For those of you with netbooks running Windows in the U.S. or Canada, you might be interested in testing out the Intel AppUp applications store. If you haven’t heard the news, it’s a full app store with a purchase system and an account that tracks your apps and allows you to re-download them if necessary. There isn’t much in the store right now (approx 100 apps) but I don’t think it will take long for developers to start modifying and submitting the applications they have already written for the Windows platform.
So far, I’m seeing a very interesting platform that when extended across smartphones, mids, netbooks and TV’s has huge potential in market segments that could total hundreds of millions of potential end-users. Already there are tens of millions of netbooks out there so if you’re a developer you need to be taking a close look at this.
Detailed blog article from Intel
January 13th, 2010 at 10:26 am
New article: Intel AppUp Store Video Demo. Download and give Intel your feedback. http://bit.ly/7Y7lVH
January 17th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
a netbook is just a small PC, its already got the broadest most functional app selection in the world. this whole App store idea just seems like another mee-to cash in on Apples success by Intel.
this idea MAY have flyed on a 5″ OQO type device because of the small UI elements, but 10″ screens dont have those issues.