication
- Vision, $0.99, by Science Apps: Test your visual acuity (this blogger just bought new glasses, could have used this).
- weTwit Lite, Free, by Cyber Nova: Easy and simple Twitter client.
- Wii Cheat Codes, $6.99, by EmJa Interactive: Get cheat codes for games on your Ninentdo Wii.
- Xbox 360 Cheat Codes, $6.99, by EmJa Interactive: Get cheat codes for games on your Xbox 360.
Updated apps:
- ActiveCard, $2.99
- Advanced BAC Calculator, $1.49
- Asphalt 5, $6.99
- Baltimore Baseball Fans, $1.99
- Baltimore Football Fans, $0.99
- Baseball Fans - Arizona, $0.99
- Basketball Fans - Denver, $1.99
- Boggle by EA, $4.99
- Boston Baseball Fans, $1.99
- Card Ace: Hold ‘Em, Free
- Cell Stalker, $4.99
- CL USB Sync, Free
- Find Jack, $0.99
- Flying Saucer UFO Club Tracker, $0.99
- GeoStrings, $2.99
- Gliss, $1.99
- Google Calendar Search, Free
- Graphing Calculator, $3.99
- iFart Free, Free
- MemoryUpgrade, $2.99
- Mobile War, $1.99
- Monopoly, $6.99
- Moon Exposure Calculator, $1.99
- MoreStocks Trial, Free
- MoreStocks, $2.99
- Music Wish List, Free
- MyIP, $0.99
- Need for Speed Undercover, $9.99
- Parking Place, $1.49
- Passigy, Free
- Pegger Meister, Free
- Picture Tweet, Free
- PocketMirror for Microsoft Outlook, Free
- PowerNap, $0.99
- Rockus Sound Machine, $1.99
- Scrabble, $6.99
- Seismograph, Free
- SmartShopping, $1.95
- Stopwatch / Timer, $1.00
- Sudoku by EA, $4.99
- Swap & Drop, $1.99
- Teen Repellent, $0.99
- Tetis, $6.99
- The Holy Quran, Free
- The Sims 3, $9.99
- Tic Tac Toe, $0.99
- Visual Voicemail, Free
- Wake N Play, $1.00
- Weather Dashboard, $1.99
- wikiHow, Free
- WorkOut Tracker, $3.99
61 Comments
Whats with the massive amounts of updated apps the last few days? The last time we saw this it was as everyone was getting ready for 1.3.1 and then 1.3.5 to come out. Is there a new version that has been released to the Dev community? Is 1.4 released to the Dev community already? That would be awesome.
Well in the past it seems like they always sent the RCs to devs 4 - 6 weeks ahead of official release. Guess what is 6 weeks away? The end of February which is when they promised to have 1.4 out by.
So, I think you are spot on.
Palm is just catching up from the holiday's when everyone was on vacation.
6.99 for a cheat code app? Get real!
I could just use the browser and get the same cheat codes for free in about 30 seconds.
That's true of a ton of the apps in the crap catalog. Why pay to make short URLs when I can do it at tinyurl for free? Give me 30 minutes, and I could list hundreds of apps that add no value over what's already on the web.
Asphalt 5 was updated. And there was much rejoicing!
I don't really understand the AppScoop application... Is this the sanctioned app from Palm? How is the content ideologically different than Homebrew that is accessed through PreWare?
...And I've already found a problem with it also: when you click on an application, it opens up a slightly altered version of our normal App Catalog in a separate card. But if you already have one of those open and you tap to view another application, it opens up another entirely separate card...
It's strictly for the web distribution apps. Developers can choose not to have Palm review their apps, but instead submit it to them for web distribution. Within a couple hours, Palm will give them a URL that will allow the app to be downloaded by anyway without the app going into the App Catalog.
AppScoop just takes this feed of web distribution apps and allows you to browse them all from your phone in the same way you would browse the App Catalog.
In theory, there's really no difference between a web distribution app and a homebrew app. Palm hasn't reviewed either of them, but with the web distribution apps they give users a means to download these apps still. Homebrew is done completely without any help from Palm in the distribution.
Make sense?
It's become increasingly clear that Palm has abandoned the business user. All the development is focused on social apps and gaming, and every new update of the app catalog adds more games and mini-apps that don't do anything for a business person.
