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$149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer

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Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer

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Post by staktrace »

tiles wrote: post #5
bradleyland wrote: post #2

Given the indecision of the HP board as of late, how can they expect developers to make any significant effort to develop for their platform?

According to Palm Developer relations, because there's money to be made on an uncrowded platform. There are plenty of existing TouchPad owners thanks to the firesale, and those that use their devices are willing to pay to improve their experience (since the experience won't likely be improved by HP themselves long-term). And you might have more success short-term by selling smaller apps on the Palm Marketplace than y…

This is actually not a bad plan on Palm's part. Probably the only last-ditch plan I've seen that has a shot of working.

Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer

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Post by meric »

CWIZO wrote: post #3

Great ... I can't register for a developer account because I'm from Slovenia. Guess it's time to move to Somalia so I'll be able to register :\

Don't be too disappointed, but the page only mentions developers from North America and Europe can get a coupon.

That means Somalia would be out, too.

Now why can't Australian developers have coupons, too?

US, UK, Canada, but not Australia?

Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer

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Post by cgislason »

wanorris wrote: post #4

Blackberry gave away Playbooks to anyone who developed an app for it, which resulted in a lot of "developers" who produced low-quality, minimally useful apps. Is there some quality control that will limit who counts as a developer for the TouchPad? If not, I expect this will have a similar result. And really, even if they get real mobile developers, it may result in some half-hearted ports unless it becomes clear at…

The difference between free and $150 might be enough to prevent a good chunk of those apps.

Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer

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Post by phillmv »

tiles wrote: post #5
bradleyland wrote: post #2

Given the indecision of the HP board as of late, how can they expect developers to make any significant effort to develop for their platform?

According to Palm Developer relations, because there's money to be made on an uncrowded platform. There are plenty of existing TouchPad owners thanks to the firesale, and those that use their devices are willing to pay to improve their experience (since the experience won't likely be improved by HP themselves long-term). And you might have more success short-term by selling smaller apps on the Palm Marketplace than y…

Am I the only person to think that this is a patently ridiculous line of thinking?

Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer

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Post by ambiate »

fernandose wrote: post #12
zerovox wrote: post #9

They seem to be sold out in UK and US online stores at the moment though.

Yeah I'm interested to know how this works too. Because according to the link, HP give you a discount coupon, but where do we use the coupon?

Terms and conditions: "Coupon codes are not valid anywhere but the HP online store, and may not be used for any products intended for resale or OEM activity as defined by HP, on employee purchase programs, retroactively on previously purchased items, or for cash redemption."

Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer

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Post by ambiate »

crikli wrote: post #16

Maybe I'm dumb. Well, I'm definitely dumb. But where the heck to I go to buy this thing? Can't find where on the HP site to do so.

I would assume the "coupon" is actually a private link to the HP store with a promo code associated with it. The promo code decays after it is used for a single purchase.

Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer

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Post by CWIZO »

meric wrote: post #13
CWIZO wrote: post #3

Great ... I can't register for a developer account because I'm from Slovenia. Guess it's time to move to Somalia so I'll be able to register :\

Don't be too disappointed, but the page only mentions developers from North America and Europe can get a coupon. That means Somalia would be out, too. Now why can't Australian developers have coupons, too? US, UK, Canada, but not Australia?

Still ... Slovenia is in Europe :)
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