Anyone wanna bet when Homebrew apps will outnumber App Cat apps?

[Colonel Kernel]

I say no later than the 17th of July.

Any takers?

NOTE TO THE FUZZ: I'm not speaking of an illegal wager, of course.

[knightflores]

hmm i doubt you will find someone to take u on... as of now we have 20 homebrew apps and 30 app cat apps, man i hope Palm is paying attention!!! there is no doubt in my mind that homebrew apps will out-number app cat apps in a matter of weeks maybe days!!!

[Colonel Kernel]

Uh, oh ...
Palm's App Catalog to see wave of new entries soon?

[DNic]

One can only hope.

[murdermajig]

once the SDK goes pubic, wont all the homebrew apps turn into offical apps that palm accepts

[TMed_ATL]

not all but the ones that get approved yes. We can only hope. End of summer should be nice with the SDK going public, Officially that is...

[Blubble]

Palm has a very specific set of design, testing and support requirements that may keep a lot of homebrew apps out of the catalog. I plan on releasing anything I make through the catalog, but a lot of people may not want or be able to.

[Colonel Kernel]

It's the last two sections of this that get me worried.

Palm Developer Agreement Altered
http://www.precentral.net/palm-devel...eement-altered

Only signed apps and only through App Cat.

[knightflores]

the count is now 24 homebrew apps to 30 app cat apps....

[Colonel Kernel]

I count 31 now, too. It could be as high as 32 depending on what you count, but it doesn't matter anymore. There are more Hombrews than App Cats.

Here's the list by my count:

0. SimplyFlipFlops by xoar, simplyflipflops and spotter
1. XboxLive Friends by oil
2. Translator App for the Pre by roar
3. Solitaire by t.tokarczyk01
4. My Notification by Kaerey
5. Tip Calculator by jwz
-- Tip Calculator *Redux* by PreGame
6. Othello / Reversi by rboatright
7. Google Maps Bookmarks by bruba
8. BADD Flashlight by Colonel Kernel
9. Paint App by Snailslug
10. Snake by roar
11. Tic Tac Toe by kmax12
12. pDice by robobeau
13. Dot Game by oil
14. My Flashlight by PreGame
15. Lottery Number Generator by mapara
16. Dali Clock by jwz
17. Jokes 1.0a by mapara
18. Timer On A Stick by dsevil
19. Scientific calculator by rboatright
20. Dilbert by roar
21. Garfield by roar
22. Pimp My Sounds by Pimp My Pre
23. Sudoku Solver by rboatright
24. My Tether by aonic
25. Soundboard by lrdavis4
26. Habla! by taalibeen
27. Scientific RPN Calculator by TheMarco
28. Kentucky Offender Online Lookup by tycoonbob
29. Oncopda by palmdoc2005
30. Tetris by elchileno
31. Stopwatch/Timer App by sambao21
... and going and going ... et cetera ... ad infinitum

[EDIT: After keeping track of the run up to the 31st app, this is it.]

[kirkofalltrades]

Originally Posted by Colonel Kernel

It's the last two sections of this that get me worried.

Palm Developer Agreement Altered


Only signed apps and only through App Cat.

Does being in the catalog mean that the app will always cost money?

Open distribution sounds great, and I really hope that they continue to allow it, but I wonder what crooks will exploit if we are allowed to install just anything.

[Colonel Kernel]

PalmOS survived quite well for a full decade without (intentionally) malicious code being a problem.

[Colonel Kernel]

Add another:

Sudoku Solver
http://m.forums.precentral.net/showthread.php?t=191359

I've also updated my List post.

[sacherjj]

Originally Posted by Colonel Kernel

PalmOS survived quite well for a full decade without (intentionally) malicious code being a problem.

However, PalmOS was not multitasking. A poorly written program that steals CPU cycles in the background can pull down the whole Pre experience. We had crap programs like that pretty early and often on the PalmOS. It was easy to recognize them, because nothing else was running. It will be harder on WebOS without a good code review and testing.

[ualdayan]

Originally Posted by sacherjj

However, PalmOS was not multitasking. A poorly written program that steals CPU cycles in the background can pull down the whole Pre experience. We had crap programs like that pretty early and often on the PalmOS. It was easy to recognize them, because nothing else was running. It will be harder on WebOS without a good code review and testing.

I came from a Windows Mobile phone and over there you installed whatever you wanted, and it all multitasked. You install a new program, the next day your phone isn't acting right - go back and uninstall it. Simple.

[Warblad13]

Originally Posted by Colonel Kernel

I say no later than the 17th of July.

Any takers?

NOTE TO THE FUZZ: I'm not speaking of an illegal wager, of course.

before july 13th

[Dieter Bohn]

Couple more...

SO CLOSE! Would LOVE to be able to say that the homebrew community has more apps than the app catalog.

[jbg7474]

Originally Posted by Dieter Bohn

Couple more...

SO CLOSE! Would LOVE to be able to say that the homebrew community has more apps than the app catalog.

Any way to count the number of downloads? After all, it's one thing to claim more applications, and quite another to claim a significant number of installations.

[Colonel Kernel]

I count 28 as I don't think it's proper to count SimplyFlipFlops and Tip Calc *Redux* (with its decimal/zero bug) in the official count.

I think we should count conservatively to make the celebration uncontestable.

I updated my list post again, too.

[amateurhack]

I say by Monday the 13th. But in Texas, if there ain't money on the table, it ain't a bet.