I realize theres a huge youth market for entertainment phones, but there's no reason Palm couldn't do both. Android phones manage to.
I've been waiting and hoping that Palm would catch up to where they were 5 years ago in terms of productivity tools, but I don't think they care. I've been a Palm customer since 1997, but it looks like I'll be leaving soon. Once the Moment is updated to Android 2.1 I'll be gone, unless Palm really surprises me in the next few months.
agreed. I had a Treo 700 running Goodlink for 5 years. Though the Palm Exchange interface has improved on the Pre, I still can't get wireless real time sync of my memos or tasks, or realtime syncing of my email subfolders. It's completely ridiculous. Yes it's flashier than my workhorse Treo, but Palm definitely seems to have given up on the productivity based user. Even Blackberrys are starting to look attractive, and I NEVER thought I'd say that!
Ahh the Garnet PIMs of my Treo 700p. So fast, so efficient, so secure. Seems like only yesterday.
Oh, it was yesterday! I carry two devices, the Pre for social and entertainment tasks and the Treo for business concerns.
When Palm cut the cord with Garnet and didn't have the same structure available for Nova, it was clear they were willing to sacrafice the Handspring and Palm Pilot gang to chase the iPhone leftovers.
I don't know what looks most attactive to me. In June, I'll weigh all the options since there is no "Palm data carryover" anymore to keep my attention. The newest Sprint/Android is going to get a really good check-out this summer.
Is it really Palm's fault? Isn't it more that "developers" are not producing the apps you want? I don't know why they are not, but I wouldn't blame Palm. Seems that games are what people want (judging from the download numbers). Even at CES the thing that got the most applauds was the mention of 3D gaming. So maybe developers are just focusing on where they see the demand? I don't know.
Palm stepped away from local synch, a great portfolio of 3rd party apps, their PIM programs and batteries that would last all week.
It doesn't have to be anybody's fault, but it's clear that they are not the destination for professional users that they used to be.
I find it strange. I think the 3D games are mostly lame. I much prefer apps that help with productivity.
Me too, my wife she has the moment it has all kind of apps, and it has bigget screen too...
but I'll wait until Appril if nothing change I'll jump on
the moment... Palm seem they following the young
kids only...
I totally agree. When I was on my 755 I got to the point where I rarely opened my laptop to do anything work related. I could do most of my tasks right on my phone. I was hoping that the Pre would follow that model. I don't see any of the productivity apps that I used to have on my Treo. I keep looking at dataviz's site to see when they will have their documents to go ready for the Pre.
I see from the Homebrew apps that it can be done, it's just a matter of Palm approving them for use.
If I have to sum up my experience with the Pre, I would say I am disappointed. I see the huge potential for the Pre, which is why I still have it, but I don't see that Palm is concerned for the business user. I guess that's why I am researching the Hero.
Is webOS internals going to add the palm feed to preware? If they are then i don't think i'm going to download the appscoop app.
They already have. Get the update via Preware itself.
Appscoop and the beta and web feed in general re-introduces the "non-officially-supported countries problem" we had a few weeks back with the app catalog. When selecting an app, it opens the app catalog with the message: "This application is not available in your country."
It's actually not an Appscoop problem, but an issue with the web and beta feed in general. Same behaviour with the new Preware on these feeds. And the websites like projectappetite that do not allow you to enter phone numbers of other European countries then the supported ones.
So these open distribution methods aren't so open after all...
It took Apple a year after the iPhone's debut to get thier Apps available - Palm has achieved 1100 apps in 7 months from the debut of the Pre in July.
I dunno, maybe we are all losing sight of the real accomplishment, here?
Lets cut thems some slack - business apps are coming, Im sure of it - good software does take time to develop, and with this latest SDK and Project Ares only 1 month old, we are more likely to see a larger variety of applications coming sooner than later in the months to come.
7 months later and we don't even have DocToGo and they were commited before day one! For business users, WebOS is a step backwards from most of the O/S's out there now. Cut all the slack you want, I'll take any competitive advantage I can get. You wait for apps, while I'm wait for checks to clear.
So, this is Palms fault?
Is Palm authoring those titles?
You do know, that you can run them on the Pre in the Classic Emulator, if you have them on your old Treo, right?
