webOS App Catalog appearing (in free form) in more countries 35

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 1:21 pm EST

If you’re one of those folks that lives in a country where webOS handsets aren’t yet available, but you couldn’t help yourself and got one unlocked and are running it on your network of choice, then you might want to fire up the App Catalog and check out what may be waiting for you. We’ve received reports from Portugal and Sweden that the App Catalog, at least in its free apps version, is now available to those users, despite being in a country where Palm doesn’t officially provide services. And if we had to guess, it's probably becoming available elsewhere. Is this the first step in Palm’s path to eventually open up the App Catalog to everybody (ecommerce included)? We certainly hope so.

Thanks to Stefan and Gilberto for the tips!

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35 Comments

Posted by mtv757 on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 1:45 pm EST

well I just hope that this means that there is a next generation revolutionary device in the works that they expect to be released world wide in the coming months.......

Posted by reflex on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 1:50 pm EST

Belgium too, I see 985 apps :)

Posted by reflex on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 3:03 pm EST

Now it doesn't quite work anymore ... I guess it's a work in progress atm.

Posted by reflex on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 4:51 pm EST

It's back again.

Posted by brendilon on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 1:52 pm EST

Congrats to the patient users!

Posted by Major Payne on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 2:06 pm EST

this is fantastic to hear for those who this fits for

Posted by perfecblue on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 2:11 pm EST

It's working in Taiwan now as well.

Posted by rsanchez1 on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 3:00 pm EST

Nice, do you also have access to paid apps?

Posted by google2306 on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 2:22 pm EST

is working in tennessee too and in florida yay well hardly in florids sprint sucks in florida

Posted by czechdev on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 2:30 pm EST

Got all my phones activated outside of my country, unable to test the local App Catalog. Bu great news indeed!

Posted by Stefan D. on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 2:44 pm EST

That's good news for international users of WebOS-devices.

Posted by jester3397 on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 3:26 pm EST

I'm from the Philippines and I've had my Palm Pre minus since January of this year. I've had access to the app catalog ever since. Its just the paid apps that we don't get. I'm not sure what to make of the post. As of this post I can see 1444 apps, I started with just being able to see 75 apps when there were about 300 or so for both free and paid.

Posted by rompre on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 3:36 pm EST

Hello from Manila! :) the app catalog shows up on mine too. I'm using a Palm Pre +. Free and Paid apps can be accessed. I can see 4,949 on the Hottest Apps section. (OT: Have you successfully sent/received an mms using your Pre in the Phil?)

Posted by jester3397 on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 3:41 pm EST

I can't get it to work. I don't send mms messages anyway so thats ok. How are you seeing paid apps in the PH, did you first register your pre + in the US?

Posted by rompre on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 4:01 pm EST

my pre+ is AT&T unlocked. I'm not sure why but I created my Palm profile at first boot here in the Philippines

Posted by richip on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:05 am EST

Where'd you get your phones from? I'd like to get my brother a webOS phone for Christmas (well, likely New Year now).

Posted by erapalo on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 4:31 pm EST

I live in Honduras, I've never had access to apps, but I was able to see "my apps" the little shoping bag in the lower right corner, which allowed me to update them, since last week I don't even have access to that, I hope it is because they are working on it :(

Posted by palmdoc2005 on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 9:06 pm EST

Confirmed lifted for Malaysia and Singapore. Thank you HP Palm for the early Christmast present!

Posted by johncc on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 9:51 pm EST

It's not so much "folks that lives in a country where webOS handsets aren

Posted by ushmel on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:31 pm EST

shitty app catalogue in more countries, like anyone gives a fuck!

Posted by Pelcu on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:00 am EST

Poland reports: working fine :)
Now we are waiting for all other apps to be available by App Catalog. Payable by credit card or by Neato. We are 39000000 country :)

Posted by tehtorq on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 3:57 am EST

One year with an unlocked German Pre in South Africa.. finally have access to free apps (which is on par with Android here).

Now if they could just open up access to developer accounts globally to allow submission of apps (free or otherwise)....

Posted by christo101 on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 3:41 pm EST

I 2nd the working App Cat in South Africa - an O2 Palm Pre finally has official apps, not just PreWare ones!

Posted by hansut on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 5:01 am EST

it works now also in Slovakia!

Posted by rgloor on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 6:21 am EST

Switzerland

I had my phone activated directly in Switzerland.
Free apps catalog was working for quite a while. (Since 1.4.5?)

But we still have no access to the paid AppCatalog. :(

Posted by naishad on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 7:22 am EST

It Works in India too.

Have had my Pre Plus since October and never connected to the palm app catalog since i had it.

Thanks Pre Central for the input, have access to the "Free Ones" - Paid Ones...just waiting for it.

Posted by personGR on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 9:43 am EST

Greece: free apps only.

Posted by Kunoichi on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:08 am EST

Argentina: free apps as well! finally =D

Posted by Torpedojager on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:27 am EST

I lost all my free apps and now have 0 apps (nl on german pre)

Posted by wekya on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 1:06 pm EST

I've always had access in Taiwan to free apps with my Movistar Pre minus originally activated in Spain. Won't give me Taiwan as an option for billing country tonight.....c'mon HP! There's a whole big world out here, get your globalist greed on!!!

Posted by Lemstil on Thu, 23 Dec 2010 5:17 am EST

Hurray!
1009 free apps here in Finland on my Palm Pre.
Angry birds, too! Finally!
Great Christmas gift from HP/Palm!