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 Originally Posted by marcol
While I thoroughly dislike some of Apple's policies for allowing apps into the app store it does provide (with the exception of in-house and ad-hoc apps noted in the links in my post above) a one-stop shop for applications. Although Palm's decision to allow 'side loading' seems good on the face of it I think it could backfire and produce the traditional PalmOS/WM/Symbian-type fragmentary, gotta-search-the-web application mess we're used to. That would happen if a significant number of developers choose not to use Palm's store.
Thanks for the info on loading through iTunes - though that seems a bit problematic - and requiring submitting the ID of every phone that is allowed to run the app. That, and you need Macs to develop the apps. I would guess that most (don't have any numbers) IT departments tend to be Windows only (as silly as that is). It is just another barrier to entry.
Regarding fragmentation, that could be an issue; however, unless Palm has some weird policies or extreme fees, it seems like most developers would start there. I guess that we will see.
Cheers
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