As far as WebOS being a "Step back from most O/S's out there"... well, you certainly are entitled to your opinion, but, it would seem that I, and many, MANY others (as witnessed by CES's triple win last year for it) tend to disagree.
Even those with other phones and OS are quoted as saying that WebOS is very well ahead of the curve in design and functionality, but, hey, believe what you want, if it makes you feel better about being angry for not having what you want and need right now.
My remark about "cutting slack" was meant to help provide a hint to gain perspective on this whole situation: Apple, a 500lb gorilla in this space took over a year to get thier first app into their users hands, and Palm has gotten 1100 within 7 months.
If you cant see the potential there, and have some reason to be optimistic, well, I guess you are entitled to you view, as pessimistic and irrational as I think it is.
You really are ignorant.
I am ignorant?
Please explain...
Classic only runs specific apps and the more complicated pro level ones are rarely supported.
The triple win brings games, and video and missing contemporary functions. Great, Swell even, it's a great entertainment phone about to get greater. But these features won't feed my family.
There is no question the O/S is a great foundation for growth, it just comes up short for Palm's traditional users. I love it on the weekend. But 9-5 on workdays, its more of a punchline than a workhorse.
PreDog;
You are making general statements here, other thant DocsToGo, which, isnt Palms fault.
Palm doesnt feed your family. Nor does Google. You and your efforts do, and, I am not making the direct connection to how any smartphone would. Please, enlighten me.
Please provide us all with specifics which justify WebOS being more of a "Punchline han a workhourse".
Its a phone, not a full fledged computer, we are talking about here. Streamlined design of the WebOS UI has made using the phone and its other features easier to use, simpler to understand, faster in overall execution, beyond other comparible phones, even the most current (many reviewers still compare current reviews of new phones to WebOS inthier reviews).
I've been through five generations of Palm products. I don't think you can relate to what the professionals are reflecting. Those "general statements" were Palm's bread and butter for a decade. And gave me the flexibility to step out of the box for professional execution, in a way the the Pre has not even come close to approaching.
The Treo did put food on my table. It allowed me to step out of one dying industry and into another without missing a beat.
PreDog;
Actually, if you will, Im a "real" professional... licensed and registered in my state to practice my profession, for many years now, so, I can absolutely relate, and, once again, your statements aren't really supporting your crticisms of the WebOS platform. Specifics will help us understand what your rational is.
As for the Treo "allowed me to step out of one dying industry and into another without missing a beat.", well, Im not sure going from one dying industry into another dying one is a good thing (just kidding, I kknow what you mean! :) )
But again, let me reiterate - its a brand new OS, with a brand new idea, and the competition is fierce. Comparitively, Google and Apple have many more apps to chose from, and lots more money and marketting ability to keep that inertia going... I don't even question that.. but, keep it all in perspective: Palm has done MORE improving from day one than Apple did, so what makes you think you and the rest of us "business professionals" won't eventually benefit as thinsg contnue to progress along?
Specifics, please... no generalities.
Try setting up a conference call on a Pre. Receiving a fax. Editting a contract. Catching CNBC live for a breaking story that impacts your industry on a train at 90MPH. Customizing sound cues. Tip of the iceberg stuff. Make a three hour phone call without interuption.
Treo/Garnet had so many capabilities with native and 3rd party apps, there really is no comparison between the two devices.
Licensed in your state? Congrats fellow pro. Attorney, Doctor, Barber? Just kidding.
PhoneDog;
Actually, Im a licensed architect. :)
CC is a feature that needs to be there... for sure. Hopefully, that will be an OTA update.
Faxing is emails.. not sure what the problem there is for you.
Catching DNBC live at 90mph is a carrier condition, not a Pre/WebOs feature. If its on the web, and there is a signal from the carriers local antennaes, the Pre will get it for you, like most every other phone.
Customizing sound cues... not sure what you mean.. you can assign ring tones to callers.. so, you lost me.
A 3 hour, continuous cell phone call on ANY of todays smartphones will drain that battery dry... thats just a problem with battery technology today. About interruption, well, that, again, is carrier based, and not phone/OS based.
I agree about the Palm OS 3rd party apps.. so many really terrific ones, for sure, but, the world is changing. Many/most of the Apple apps are NOT buisiness/productivity based, at all. Much of the Windows Mobile apps are, however. Palm's WebOS apps are still in thier infancy, and we won't know for sure just how many business/productivity apps there will be, but, isnt it to early to judge? They just released ARES and the PDK within the last few weeks.. give them time.
