Palm is taking the gloves off and going all out to court the support of developers for its webOS platform. No we’re not talking about gimmicks but some real incentives. First of all (as if inspired by the homebrew community) developers will not need to have their apps accepted into the App Catalog for Palm to approve help with the distribution. That means developers will be able to submit an application to Palm, they will get a web link which they can distribute however they want. Palm will not be screening such apps so no restrictions (unlike a certain fruity phone we know).
Palm is still offering the App Catalog to those developers who are willing to pay $50 to get their apps in. And presumably this will be the only way to distribute a paid app.
For those who are big fans of opensource, the next set of words will speak to your heart. Palm is waving the $99 yearly fee it normally charges developers who are developing for the webOS platform if they make their apps opensource. Not only that but Palm will also be offering analytical data to developers, if you remember Apple keeps their App Store in Cupertino HQ.
All this information is coming VIA an official San Francisco meeting where Palm is demoing their two newest employees, Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer, both from the Mozilla camp. And guess what, all audiance members will be getting a free Pre as well as Touchstone Wireless charger.
BTW: Jon Rubinstein did the honors.
VIA: TechCrunch!
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