Better late than never, we suppose -- joining
Apple,
Google,
Microsoft, and
Palm, RIM's officially opened the
BlackBerry Application Storefront to submissions, just a hair after the December launch we'd originally heard. It sounds like RIM's going to be doing more an Apple-style
closed market than an Android-style free-for-all: apps will be "considered" for inclusion in the Storefront, which is scheduled to go live in March at CTIA. The lockdown's not a big shocker considering RIM's corporate userbase, but we're can't say we're huge fans of this new trend toward closed stores. In any event, it sounds like RIM's seeing big potential for its fledging shop -- co-CEO Jim Balsillie recently told a panel that he's expecting "dozens of music apps" in the store, which he thinks will be able to capitalize on the (sigh) "birth of digital music 2.0." We're not sure exactly what Jim means -- he mostly said things like "remarkable revenue enhancement strategy" and "radical and dramatic enhancing set of opportunities" -- but we're all for shaking up the music business, so bring it on. It can't be any worse than
SlotMusic.
[Via
Boy Genius Report]
Read - BlackBerry Application Storefront submission page
Read - Balsillie wants to shake up music
posted Jan 20th 2009 8:02AM
This will be nice once it comes out, I'm tired looking around different sites for a .jad that may not work.
If your app store community goes beyond people who can get out of trouble themselves, you need to have the apps "considered". Take the current app available for Blackberry today, WSJ Online. Super app, great delivery, installing it also corrupts the profile database on the Blackberry so when you go to back it up with Desktop Manager, it fails. Not a good thing for people who expect robust solutions when it comes to their mobility. So for me, this is a very good thing.
The App Store and the App Center (which you have pictured) are two completely different things.
Who writes your headlines? The headline says "RIM opens the BlackBerry Application storefront"? The body of the article says "the Storefront, which is scheduled to go live in March."
"Opens" implies an action that has already taken place. March has not taken place yet.
Most of the time I really appreciate your coverage, but sometimes you come off as the Weekly World News of technology.
I hope RIM addresses the limited memory issue before rolling out the Storm:
http://sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=180337
Also, sounds like you'll need a PayPal account to buy apps, at least initially. This may or may not thrill Blackberry users.
http://sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=181187
I meant: "I hope RIM addresses the limited memory issue before rolling out the App Store."
what they should do, instead of paypal is work something out with ones carrier so that it just shows up on your monthly bill.
Thats probably what their going to do with Verizon.