A few days later than announced, Palm just released the new version of its WebOS. One of the new features is support for paid applications in the Palm App Catalog. At this moment, no paid apps are available, and it is a bit unclear when Palm will publish these apps:
In preparation for e-commerce in the App Catalog, to purchase apps, you can enter credit card information by selecting Preferences & Accounts from the application menu in App Catalog. Credit card information is stored with the Palm profile, not on the phone. You can choose whether you need to enter their Palm profile password each time you make a purchase, or for the first purchase in any four-hour window.
Consumers will be able to pay using Credit Card and developers receive a 70% revenue share. In the beta period only a selection of developers will be able to sell applications in the App Catalog. When support for paid applications goes out of beta, developers need to pay a yearly fee of $99 to sell apps.
The Palm App Catalog was launched in beta in June and is now available for Palm users in the US and Canada. App Catalog will be coming to European countries soon, 13 October in Germany and on 16 October in the U.K. and Ireland.
Vincent Hoogsteder
Tags: Palm App Catalog
“The webOS phone will be available on 13 October in Germany and on 16 October in the U.K. and Ireland.”
@Rocco, thanks, updated that!
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