10 New Applications in the App Catalog

Palm's App Catalog has just seen the addition of ten new applications developed for the new webOS platform and the Palm Pre device. One of the greatest additions to the software portal is a full-fledged Google Voice application, called GDial Pro, which delivers about the same functionality as the already known Palm Synergy. On the other hand, while new apps are included in the catalog, others have not been approved, as is the case of NaNPlayer.

The list of new solutions that have been added to the storefront includes:
- AccuRadio (from AccuRadio), offering streaming radio for the U.S. and Canada
- Local Concerts (iLike), giving you personalizILike Concertsed concert updates from your favorite artists
- Simple Bible (Jev Vandegrift), providing the full text of the Bible with a range of ebook features
- Currency Converter (Janni Kovacs), simplifying those inevitable “duh” moments when making international transactions
- 420 Wallpaper (A Minor Label), with a selection of artwork to give your Palm Pre a new look
- Forbes (Forbes), for essential business news
- A trio of new games: Video Poker (bytesequencing.com), Checkers (Keen Studios), and Lights Out (Vasudeva Damarasingu).

GDial Pro, an application that is already available in the Homebrew App Gallery, is meant to bring together the phone number and phone services available for users, including forwarding calls among phones or transcribing voicemail messages into text. At the same time, users will also be able to manage their Google Voice account with the new application from Mobile Entertainment Group, Palm says.

As for NaNPlayer, the application that hasn't been approved for the App Catalog, it seems that its developer used some APIs that haven't been made public just yet, and that the application isn't rejected, but will probably make it into the storefront in the future, “NaNPlayer is using APIs that are currently private because they will change significantly in a future release. While we can’t accept NaNPlayer into the App Catalog right now, we are not rejecting it, and we are happy for it to continue life as a homebrew application until we get to the point where we can release public, supportable APIs for the functionality that it requires” is how Chuq Von Rospach, the Developer Community Manager at Palm, explained the situation in a post on PreCentral forums.