There's a lot we like about Palm's WebOS platform, but when it comes to the App Catalog, there are some decisions that leave us scratching our heads. The latest is Palm's new free program, called Featured Apps, that rotates through a roster of "great handpicked software each week" on U.S. Calendars Free Printable Word.
Pre and Pixi family. The software certainly looks good, and it's polished enough that we wish Palm would hurry up and replace its entire spartan App Catalog with the Featured Apps design. However, with a channel dedicated to EA Games, and with other megabrands showcased within other sections, Featured Apps also emanates the aroma of sponsorship. Here's the kicker: Palm promised us in a blog post that Featured Apps would most definitely not itself become a featured iphone app within its own application. Featured Freeware: Spyware Terminator. Can you guess what happens next? While the application doesn't prompt you to download it from within its own confines, we did spot it in the lederboard of highlighted programs that runs across the top of the App Catalog. Behold and lo, look what we found.
Contrary to what Palm promised us on its blog, it is featuring its Featured Apps app. filecloudfb read more. The occurrence of Featured Apps within the Featured Apps ribbon only solidifies the semblance of redundancy on Palm's part and fills us with a deep, ironic sigh that the company, which is being acquired by HP, is striving so hard to bring interest and excitement to a lackluster storefront. With any luck, Featured Apps will turn out to be dry run for a brighter, more useful, and easier-to-user application catalog for future version of WebOS.