Written by Heather on Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Another on the Bandwagon: Palm Apps Store

Well, it seems that Palm has taken another step towards the future with the addition of a mobile applications store. The Palm Mobile Apps Store has over 5000 programs that can be downloaded directly to your device, including 1000 free programs. A total of 25 Palm devices are supported for both Window Mobile and Palm OS. In order to have access to the store from your ‘Palm’, you simply need to download the free application. Palm gives you 3 ways to download the software: download from their site and then sync your device, type www.mypalmmobile.com into your mobile browser, or use the Palm mobile portal on your device, select MyPalm software to install. As a side note, these are the instructions for my Centro, you need to select your device before Palm gives you the instructions, so it could be slightly different dependent on what Palm you have. For an added bonus, Palm is throwing in a free application. Choose from either GetSportz, which lets you get scores, updates, and news on all 9 major sports, or Pinger, which lets you forward or reply to vocie messages with a touch of a button. All the directions on how to get your free app is available on the instructions page for your device. I have 2 things to say about this new mobile store. First, it is about time!!! It took Apple to think of it first before Palm made their own. How long was Palm the smartphone leader? Second, since Palm made the effort to create this mobile store, they obviously are not giving up on the mobile smartphone business. Don’t forget, big Palm announcement on Jan. 8!!!