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Palm Couldn’t Pick A Better First Paid WebOS App Than Air Hockey?

7:48AM Jason Chen | The first webOS paid app is Air Hockey, coming in at $US1.99. It might not be a mindblowing game, but Rome wasn’t built by Air Hockey apps (or something). [Palm via Engadget]
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Palm Pre App Catalog Update Delayed, iTunes Syncing Coming Back

11:40PM John Herrman | Yesterday: a steady slog of disappointment for Pre owners, who glumly looked on as their Pres received exactly no updates, no paid apps and no influx of App Catalog listings—all of which they’d been expecting. What gives? More »
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Palm Getting Pummelled With App Submissions For The Pre

1:37AM Sean Fallon | Good news for Pre owners — Palm has literally been overwhelmed with app submissions on the heels of tomorrow’s launch. As Palm Developer Community Manager Chuq Von Rospach notes, the approval process has got off to a rocky start. More »
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Palm Paid Apps Coming On September 24th

2:35AM Sean Fallon | Palm’s paid e-commerce beta program finally has a firm launch date—September 24. As previously noted, Palm developers that have been accepted into the app program will receive 70% of the proceeds from sales. [Digital Daily]
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The Easy Way To Add An Onscreen Keyboard To Your Palm Pre

3:16AM John Herrman | To the chagrin of devoted hard QWERTY enthusiast, and to the joy of people who think it’s dumb to have to slide out an entire keypad just to type the letters “OK”, the Pre got its first onscreen keyboard last week. One problem! The installation process was complicated, dangerous and intimidating so I recommended most Pre-ers wait for a simple installer. More »
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Uh, What’s Going On With Palm’s App Catalogue?

7:10AM John Herrman | When Palm lets new any new apps into the App Catalog, it’s news. Why? because there are only, like 40 apps to start with, and since additions are hand-chosen, they’re usually pretty great. Then, there’s this batch. More »
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Palm Now Accepting (A Few) Paid Pre App Submissions

1:29AM John Herrman | What a sad story Palm’s App Catalogue has been so far: never more than a few dozen apps, a near-closed submission process, and no way for developers to make any money. Today, a sliver of light: Palm is accepting a few paid app submissions as part of a closed beta. More »
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Palm Mojo SDK For WebOS Now Available To Anyone

12:15AM Matt Buchanan | Softening the blow that Apple struck yesterday, Palm has released its Mojo SDK for anybody to download. They’ll start taking app submissions for the App Catalog from all developers in the fall. More »