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10-08-2009, 08:02 PM
Palm (http://www.opensourcegroups.com/www.palm.com) intends to follow other smartphone companies like Apple and Research in Motion by releasing a webOS developer program in December. It has taken an impressive open attitude by giving the developers a choice about how they want to get their applications into the market and increased transparency giving developers unparalleled control in promoting and growing their business.
It is offering developers a 70-30 split of gross revenues generated through application sales, with developers receiving 70 percent to Palm's 30 percent. The company's membership-based program will have a $99 annual fee and will give developers two options for getting applications to market:Palm will waive the $99 program fee for developers who want to distribute open source webOS applications to the Web. Palm in August began letting developers submit applications for consideration in the Palm App Catalog e-commerce beta program.
Developers can offer applications, both free and paid. They can distribute apps via the Web or through Palm’s App Catalog. For Web distribution, Palm will provide developers app-specific URLs, and back-end sales transaction and fulfillment services. Participants will be able to self-certify their apps with little interference from Palm. And, they can make full use of online marketing to promote the app.
The catalog is built into every Palm webOS device. Applications for the catalog will cost developers $50 each and will be subject to review by Palm. Palm’s also pioneering an auction process for developers to bid for higher placement in the catalog.
Public feeds of application URLS and other application data, such as reviews and ratings, will be made available to the community to help applications find a market. The company anticipates directories, ranking mechanisms, and other services to be built around this data.
for more info visit http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1796 (http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1796)
It is offering developers a 70-30 split of gross revenues generated through application sales, with developers receiving 70 percent to Palm's 30 percent. The company's membership-based program will have a $99 annual fee and will give developers two options for getting applications to market:Palm will waive the $99 program fee for developers who want to distribute open source webOS applications to the Web. Palm in August began letting developers submit applications for consideration in the Palm App Catalog e-commerce beta program.
Developers can offer applications, both free and paid. They can distribute apps via the Web or through Palm’s App Catalog. For Web distribution, Palm will provide developers app-specific URLs, and back-end sales transaction and fulfillment services. Participants will be able to self-certify their apps with little interference from Palm. And, they can make full use of online marketing to promote the app.
The catalog is built into every Palm webOS device. Applications for the catalog will cost developers $50 each and will be subject to review by Palm. Palm’s also pioneering an auction process for developers to bid for higher placement in the catalog.
Public feeds of application URLS and other application data, such as reviews and ratings, will be made available to the community to help applications find a market. The company anticipates directories, ranking mechanisms, and other services to be built around this data.
for more info visit http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1796 (http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1796)