Ill tell you something, though.. for me, what makes a smartphone REALLY useful and productive is the User Interface. I need to get stuff done fast without thinking about how to use the device.. and in WebOS's case, this is a hands down winner for me..
:)
Email is easy, fax is hard. When it has to be fax, email isn't fax.
Forgot about DNBC, what a letdown that has been. Sling with digital cable through EVDO is the place to be for broadcast quality content of anything.
If you want to talk 3hrs and still have a battery, hit the treocental store.
If Palm had commissioned a legit emulator for launch, WebOS would be in a class by themselves, capable of full entertainment and business function.
I often wonder why it is that if someone's workday is different from another person's it somehow makes one of them less of a professional. No disrespect meant PreDogs, but you probably shouldn't assume someone can't "relate to what the professional are reflecting".
For what it's worth, I consider myself a professional (multi-digit years in my industry), have been a palm user since the pilot and am pretty happy with my Pre. Doesn't mean others will be happy with theirs, but having a difference of opinion does not automatically make someone less of a professional. #justsaying
While I'm not the biggest game player, I do think the vast majority of users want games. Part of the problem is that smartphones aren't just for professionals anymore. I'm not even sure I'd stick with the term "smartphone". Initially, a smartphone was more of a PIM+Phone solution. Now it's Phone+EVERYTHING+KitchenSink, and because of the "new user demographics", the entertainment aspects of the device is becoming what users what to see. I'm not saying whether that's a good or bad thing, but it is the trend that I see. PIM seems to be "just another feature" now rather than the major factor it used to be.
I'm not knocking anyone's profession. But the Pre has drawn a lot of younger newbies into the Palm world that have not experienced the former Palm's track record of productivity.
We get to hear how the Pre is slicker than sliced bread, and want to know why people would dare complain about a lack of business apps. When you ask them what's great about the Pre, you get a long list of multimedia fluff that makes the Pre a great toy, but somewhat less useful as a business tool, ready to be leveraged within some types of careers.
They just dont relate to what some of us gave up to support the Palm franchise, and frankly dont respect what Palm and its customers did to keep Palm viable until WebOS came out.
Yes, PIM is a pretty generic feature these days, but a lot of poeple are walking around with thousands of contacts, memos and a calendar of history that carried cleanly between Palm generations and garnered the loyalty it deserved. That's gone. Its the loss of that continuity and breaking of that trust that makes some of us indifferent about WebOS and the future of Palm. Those strengths are what kept many of us out of iPhone.
One's potential is only as good as one's execution.
Precisely... and Palm has NOT exceuted how, in this regard?
Again... 7 months, 1100 applications, versus Apple comparitively, 12 months until thir first applications were made available, and THEY were selling iPhones like crazy.
One could make the case, arguably, that Palm has actually made more progress in less time than Apple did.
Precisely... and Palm has NOT exceuted how, in this regard?
Again... 7 months, 1100 applications, versus Apple comparitively, 12 months until thir first applications were made available, and THEY were selling iPhones like crazy.
One could make the case, arguably, that Palm has actually made more progress in less time than Apple did.
I updated my Asphalt last night and had no crashing issues with it. There was a "too many cards" error while in a race but it didn't close the program. there is still a memory problem with the game because I didn't have any card running other than Asphalt but now at least I'm confident that I can finish a race. Good job guys.
This # of apps game is such a red herring. Take iPhone's 10,000 apps -- who browses 10,000 apps? The point is that developers are creating apps for iPhone because it's a big market. How many of the 10,000 are crap?
WebOS will always have fewer apps but I would rather see Palm have the reputation for quality & utility as well as entertainment rather than quantity.
IMO, the headline is wrong: quality does triumph over quantity in the long run.
*100,000
Let's see, 1000 apps on Jan 1 and 1100 apps today (Jan 13).
100 apps in the last 12 days. Scaled out, that's 1000 apps in 120 days (about 4 months). Not bad. At that rate, we'll get to 100,000 apps in 12,000 days or just under 33 years.
I hope the pace accelerates.
That assumes linear growth. I believe it has been more exponential growth.
Anyone have a URL pointing to new app counts by month?
