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 Originally Posted by Badandy127
This is a moot point. The Pre is competing with the iPhone NOW, not when the iPhone was launched two years ago. This logic is horrendous and I hear it a lot. That's like saying the first ATT cell phone was limited in function, but the first Helio phone had a bunch of features.
Same as above.
If many developers had access, why is it taking so long for apps to come out?
But they're all there now. Again, you're comparing a situation now to a situation two years ago. Wouldn't you expect a company to match its competition as the market exists now rather than how the market was two years ago?
And honestly, that's great for developers who don't break the rules in terms of what is allowed and what is not. A few inconsistent applications of Apple's rules aside, a one-stop clearing house and place where someone can buy apps with one click from one centralized location is incredibly beneficial for developers.
Another thing: I know you really like citing that the App Store isn't good because it just has a bunch of fart apps, but that's pretty ignorant. There are a ton of great programs, though, and saying that the whole store is focused on quantity over quality based on the existence of a few useless apps is completely over-generalizing.
Well, I'm not going to debate you point-for-point since I honestly don't think that doing so would accomplish much, but allow me offer up this item - the PalmOS had about 25,000 applications that were publicly available when the iPhone hit the streets. The iPhone then had less than 20 apps for the next year. Did that kill the iPhone?
You can't go from zero to sixty in two feet...nor can you go from zero to 50,000 in one week. Palm now has far fewer resources than Apple and they need to ensure that the SDK is stable before they release it. My main point was this - patience. Palm has been near death for years. I am sure that they have more than enough motivation to drive forward without us snipping at their heels. BTW, the iPhone is not their only threat. By the end of the year, we will most likely see a dozen or more Android-based phones available on a range of carriers. That SDK was out well before we even saw the first Android-based handset...and Google had the cash to pay independent folks to write for it.
Ignorant? Well, you certainly have the right to your perspective, but my perspective has a few bits of insight between my large patches of ignorance.  One such perspective is this - as a software developer for over 20 years, I suspect that most of Palm is heavily focused on this release right now...and solving issues associated with it. I am sure that some of them are working on the SDK, but the release is most likely priority. If this release is blown and the Pre's core apps and/or core back-end services don't work properly, then an SDK is largely a moot point. EAS and other evolving issues are probably torturing quite a few folks at Palm right now.
Palm isn't going to win the quantity war...well, at least anytime soon (if ever). Quality is where it's at for now...and not blowing this release.
Regarding the 45,000 fart apps, please, allow me to help: definition | Dictionary.com
cheers,
Steve
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Just trying to lighten things up. 
