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 Originally Posted by ChasT
Nearer to 10% actually now 
It was just an exaggeration to prove a point.
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 Originally Posted by Mattykinsx
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3) Apps, Apps, Apps. I have 400 apps on my Evo. That's what, half the catalog of Webos?QUOTE]
Hi, Of those 400 apps, how many do you actually use???
Poll after poll shows people loading up with apps and then use only 3 to 5 apps on a monthly basis!
We have over 5000 apps, between official apps, home brew, web apps and beta apps. Additionally, HP is about to add 500 apps, developed by their own employees from a contest, (BTW most of these apps were written by HP employees not Palm employees, most are brand new to webOS).
We also get about 500 NEW apps per month, currently. That is 500 x Oct, Nov, & Dec = 1,500 apps before the year is over, plus the extra 500 apps = 2,000 apps before the year is over. This means we will have over 7,000 apps.
Palm has now released a number of tool sets to port many apps and 3D games from other platforms. This can be done in as little as ONE afternoon. App totals will rise dramatical in the next few months...now that Palm is owned by HP!
Take care,
Jay
The App amount comment was just an exaggeration to prove a point.
How many of the 400 apps do I use? I would say a good 50% (at least) have been used and the others will be when necessary (example the Tide Stain Brain app will be great next time I get a stain that I don't know how to remove)
One other thing, it doesn't matter AT ALL how many times a person uses an app.
It matters what people are buying and why they're buying it. Apps are the biggest reason, look at the iPhone.
One other comment, while Homebrew is nice and all I DO NOT count those apps. Why? Because the average user doesn't care about Homebrew. They really don't.
The average user doesn't want to have to hack their phone in order to get more apps to supplement the few they already get.
Homebrew is great and I'm not trying to down play it but...it's not a selling point and anything gained from it is not a selling point.
 Originally Posted by mperkinsky
500 is not half the app catalog. I have an Evo and a Pre. Guess which one I go to for games? Hint: not the Evo.
The market for mobile gaming isn't big enough to support WebOS.
Do you know how I know that?
Because if it was the following of WebOS would be larger than it is.
With respect to Palm, most people don't want to play the Sims 3 on their phone.
Are there people out there that do? Sure!
But most people will stick to computer or console based games.
And that's not even incorporating the fact that you better keep that phone plugged in when playing a 3d game otherwise you're gonna be playing it for about 30 minutes. Oh and don't forget to not do anything else with the phone or you might get an insufficient memory [too many cards] error message.
Don't misunderstand me guys, I like Palm and WebOS.
I didn't really like the idea of going to Android but there's just absolutely no incentive to stay with Palm/WebOS.
My Pre was replaced by Sprint over 10 times, I say over because I lost count. I officially had a Pre for 12.5 months.
That means I probably honestly had a new phone every month with the Pre.
It wasn't from abuse. It was from poor quality.
I've had my Evo for about 2 months and, besides an issue that required me to go into the console and type a few lines, I've had an issue-free experience.
My story isn't abnormal either. I remember that whenever I would call *2 or go to a store they would hear that it's a Palm Pre and not even look at it. They would sigh or make some noise showing disgust in the product and then replace it without question. That's the reputation that the Pre has. That's the reputation that Palm now has.
And it's not going to be an easy thing to climb out of that hole.
Cards are an absolutely great concept and, very honestly, they're probably the ONLY reason that WebOS has any chance at all.
But unless 2.0 is much more significant than we could imagine, and much much much better with battery life AND associated with a very state of the art, high quality phone..."meh"...is all I can say.
And I unfortunately think "meh" is what smartphone users will say too.
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