Yeah, I was wondering about this too. Palm seem to have decided they can ape Apple with this - launch the awesome new phone first, come out with a third party

Yeah, I was wondering about this too. Palm seem to have decided they can ape Apple with this - launch the awesome new phone first, come out with a third party developer platform second. The problems are, of course: * Apple had Mobile Safari, so you could build iPhone-specific content (with restrictions, but still "iPhone" specific) from day one. * Apple was there first. They got to take their time to find their strategy. Today, both iPhone & Android platforms have App Stores. Palm needs to compete with that up-front (for both developers & for users.) ... and "brand new platform", "ironing out bugs", "great user experience", yadayadayada. Someone high up decided it wasn't a launch day (or launch quarter, maybe even launch year) priority.