Actually, JR had a slide of the apps on a month by month basis in his CES address, and, you are correct, the bars increased in height asmyptotically (that's increasing in slope thruoghout the timeline towards the vertical axis) rather than linearly (a contant slope all the way throught the timeline)
Thanks LCGuy. I found the video of the CES keynote and the slide you were referring to is at 17:14. Katie Mitic, Sr. VP of Product Marketing actually introduces the slide...
http://palmarena.com/01/08/2010/video-palms-full-ces-2010-keynote/
Sure wish we could plot the slope and extrapolate forwards to forecast how many apps we'll have by the end of the year (assuming same rate of growth).
rlopin;
What I see so far is a 3rd degree equation with increasing slope of late, which implies an intensified and increasing number of apps appearing.
Makes sense with the appearance of ARES and the PDK at CES.
IT wont stay like this forever; at some point, it will level off to a linear, and then, over time, to a constant slope/appearance of apps.
It is VERY important for Palm, marketting-wise, to get those numbers up there, as fast as possible, because, shallow as it is, the significantly higher number of applications of Apple and Android keep popping up in the critic's evaluations of the Pre/Pixi, and they go no further than that, leaving thier readers with the impression that this is the most vital thing.
Hard to argue with 100,000 Apple apps - there's got to be lots of good quality apps in there, along with the fluff.
So, its Palm's goal, I believe, to provide an inviting developer environment - the ARES and PDK are two examples of the technical part of that, and, working with EA and the other 3D gamers to get those early 3D games on was thier way of not only showing what can be done, but, it also will boost sales - lots of children, and adults, young and old, would want the ability to play NFS, NOW!
So, the key is, I believe, to increase sales... and those numbers will drive developers to recognize a growing, fertile market that they can make money in, EARLY on in the process.
It's at that point, I believe, that the REAL productivity applications, the ones that PreDog and the rest of us professionals need, that take a much more significant development cycle to create, will start appearing; so I dont think that Palm has ignored the business-development community, I just think that they are trying to adapt to an environment that has changed dramaticlaly with the advent of the iPhone, and are trying to fit into that cycle.
Lets all check back in in about 6 months and see.
LCGuy
That is an excellent analysis. Let's hope Verizon spends a boatload of money on an effective marketing campaign. Their Droid commercials were really awesome. I hope whatever ad agency they are working with can come up with ads that both showcase the capabilities of WebOS as well as evoke a positive emotional response. Awareness has gone way down since launch.
Having great eye candy apps like NFS really helps on the ground. Everyime I show it to my fellow coworkers using droid they get impressed. Great apps help the greatest salesforce of all, namely us users, show off the capabilities of the phone.
I would personally like to see the Doc View application finally updated to a full-featured app instead of the viewing capabilities we have now. I agree with meyerweb on the business side of things but I view App Catalog as a great way to drum up a user base and there's no better way to do that than get the youth demographic. The business side will come along. It might take some time but I believe things will be just fine once the Business sector sees the versatility of webOS and stops viewing it as a 2nd rate OS. The power of webOS is still in question. I know from my p.o.v. in Real Estate, webOS has a long way to go before it can compete in the business sector... but everything takes time and money...
Lol! How did we all miss that until you pointed it out?
Need for Speed U updated? not on my phone...
what are the version #'s of the sims 3 & nfsu for you all? I had bought em last week but have no update for them today. In fact my app catalog shows I have most current versions.
v20.0.26 for nfsu
v20.0.35 for monopoly
same deal here though, no updates offered by the app catalog. i personally feel they both need updates. ive never had two apps crash more than these two, paid or unpaid.
I'm a former Palm OS developer (small time) so some of this is my fault. Perhaps I can shed some light on the matter.
What happened was that as Palm OS was on the decline, and you guys were lamenting the lack of new software titles, my niche Palm OS development business, built over 10 years was withering away. I had to make a choice about whether to invest a year in transitioning my software to another platform. Nothing promising came along until the iPhone. So I have spent the past year learning how to write iPhone apps. It's going just fine. It's nice to develop for a platform that is actually expanding for a change.
Now comes Palm with their new platform. Should I spend time learning about webOS? Should I buy a Pre when I don't need a second phone? After all, nobody I know uses one. Or should I just keep developing more iPhone apps? I see them every day. I guess I'll just wait and see.
Perhaps Ares will make it really easy. However, I might as well wait for them to work out the kinks in that system. People ask me about Blackberry and Droid versions every day. Only rarely do they ask for webOS.
with 100,000+ apps for the iPhone, i'm thinking you missed your window of opportunity with the Pre already to write good apps and get free publicity, exposure, and work against less competition. 1 year to learn how to write programs for the Pre? really? I had a C programming class in high school, and now as a grad student in engineering I can easily get on Ares and make my own apps. Just because the iPhone programming takes a year to learn - doesnt mean the Pre will. You're telling me that you dont have HTML, Java, and C++ experience? Take maybe a month to "learn" the system. But shoot, it's better than getting lost in a jungle of free bikini wallpaper apps!
It doesn't take much time to write an app that makes a sound when you push a button or calculates your tip for you. However, it takes a lot longer if you are going to write a productivity app and expect someone to pay real money for it, say more than $10. This is especially true if you are a part-time developer. The revenue coming out of the App Catalog has been estimated here and it doesn't look like it supports anyone doing this full time.
There are real software companies out there that were supposedly partners in the webOS launch that have not even come out with their webOS apps a year later. What do you think is taking Docs-To-Go so long? Is it a matter of technical issues or is it more a matter of priorites?
I'm curious to see what the Ares apps are in the App Catalog since its been out there for about a month now. I'd like to see if you can write an app on Ares that people will pay for. Whatever you use to write your apps, just throwing something together isn't going to cut it in the long run. If the webOS user base stays low then you won't sell much. If the user base expands then someone will write something that isn't just thrown together.
The point is that those Palm developers of past years either moved to a different platform or they went out of business. They couldn't afford to just wait around to see what Palm came up with next. Now they are developing for a platform that has far more users than webOS does. It's going to take a lot more than Ares to get them back. It will take users and mindshare.
WebOS is HTML, JavaScript (entirely different than JAVA), and CSS (not C++) based.
WebOS services are JAVA based, but you must call them from JavaScript in your WebOS app. These services can't be developed by private entities yet, or at least not if you release your app officially through Palm.
The WebOS Plug-in Developer Kit is C/C++ based, but again, must be called from within your app using JavaScript. Not yet released publicly, and not until March.
+1 .. when you do release WebOS apps, it will be met with users that want free or .99 apps. It's known that iPhone users pay more for their apps, and more frequently.
Umm, I don't think so. I am willing to pay the money for an app that helps me work on the fly or that can hold me over until I can get to my laptop, or whatever. Those free/.99 apps are good for when I'm at the doctor's office or waiting for my daughter to finish gymnastics.
my nfs has worked just fine hasn't crashed at all. asphalt5 crashed all the time the update has fixed that problem im able to use the motorcycle now all is good.i for one want more 3d games the more the better i use my phone to entertain me more then anything else sure its a phone but its also my mp3 player video player now game player the palm pre rules. and the Sims and nfs have not been updated maybe tomorrow
I want a tap tap revenge type of game for the pre!
As a PalmOS user (Treo 650/Centro), a few reasons I have remained a Pre-stalker instead of a Pre-owner is
(1) did not want to be an early adopter... I appreciate all the work/suffering that the early adopters experienced... thank you... thank you...but I don't want to be one of you...
(2) need stable phone has productivity software that helps in my work day... I love games... but that does not help me with my financial forecast or tracking development resources - for that I need standard productivity tools that allow me to integrate seamlessly with tools used on my company network... a native Pre-version of Docs-to-Go (not run from Classic emulator).
(3) I'm not interested in classic emulator, I'm ready to move on from PalmOS... I want apps that are native to the Pre, not a PalmOS emulator.
I'm a Palm fan... waiting for next gen of Sprint/Pre 2... now if a miracle occurs and AT&T comes out with one that has a comparable data plan then I will stay with AT&T... but either way... I'm a Palm fan and my next phone will be a Palm phone.
P.S. to all the PalmOS Docs-to-Go users that want it on the Pre as a native app... go to the DataViz website and send them a note asking when they will be coming out with native Pre version... they may not be rushing because they figure you're all using Classic Emulator to get to the old Palm OS version. Once a month, I go to Data Viz and post my 'get cracking' email (smile).
From Dataviz's web site:
Documents To Go